Concepts of Criticism

by René Wellek, Stephen G. Nicholas (Editor)

Provocative and penetrating, these essays attest to Mr. Wellek’s intense concern during the past two decades with the problems besetting the disciplines of literary theory, criticism, and history. Each essay accordingly sets as its goal the development of a concept that will contribute to better understanding of the literary work. Trenchant investigation of such significant critical concepts as baroque, romanticism, and realism are complemented by illuminating surveys of the current state of literary criticism and related commentaries on contemporary literary theory and scholarship. Concepts of Criticism constitutes a valuable statement of Mr. Wellek’s theoretical position. A number of the essays are published for the first time and a bibliography of Mr. Wellek’s publications is included.  René Wellek, author of A History of Modern Criticism, 1750-1950 , is Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature at Yale.

Genres: Literary Criticism, Criticism

420 pages, Paperback

First published March 11, 1963

Reviews

[Gamal soliman]

دراسه ممله عن المفاهيم النقدية التى لم أشعر بها ع الاطلاق

[عبد الله محمد مسعد · Rating 4 out of 5]

ويليك ناقد غزير المادة و واضح المنهج و متسع المعرفة بشكل مرعب و هذا الكتاب مفيد جدا و لكن يحتاج الي اطلاع واسع علي تاريخ النقد و تاريخ الاصطلاحات و تعامل متأني مع أسلوب ويليك نفسه و هو أكثر إفادة مع إعادة القراءة و التأمل .

[Mohamed Salah]

على الرغم من العنوان المبشر و الفهرس الشيق الا ان الكتاب جاف للغايه ع الاقل فيما استطعت تحمله واقصد ما يربو عن ال 120 ص
يعدك في عنوانه بالتفسير ثم لا تجد منه شيئا
صفحات عديده للتفريق بين تفسير مفهوم عند الكتاب و الدول بدون عرض تفسير لاى مصطلح !

[Samah Sabry · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was only in the first and last chapters that I found what I was looking for when I started reading this book... so the other chapters - to me- were a total waste of time.