Concepts of Criticism

by René Wellek and Stephen G.) Wellek, Rene (Nichols

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300010338
• ISBN13: 9780300010336
• Release Date: January 1963
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 403 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.