Identify the correct pairs:
A) Aristotle Rhetoric
B) Quintilian – Oratorical Institution
C) C) Brooks and R. P. Warren – Understanding Fiction
D) Allen Tate – The Verbal Icon
E) Harold Bloom – The Great Tradition
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct option is A, B and C only.

To understand why this is the correct answer, we can examine each pair individually:

A) Aristotle – Rhetoric: This pair is correct. Rhetoric is a classical ancient Greek treatise written by Aristotle in the 4th century BCE. It is a foundational text that outlines the art of persuasion, introducing concepts such as ethos, pathos, and logos.

B) Quintilian – Oratorical Institution: This pair is correct. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) was a celebrated Roman rhetorician. His major work, Institutio Oratoria, is widely translated into English as the Oratorical Institution or Institutes of Oratory, and it serves as a comprehensive textbook on the art of public speaking and education.

C) Brooks and R. P. Warren – Understanding Fiction: This pair is correct. Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren, prominent figures in the New Criticism movement, co-authored the highly influential textbook Understanding Fiction (published in 1943) to teach close reading of literary texts.

Let's also look at why the other pairs are incorrect:

D) Allen Tate – The Verbal Icon: This pair is incorrect. The Verbal Icon: Studies in the Meaning of Poetry is a landmark work of New Criticism written by William K. Wimsatt Jr. (with key essays written in collaboration with Monroe Beardsley, such as those on the intentional and affective fallacies). Allen Tate was another New Critic but did not write this book.

E) Harold Bloom – The Great Tradition: This pair is incorrect. The Great Tradition (1948) is a highly influential work of English literary criticism written by F. R. Leavis, not Harold Bloom. In this work, Leavis defines the tradition of the English novel through Austen, Eliot, James, and Conrad.

Consequently, only matches A, B, and C are correct.