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Theory of Literature was born from the collaboration of René 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.
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About the Author:
René Wellek (1903–1995) was born in Vienna and studied literature at Charles University in Prague, where he fell under the influence of the Prague School of linguistics. In 1939, he moved to the USA, where he taught at Yale and at the University of Iowa, where he met Austin Warren. He was the author of books on a great variety of subjects, including Immanuel Kant, Anton Chekhov, Czech literature, and Paul Valéry.
Austin Warren (1899–1986) was an American critic and professor who specialized in the literature of New England, as well as the work of Richard Crashaw and Alexander Pope.
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Austin Warren (1899–1986) was an American critic and professor who specialized in the literature of New England, as well as the work of Richard Crashaw and Alexander Pope.
“Radical in its viewpoint, rich in ideas and bibliographical material, poised in its judgment of other approaches to literature, [Theory of Literature] is as landmark in literary studies.” (Comparative Literature)
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- PublisherDalkey Archive Press
- Publication date2022
- ISBN 10 1628972831
- ISBN 13 9781628972832
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
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