A survey of lit crit in the century that saw criticism go through a dramatic transformation to the modern thought of Dryden. Ben Jonson, Sir Francis Bacon, John Milton, Sir Thomas Carew, Abraham Cowley, George Herbert, Thomas Hobbes, Soames, Atterbury, Wilmot, Granville, Dryden and more. Arranged in chronological order by author. Appendix "Samuel Johnson on Metaphysical Wit." Bibliography, index, helpful Preface. Some wrinkling of the spine. Alfred A. Knopf. 1967. Paper. USED. $9.00