Prasad offers about criticism, not examples of criticism. He tells you what Dryden said, but rarely quotes Dryden at length. The student never learns to perform criticism; they learn to parrot the history of criticism.
Prasad organizes literary criticism into clear, digestible movements: An Introduction To Literary Criticism By B Prasad
This book is best used as a first textbook, not the final word. Students should read Prasad alongside: Prasad offers about criticism, not examples of criticism