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Elements of Criticism is Kamess most influential work. When it first appeared, in 1762, it was the most comprehensive philosophical work on criticism in English, and it was published in five editions during Kamess lifetime and another forty editions over the next century. In America, Elements of Criticism served as a standard text for college students of English.Liberty Funds edition of Elements of Criticism is the first modern edition of one of Kamess most influential works. In Elements, Kames sets out his argument that the science of criticism is a rational science; it is a subject of reasoning as well as of taste. Volume one explores the nature and causes of the emotions and passions. Volume two delineates principles of rhetoric and literary appreciation, ending with a discussion of the formation of a standard of taste. Kames illustrated both volumes with a vast range of examples from classical literature and the arts of his own day.Henry Home, Lord Kames (16961782) was one of the leaders of the Scottish Enlightenment.Peter Jones is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.
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