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A History of Modern Criticism, 1750-1950 #2
鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱賳賯丿 丕賱兀丿亘賷 丕賱丨丿賷孬: 丕賱毓氐乇 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳爻賷 - 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱孬丕賳賷
賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賲噩賱丿 賷賭賭乇賶 " 乇賷賳賷賴 賵賷賱賷賰 " 兀賳 丕賱丨乇賰丕鬲 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳爻賷丞 賴賷賲賳鬲 毓賱賶 丕賱爻丕丨丞 丕賱賳賯丿賷丞 賲毓 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱鬲丕爻毓 毓卮乇 賮賷 兀賱賲丕賳賷丕 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱毓乇囟 丕賱賲賯丿賲 賲賭賭賳 " 丕賱兀禺賵丕賳 賵"卮賱賷噩賱 " 丕賱兀孬賷賳賷貙 賵廿賳噩賱鬲乇丕 鬲賲孬賱 賮賷 丕賱賯氐丕卅丿 丕賱睾賳丕卅賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘賴丕 " 賵乇丿夭賵乇孬 " 賰賵賱乇丿噩"貙 賵賮乇賳爻丕 毓乇囟鬲 丕賱爻賷丿丞 " 丿賷 爻鬲丕賱 " 丕賱鬲賮乇賯丞 亘賷賳 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳爻賷丞 賵丕賱賰賱丕爻賷賰賷丞貙 賵賮賷 廿賷胤丕賱賷丕 丨丿孬 噩丿丕賱 丨賵賱 丕賱賰賱丕爻賷賰賷 - 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳爻賷 ( 1816) 鬲丨鬲 鬲兀孬賷乇 賲丕 賰鬲亘鬲賴 " 丿賷 爻鬲丕賱 " .
- GenresLiterary Criticism
724 pages
First published January 1, 1959
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June 26, 2015
[My review refers to the Brazilian edition of the Book]
This second volume of the magum opus from Ren茅 Wellek is a tour de force encompassing the first German Romantics (Schlegels) up to Hegel.
It is somewhat more interesting to the modern reader than the first volume, as some of the ideas conveyed by the authors cited in this book are still repeated in modern criticism - be it professional or amateur. From a standpoint of the history of ideas, this book is a must read, as it unveils, though never abandoning the literary criticism, some of the seeds of the modern world.
As with the first book, however, some of the details of the literary criticism and theory of the authors studied are rushed through and end up as semi-comprehensible at best (of course, this may have its roots on the extravagance of some points of view conveyed by the authors themselves). Also, I could detect some (slight) parti-pris concerning the German writers.
The book is most interesting when historical problems are properly placed and discussed (see e.g. the discussion about plagiarism in Coleridge's work, the phases of Vitor Hugo's thought, Madame de St盲el's influence and the chapter about Italian romantic critics). The downpoint is the exposition of the critical thought of the English critics - way too convoluted.
One of the best chapters is the one about Hegel (closely followed by the ones about Schleiermacher, Solger and Schoppenhauer), possibly because Wellek was more learned in the philosophy of German thinkers than the other authors'.
This second volume of the magum opus from Ren茅 Wellek is a tour de force encompassing the first German Romantics (Schlegels) up to Hegel.
It is somewhat more interesting to the modern reader than the first volume, as some of the ideas conveyed by the authors cited in this book are still repeated in modern criticism - be it professional or amateur. From a standpoint of the history of ideas, this book is a must read, as it unveils, though never abandoning the literary criticism, some of the seeds of the modern world.
As with the first book, however, some of the details of the literary criticism and theory of the authors studied are rushed through and end up as semi-comprehensible at best (of course, this may have its roots on the extravagance of some points of view conveyed by the authors themselves). Also, I could detect some (slight) parti-pris concerning the German writers.
The book is most interesting when historical problems are properly placed and discussed (see e.g. the discussion about plagiarism in Coleridge's work, the phases of Vitor Hugo's thought, Madame de St盲el's influence and the chapter about Italian romantic critics). The downpoint is the exposition of the critical thought of the English critics - way too convoluted.
One of the best chapters is the one about Hegel (closely followed by the ones about Schleiermacher, Solger and Schoppenhauer), possibly because Wellek was more learned in the philosophy of German thinkers than the other authors'.
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