History of Modern Literary Criticism. Volume 6

Author: [US] Wilbur Lamont
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: The author is a renowned contemporary American expert in comparative literature. This book is his masterpiece, consisting of 8 volumes, discussing the history of literary criticism in Western countries over 200 years since 1750. Due to his profound expertise, rich materials, and clear expression, he has made a notoriously difficult theoretical monograph accessible and engaging, filled with humor and wit, thus gaining widespread international acclaim. As early as the 1960s, China's Ministry of Education listed it as supplementary teaching material for liberal arts at universities and commissioned Mr. Yang Qishen, a famous professor at Fudan University, to translate it. Later, due to Mr. Yang's poor health, his son, Yang Ziwu, took over the translation. The first four volumes were published and received unanimous praise both within and outside academic circles. It can be said that anyone studying or interested in comparative literature will consider it a must-read. This book discusses the critical thoughts of literary critics of major American literary schools from 1900 to 1950, such as New Humanism, New Criticism, Marxist Criticism, and their representatives like Mencken and Brooks.