Five of the essays originally appeared in the Spring 1970 issue of Daedalus.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
What's the use of theorizing about the arts? / by M.H. Abrams -- Value and knowledge in the humanities / by E.D. Hirsch, Jr. -- Two cognitive dimensions of the humanities / by Morton W. Bloomfield -- Critical path: an essay on the social context of literary criticism / by Northrop Frye -- Toward literary history / by Geoffrey Hartman -- Literary history and literary modernity / by Paul de Man.
