Buy 3, pay for 2 — use code TRIPLEUS at checkout.
René Wellek
AuthorBooks · Second hand1903-1995
René Wellek was a Czech-American comparative literary critic. Like Erich Auerbach, Wellek was a product of the Central European philological tradition and was known as a "fair-minded critic of critics."
61
Titles
2
Featured books
5
Curiosities
About René Wellek
Birth
1903
Death
1995
First book
1963
Years writing
63
René Wellek was a Czech-American comparative literary critic. Like Erich Auerbach, Wellek was a product of the Central European philological tradition and was known as a "fair-minded critic of critics."
René Wellek was a prominent literary critic and linguist born in Vienna who spent much of his career in the United States.
His seminal work, Theory of Literature, is considered an essential pillar for the academic study of literary criticism.
Throughout his prolific career, he published 61 works exploring the intersection of literature, philosophy, and aesthetics.
His monumental A History of Modern Criticism, 1750-1950, remains an indispensable reference for understanding the evolution of critical thought.
As a man of letters, Wellek dedicated his life to analyzing literary history with an intellectual rigor that influenced generations of scholars.
