History of Modern Literary Criticism (Volume 6)

Author: (American) Wellek (Wellek, R.) Author, Yang Ziwu Translated
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
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, extensive research, and clear expression, he has made a notoriously difficult theoretical monograph accessible and engaging, filled with humor and wit, thereby earning widespread international acclaim. As early as the 1960s, China's Ministry of Education listed it as supplementary teaching material for liberal arts in higher education and commissioned the famous professor Yang Qishen of 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 praised by both scholars and the general public, and it can be said that anyone studying or interested in comparative literature considers it essential reading. 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.