Concepts of Criticism

Klappentext 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. Rene Wellek, author of "A History of Modern Criticism, 1750-1950," is Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature at Yale. Zusammenfassung 14 essays cover literary theory, criticism, and history, concepts of form and structure, the Baroque, Romanticism, realism, positivism, comparative literature, and American and twentieth-century criticism.

Product details

• Authors: Rene Wellek, Rene Nichols Wellek, Wellek Rene
• Assisted by: Stephen G. Nicholas (Editor), Stephen G. Nichols (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.1963
• EAN: 9780300094633
• ISBN: 978-0-300-09463-3
• No. of pages: 420
• Subjects: Fiction; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Literary theory