TY - BOOK AU - Peyre,Henri TI - The failures of criticism AV - PN86 .P43 1967 U1 - 801/.95 PY - 1967///] CY - Ithaca, N.Y. PB - Cornell University Press KW - Criticism KW - Critique N1 - "Emended ed. of Writers and their critics."; Bibliography: p. 339-348; pt. 1; How it strikes a contemporary; ch. 1; From the ancients to the English moderns --; ch. 2; A glance at criticism in America and Germany --; ch. 3; France --; pt. 2; The prospects for a better criticism; ch. 4; Some critical platitudes --; ch. 5; Obscurity and obscurism in literature --; ch. 6; The search for standards and the myth of posterity --; ch. 7; Toward a reconciliation of scholarship, criticism, and literature --; Appendix; What is wrong with American book-reviewing?; Also issued online UR - http://www.archive.org/details/failuresofcritic00peyrrich UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL5541632M ER -