by Rene Wellek, Austin Warren · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140172195
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«Theory of Literature» is the literary theory essay by Rene Wellek and Austin Warren, published by Penguin in paperback (384 pages, in English).
The book examines what literature is, what its functions are, and from which methods it can be studied. Throughout its pages it addresses the meaning, interpretation, and evaluation of texts, as well as the place of literary criticism and its analytical tools.
This English edition, published in 1993, is a revised version of the work originally appearing in 1949.
Aimed at literature students and academics, as well as any reader interested in the foundations of literary theory and criticism.
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."
