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Confrontations / René Wellek.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2154Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1965Description: 1 online resource (230 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691623214
  • 9781400877058
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809.91 23
LOC classification:
  • B803
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter One. German and English Romanticism: A Confrontation (1963) -- Chapter Two. Carlyle and German Romanticism (1929) -- Chapter Three. Carlyle and the Philosophy of History (1944) -- Chapter Four. De Quincey's Status in the History of Ideas (1944) -- Chapter Five. The Minor Transcendentalists and German Philosophy (1943) -- Chapter Six. Emerson and German Philosophy (1943) -- Index
Summary: Confrontations brings, together in one volume six essays by the distinguished critic René Wellek. Five have been previously published but are now practically unobtainable; one, "German and English Romanticism: A Confrontation," is previously unpublished. The books roam emphasis is on the spread of German philosophical and critical ideas to England and the United States. The first essay examines the differences between German and English Romanticism. In the following essays, Professor Wellek examines the Impact of German philosophy and literary theory on the Ideas of Carlyle and De Quincey. In the final two essays, he considers attitudes held by New England Transcendentalists, especially Emerson, toward German philosophy.Originally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter One. German and English Romanticism: A Confrontation (1963) -- Chapter Two. Carlyle and German Romanticism (1929) -- Chapter Three. Carlyle and the Philosophy of History (1944) -- Chapter Four. De Quincey's Status in the History of Ideas (1944) -- Chapter Five. The Minor Transcendentalists and German Philosophy (1943) -- Chapter Six. Emerson and German Philosophy (1943) -- Index

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Confrontations brings, together in one volume six essays by the distinguished critic René Wellek. Five have been previously published but are now practically unobtainable; one, "German and English Romanticism: A Confrontation," is previously unpublished. The books roam emphasis is on the spread of German philosophical and critical ideas to England and the United States. The first essay examines the differences between German and English Romanticism. In the following essays, Professor Wellek examines the Impact of German philosophy and literary theory on the Ideas of Carlyle and De Quincey. In the final two essays, he considers attitudes held by New England Transcendentalists, especially Emerson, toward German philosophy.Originally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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