Concepts of Criticism

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Yale University Press, 1963 M01 1 - 420 páginas
Provocative and penetrating, these essays attest to Mr. Wellek’s intense concern during the past two decades with the problems besetting the disciplines of literary theory, criticism, and history. Each essay accordingly sets as its goal the development of a concept that will contribute to better understanding of the literary work. Trenchant investigation of such significant critical concepts as baroque, romanticism, and realism are complemented by illuminating surveys of the current state of literary criticism and related commentaries on contemporary literary theory and scholarship. Concepts of Criticism constitutes a valuable statement of Mr. Wellek’s theoretical position. A number of the essays are published for the first time and a bibliography of Mr. Wellek’s publications is included. René Wellek, author of A History of Modern Criticism, 1750-1950, is Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature at Yale.
 

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The Concept of Romanticism in Literary History
128
Romanticism Reexamined
158
The Concept of Realism in Literary Scholarship
222
The Revolt against Positivism in Recent
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The Crisis of Comparative Literature
282
American Literary Scholarship
296
Philosophy and Postwar American Criticism
316
A Bibliography of the Writings of René Wellek
365
Index of Names
379
Index of Topics and Terms
399
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