Confrontations

René Wellek

Published by Princeton University Press 1965

Confrontations

René Wellek

Volume 2154 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400877058

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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published but are now practically unobtainable; one, "German and English Romanticism: A Confrontation," is previously unpublished.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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Chapter One. German and English Romanticism: A Confrontation (1963) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter Two. Carlyle and German Romanticism (1929) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Chapter Three. Carlyle and the Philosophy of History (1944) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
Chapter Four. De Quincey's Status in the History of Ideas (1944) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Chapter Five. The Minor Transcendentalists and German Philosophy (1943) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Chapter Six. Emerson and German Philosophy (1943) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
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