THE MODERN STUDY OF

LITERATURE

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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NEW YORK

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LITERATURE

AN INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY THEORY
AND INTERPRETATION

By

RICHARD GREEN MOULTON

Professor of Literary Theory and Interpretation
in the University of Chicago

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

COPYRIGHT 1915 BY

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

All Rights Reserved

Published September 1915
Second Impression March 1916
Third Impression August 1919

Replacing

779443

Composed and Printed By
The University of Chicago Press
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

PN45 163

ΤΟ

JOSEPH JACOBS

UNIVERSITY CHUM OF MY EARLIER YEARS AND
LITERARY COMRADE IN MY WORKING LIFE

THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED

IN ADMIRATION OF HIS VERSATILE SCHOLARSHIP AND
LITERARY BRIGHTNESS, AND IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWL-
EDGMENT OF MUCH HELP DERIVED FROM HIS COUNSELS

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