Literature As System - Essays Toward the Theory of Literary History

Writing in the tradition of Ortega y Gasset's History as a System and Saussure's linguistic model, Claudio Guillén proposes a structural approach to literary history.

Originally published in 1971.

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Claudio Guillen

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Writing in the tradition of Ortega y Gasset's History as a System and Saussure's linguistic model, Claudio Guillen proposes a structural approach to literary history. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished ba

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• Authors: Claudio Guillen, Guillen Claudio
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2015
• EAN: 9780691620527
• ISBN: 978-0-691-62052-7
• No. of pages: 544
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Legacy Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Essays, English, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general, Literary essays