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Hayden, John Olin was born on December 18, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of John Ellsworth and Norah Elizabeth (Bussens) Hayden.
(This book was written for the general reader--although re...)
This book was written for the general reader--although replete with original reading of the Classics. The "Argument" of the subtitle is written against today's trendy critics who seem lost and floundering. As an antidote, I propose as the criterion of greatness the theory of Aristotle and his tradition (which included every major critic down to the present century) that literature presents a true representation of human experience--you can't get any simpler than that! The Guide refers to the treatment of eleven Great Books that show that theory in action, providing a kind of Great Books course, what you wish you had learned in College.
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(Tracing the influence of Aristotle on literary criticism ...)
Tracing the influence of Aristotle on literary criticism (both ancient and modern), the author analyzes such basic tenets as mimesis, universality, and morality in the theory of Horace, Longinus, Sir Philip Sidney, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Matthew Arnold, and others.
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The title might sound specialized, but, as I argue throughout, psychology is Wordsworth's central interest ("the main region of my song") and provides an entrance into all his work, as well as a way of bringing it all together. Wordsworth is arguably one of the three greatest poets ever to have written in English--not only was he a great poetic artist but he was also a fascinating thinker, from his social psycholgy to his psychology of Vision, all of which are dealt with in the book.
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writer English literature educator
Hayden, John Olin was born on December 18, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of John Ellsworth and Norah Elizabeth (Bussens) Hayden.
Bachelor, University of California-Santa Barbara, 1958; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1965.
Assistant professor, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1964-1966; associate Professor of English literature, University of California-Davis, 1966-1975; Professor of English literature, University of California-Davis, 1975-1994; professor emeritus, University of California-Davis, since 1994.
(Tracing the influence of Aristotle on literary criticism ...)
(The title might sound specialized, but, as I argue throug...)
(This book was written for the general reader--although re...)
Served with United States Air Force, 1951-1955.
Married Mary Kathleen Garland, December 18, 1965. Children– Michael, John, Mark, Ann.