Psychology and Criticism: Three Examples

Abstract

Psychology is one of the pillars of criticism in dealing with literary texts and their authors. However, the present paper makes use of the data provided by this field in perceiving the nature of critical practices and their general orientations. Three examples are selected here: S.T.Coleridge, D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf.The paper comprises four sections: the first is introductory about the psychological conflicts and their effect on the critic. Section two is devoted to the Romantic critic, Coleridge, and the third is devoted to Lawrence while the last is about Virginia Woolf.