Criticism in America, its functions and status / essays by Irving Babbitt, Van Wyck Brooks, W.C. Brownell, Ernest Boyd, T.S. Eliot, H.L. Mencken, Stuart P. Sherman, J.E. Spingarn and George E. Woodberry.
"The first essay dates from 1910, the last from 1923, and virtually every critical point of view is given a hearing."--Prefatory note.
Contents
New criticism (1910) / J.E. Springarn -- Two phases of criticism: historical and esthetic (1913) / George Edward Woodberry -- Criticism (1914) / W.C. Brownell -- Critics and young America (1917) / Van Wyck Brooks -- Genius and taste (1918) / Irving Babbitt -- Criticism of criticism of criticism (1918) / H.L. Mencken -- Perfect critic (1920) / T.S. Eliot -- Tradition and the individual talent (1920) / T.S. Eliot -- National genius (1921) / Stuart P. Sherman -- Footnote on criticism (1921) / H.L. Mencken -- Criticism in the United States (1921) / J.E. Springarn -- Ku Klux kriticism (1923) / Ernest Boyd.