Concepts of CriticismYale University Press, 1963 M01 1 - 420 pages 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. |
Contents
1 | 52 |
21 | 59 |
37 | 65 |
59 | 79 |
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 | 256 |
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 |
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The System of Professions: An Essay on the Division of Expert Labor Andrew Abbott No preview available - 1988 |
Truth, Fiction, and Literature: A Philosophical Perspective Peter Lamarque,Stein Haugom Olsen No preview available - 1994 |