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Unit 4 · Literary Criticism and Theory English · December 2025

Arrange the following critical works in chronological order:

  1. A. T. S. Eliot, The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism
  2. B. J. C. Smith, A Study of Wordsworth
  3. C. D. G. James, Scepticism and Poetry
  4. D. Marjorie L. Barstow, Wordsworth's Theory of Poetic Diction
  5. E. Josephine Miles, Pathetic Fallacy in the Nineteenth Century

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Correct answer: A. D, A, C, E, B

Explanation

Barstow (1917) → Eliot (1933) → James (1937) → Miles (1942) → Smith (1944).

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