Question

According to the author, Johnson's defense of Shakespeare's latest plays illustrates Johnson's reliance on which of the following in his criticism?

• A. The sentiments endorsed by the Romantics
• B. The criteria set forth by Wordsworth in his 1800 preface to the Lyrical Ballads
• C. His own experience and judgment
• D. The principles followed by the neoclassical school of criticism（E）

Answer 1

The correct option is C

His own experience and judgment

The two answer options which are close to being correct are (A) and (C).
Both B and D are out of scope.
But the problem in A is that it states that -
“Johnson relied on the sentiments endorsed by romantics is wrong.”
Johnson was a neo classic critic but his ideas were similar to the romantics. But he did not rely on their sentiments.