Theory of literature
By: by René Wellek and Austin Warren
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
Published: 1949
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Copyright date: 1949
Table of contents: title: Part one : Definitions and distinctions.; title: 1. Literature and literary study; title: 2. The nature of literature; title: 3. The function of literature; title: 4. Literary theory, criticism, and history; title: 5. General, comparative, and national literature; title: Part two : Preliminary operations.; title: 6. The ordering and establishing of evidence; title: Part three : The extrinsic approach to the study of literature.; title: Introduction; title: 7. Literature and biography; title: 8. Literature and psychology; title: 9. Literature and society; title: 10. Literature and ideas; title: 11. Literature and the other arts; title: Part four : The intrinsic study of literature.; title: 12. The analysis of the literary work of art; title: 13. Euphony, rhythm, and meter; title: 14. Style and stylistics; title: 15. Image, metaphor, symbol, myth; title: 16. The nature and modes of narrative fiction; title: 17. Literary genres; title: 18. Evaluation; title: 19. Literary history; title: Part five : the academic situation.; title: 20. The study of literature in the graduate school