The Attack on Literature and Other Essays
By Rene Wellek
210 pp., 5.5 x 9
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Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-4090-0
Published: October 1982 -
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-0-8078-3707-8
Published: July 2018 -
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-6754-4
Published: July 2018
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With the erudition that has distinguished his lifelong study of literary criticism, Wellek considers the trends, theories, and quarrels of recent years. He continues to insist that criticism--whether written by structuralists, phenomenologists, Marxists, or the New Critics--makes judgments and also takes into account "a common humanity that makes all art accessible to us." He also considers the relationship between literature and linguistics and the difficulty of constructing evolutionary models for literary history.
Originally published in 1982.
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"A sane and generous book . . . informative and engaging."--Times Literary Supplement
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