English critical essays : twentieth century ; first & second series

"English Literary Criticism in the Nineteenth Century" by Edmund D. Jones is a collection of essays that delve into the impact of the Romantic Movement on poetry and criticism during the 19th century. The book focuses on general principles rather than individual works, presenting a chronological arrangement of essays that also include American criticism. Jones explores the evolution of literary theory in this period, emphasizing the importance of poetry as a medium for powerful emotions and the role of meter in evoking feelings. The preface defends the choice of writing in verse and highlights the significance of substance over style in poetry.
“Consists of work written or published since 1933 and is a sequel to the collection of English critical essays: twentieth century, selected and introduced by Phyllis M. Jones."
J.M. Barrie as dramatist, by H. Child.--Leconte de Lisie, by sir H. Nicolson.--Robert Henryson, by E. Muir.--The frontiers ofof criticism, by T.S. Eliot.--W.H. Hudson, by H.J. Massingham.--Creative imagination, by C. Morgan.--Henry James's The Europeans, by F.R. Leavis.--Introduction to Balzac, by R. Mortimer.--Country poets, by E. Blunden.--Sir Thomas Browne, by B. Willey.--Poets and scholars, by Sir M. Bowra.--The Carlyles, by V.S. Pritchett.--Poetic diction and the sublime, by F.W. Bateson.--The fine art of reading by Lord D. Cecil.--Hazlitt's Liber amoris, by C. Connolly.--Daniel Defoe, by P. Quennell.--The Spanish tragedy, by W.H. House.--Whyte-melville, by A. Pryce-Jones.--Inside the cage: Spender.--Cavalier poetry and cavalier politics, by C.V. Wedgwood.--Bernard Shaw, by W. Allen--Arnold Bennett, by N. Nicholson--Waiting for Godot, by G.S. Fraser.--Denton Welch, by M. Crain of his collected poems, by J. Wain