Webliterary criticism, the reasoned consideration of literary works and issues. It applies, as a term, to any argumentation about literature , whether or not specific works are analyzed. Plato s cautions against the risky consequences of poetic inspiration in general in his . The Renaissance in general could be regarded as a neoclassical period, in . American literature, the body of written works produced in the English language . Historical development Antiquity. Although almost all of the criticism ever written . The ideal of objective research has continued to guide Anglo-American . literature, a body of written works. The name has traditionally been applied to . Plato, born bce, Athens, Greecedied , Athens, ancient . Formalism, also called Russian Formalism, Russian Russky Formalism, innovative . textual criticism, the technique of restoring texts as nearly as possible to their . Web de ene. de This brief, practical introduction to literary theory explores core literary theories in a unique chronologic
