The final volume of René Wellek's monumental history of modern criticism is a comprehensive survey of the main currents of twentieth-century criticism in Western Europe. In this volume, as in the preceding books of the series, Wellek expounds and analyzes the work of the most prominent critics, offering succinct appraisals of his subjects both as individuals and as participants in the broader movements of the century.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. French Criticism, 1900-1950
- 1. French "Classical" Criticism In The Twentieth Century
- 2. Retrospect
- 3. The Nouvelle Revue Française
- 4. Marcel Proust
- 5. The Catholic Renaissance
- 6. Dada and Surrealism
- 7. The Geneva School
- 8. Albert Camus
- 9. Jean-Paul Sartre
- 10. Paul Valery
- 11. Prospect
- Part II. Italian Criticism, 1900-1950
- 12. Benedetto Croce
- 13. The Followers of Croce
- 14. The Aestheticians
- 15. Critics Concerned with English and American Literature
- 16. Italian Marxism
- 17. The Catholic Renaissance
- 18. The Close Readers
- Part III. Spanish Criticism, 1900-1950
- 19. Americo Castro
- 20. Miguel De Unamuno
- 21. Marcelino Menendez Y Pelayo and Ramon Menendez Pidal
- 22. Azorín
- 23. Salvador De Madariaga Y Rojo
- 24. Jorge Guillén
- 25. Dámaso Alonso
- 26. José Ortega Y Gasset
- Bibliographies and Notes
- Index of Names
- Index of Topics and Terms
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