Literary Criticism and Historical Understanding: Selected Papers from the English Institute (English Institute Essays)

Frontmatter FOREWORD (Phillip Damon, page v) HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION AND THE HISTORY OF CRITICISM (Robert Marsh, University of Chicago, page 1) HISTORY AND IDEA IN RENAISSANCE CRITICISM (Phillip Damon, University of California, page 25) ROLES OF THE VICTORIAN CRITIC: MATTHEW ARNOLD AND JOHN RUSKIN (Edward Alexander, University of Washington, page 53) TWO BOETHIAN SPEECHES IN Troilus and Criseyde AND CHAUCERIAN IRONY (Peter Elbow, Brandeis University, page 85) AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND ART: AN ELIZABETHAN BORDERLAND (Rudolf Gottfried, Indiana University, page 109) THE KEYS ARE AT THE PALACE: A NOTE ON CRITICISM AND BIOGRAPHY (Francis Noel Lees, University of Manchester, page 135) WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AND THE WHITMAN TRADITION (James E. Breslin, University of California, page 151) SUPERVISING COMMITTEE, 1966 (page 181) PROGRAM (page 183) REGISTRANTS (page 185)