Imagery In Literary Criticism. Maynard mack has called attention to patterns of refer ence to physiological and institutional health and sickness. The critical emphasis on imagery in the mid 20th century both in new criticism and in some influential studies of shakespeare tended to glorify the supposed concreteness of literary works by ignoring matters of structure convention and abstract argument.
Appeals to our sense of sound. An object or element used to represent another concept or concern. Appeals to our sense of sight.
Newer approaches to literary criticism.
Used to describe the way an author uses language to convey his her ideas and purpose in writing. The critical emphasis on imagery in the mid 20th century both in new criticism and in some influential studies of shakespeare tended to glorify the supposed concreteness of literary works by ignoring matters of structure convention and abstract argument. Thus shakespeare s plays were read as clusters or patterns of thematic imagery. Appeals to our sense of taste.