ABSTRACT
This collection of essays attempts to analyse common assumptions about art, literature and criticism at the time of publication in 1895. Taking the position of ‘a Philistine’ , Spender argues against the ‘new’ art and fiction and encourages the average member of the public to state their opinion and give validation that the average view is just as worthy as the ‘new’ criticism which tended toward superiority. This title will be of interest to students of Literature, Art and Art History.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |22 pages
The New Art Criticism
chapter |6 pages
Replies and Criticisms
chapter |4 pages
From Various Painters about “L'Absinthe.”
chapter |3 pages
“How Could One Live with It?”
chapter |2 pages
Last Words from Mr. Richmond, A.R.A.
chapter |1 pages
Summing up
part |56 pages
The New Criticism
chapter |5 pages
I.—A Rain of Geniuses
chapter |7 pages
II.—Poets and Critics
chapter |6 pages
III.—Novelists and Critics
chapter |4 pages
A Reply by Mr. Le Gallienne
chapter |4 pages
Other Replies and Criticisms
chapter |4 pages
The Wail of the Poets
chapter |4 pages
Some Complaints and Suggestions
chapter |4 pages
Some More Curiosities of Criticism
chapter |6 pages
A Rejoinder. By the Philistine.
chapter |1 pages
The Ballade of the Newest Poets
chapter |1 pages
The “New” Reviewer
chapter |1 pages
A Compleynte to Sir Thomas
chapter |1 pages
“Mr. Punch” and the Laureate Society
chapter |1 pages
“The Case of the Rebellious Bardlet.”
part |31 pages
The New Fiction
chapter |4 pages
I.—Introductory
chapter |8 pages
II.—The “Revolting Woman” Novel
chapter |5 pages
III.—The “Defiant Man” Novel
chapter |5 pages
IV.—The Morbid and Lurid Classes
chapter |7 pages
V.—Recapitulation
part |13 pages
Various Views on the Protest of “The Philistine.”