Piero Pierini

Every eleven rams yield a tod of 28lbs, worth 21 shillings = £143.

THE TIME BOYS REACHED THE UPPER CLASSES, IT WAS FORBIDDEN TO SPEAK ENGLISH IN SCHOOL.

BEING MYOPIC MYSELF, I SUSPECT THAT SHAKESPEARE WAS MYOPIC.

AND MEN LIKE RAVENOUS FISHES WOULD FEED ON ONE ANOTHER.

What Is Literary Criticism?
This is a (short) introduction to literary criticism.

IS WRITING? WHY DOES ONE WRITE? FOR WHOM?

The French philosopher, literary critic and communist, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–80) asked these very questions in 1947.

Our question is somewhat different: “What is literary criticism?”

We might start with a broad generalization, and say that it includes any writing that claims to make judgements about the value, or otherwise, of literature in general or particular literary works.

Judgement might also involve claims about the intrinsic worth of literature, the aesthetic* merits and formal qualities of specific works, or their cultural and historical significance.

the literary critic’s object of study is hardly a straightforward matter.

D THE SPHERE OF ETHICS ARE ABSOLUTELY DISTINCT.