An Introduction To: Literary Criticism By B Prasad

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“To study criticism is to learn how to read well. B. Prasad’s Introduction does not pretend to make a critic of the beginner overnight; rather, it lays the bricks with which the student may one day build his own critical edifice. The rest depends on practice, patience, and passion for literature.” " specifically Plato and Aristotle