Literary Foundation

" On the Sublime " is a precious legacy of the Greco-Roman period. It is a critical document of great worth and significance. This work belongs to Longinus. However, the authenticity of the date and author is a matter of debate.           It has a well-marked structure. Longinus has addressed this document to a friend and a pupil- Terentianus. Its central discussion is those vices of style included in the contemporary oratory i.e. " a false Sublime ". While addressing his friend Terentian, Longinuis has said that  this essay aims to correct the faults of Caecilius's essay " Essay on Sublime "  and make some preliminary observations.           Longinus has propounded that " Sublimity is a certain loftiness and excellence in language ". It is the sublimity that the greatest poets and prose writers of any age have gained reverence and immmortility in the realm of criticism. Sublimity not only persuades us but also carrie...

A modern poet-critic, Thomas Stearns Eliot, popularly known as a T S Eliot, was a versatile personality of the 20th century. He made a significant contribution to the field of literary criticism and strongly influenced the school of new criticism. His work may be broadly grouped into three categories: (a) Theoretical Criticism, dealing with the principles of literature, (b) Descriptive and Practical Criticism, and (c) Theological essay. His critical contribution includes- Tradition and the Individual Talent (1919), The Function of Criticism (1923), and The Frontier of Criticism (1956). His critical essay 'Tradition and the Individual Talent' published in 1919, has three parts: one deals with the concept of Tradition, the second gives a theory of Impersonality, and the third is a summary of all. Through this essay, he influenced the new criticism by introducing the idea that the value of a work of art must be viewed in the context of the artist's previous work, a "simul...