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Q: Who created the idea of the "Touchstone Method as an aspect of literary criticism?
  • A. Walter Savage Landor
  • B. Walter Pater
  • C. Matthew Arnold
  • D. More than one of the above
  • E. None of the above
Correct Answer: Option C - Matthew Arnold created the idea of the Touchstone Method as a aspect of literary criticism. According to this method, in order to judge a poet's work properly a critic should compare it to passages taken from works of great masters of poetry. Hence, option (c) is correct.
C. Matthew Arnold created the idea of the Touchstone Method as a aspect of literary criticism. According to this method, in order to judge a poet's work properly a critic should compare it to passages taken from works of great masters of poetry. Hence, option (c) is correct.

Explanations:

Matthew Arnold created the idea of the Touchstone Method as a aspect of literary criticism. According to this method, in order to judge a poet's work properly a critic should compare it to passages taken from works of great masters of poetry. Hence, option (c) is correct.