by René Wellek, Austin Warren · Athenäum-Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783807220055
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«Theorie der Literatur» is the essay on literary theory by René Wellek and Austin Warren, published by Athenäum-Verlag in paperback (406 pages, in German).
In this work, René Wellek and Austin Warren examine the foundations of literary theory: the definition of literature, methods of critical analysis, and the main currents of the discipline, from a philosophical and academic perspective, with attention to the history of criticism and the methodological criteria of literary study.
This German edition translates «Theory of Literature» and is part of the Fischer-Athenäum-Taschenbücher series; includes bibliography (pp. 340-381).
Aimed at an academic audience and readers interested in literary criticism and literary theory.
René Wellek was a Czech-American comparative literary critic. Like Erich Auerbach, Wellek was a product of the Central European philological tradition and was known as a "fair-minded critic of critics."
