Theory of Literature
Download or Read eBook Theory of Literature PDF written by Rene Wellek and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Rene Wellek |
| Publisher | : Dalkey Archive Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2024-04-02 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1628972831 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781628972832 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Theory of Literature by : Rene Wellek
Book excerpt: Theory of Literature was born from the collaboration of Ren Wellek, a Vienna-born student of Prague School linguistics, and Austin Warren, an independently minded "old New Critic." Unlike many other textbooks of its era, however, this classic kowtows to no dogma and toes no party line. Wellek and Warren looked at literature as both a social product--influenced by politics, economics, etc.--as well as a self-contained system of formal structures. Incorporating examples from Aristotle to Coleridge, written in clear, uncondescending prose, Theory of Literature is a work which, especially in its suspicion of simplistic explanations and its distrust of received wisdom, remains extremely relevant to the study of literature today.
