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Preface
Contents
I. DEFINITIONS AND DISTINCTIONS
I. Literature and Literary Study 3
II. The Nature of Literature 9
III. The Function of Literature 19
IV. Literary Theory, Criticism, and History 29
V. General, Comparative, and National
Literature 3 8
II. PRELIMINARY OPERATIONS
VI. The Ordering and Establishing of Evidence 49
III. THE EXTRINSIC APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF
LITERATURE
Introduction 6$
VII. Literature and Biography 67
VIII. Literature and Psychology 75
IX. Literature and Society 89
X. Literature and Ideas 107
XI. Literature and the Other Arts 124
IV. THE INTRINSIC STUDY OF LITERATURE
XII. The Analysis of the Literary Work of Art 139
XIII. Euphony, Rhythm, and Meter 159