A History of Modern Criticism, 1750-1950 (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: René Wellek
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Literary history
- Time of Work: 1900-1950
- Setting: Germany, Russia, and Eastern Europe
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, History, Arts
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Literature, 1940’s, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Symbolism, Existentialism, Germany or German people, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, Russia or Russian people, Psychoanalysis or psychoanalysts, 1900’s
- Locales: Germany, Russia
René Wellek’s latest volume in his monumental A History of Modern Criticism: 1750-1950 is the next to last book in the project. It is also one of the most interesting volumes since it deals with such influential movements as Russian Formalism and with prominent figures such as Mikhail Bakhtin and Walter Benjamin in addition to critics and schools of criticism with which most American readers will be unfamiliar. Wellek is not only an expert on this material but he has also been a participant in and critic of some of the figures and movements he writes about. So it is a book...
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