Theory of Literature

Theory of Literature was originally published in 1949. It is not a textbook introducing the young to the elements of literary appreciation nor a survey of the techniques employed in scholarly research. The authors have sought to unite " poetics" (or literary theory) and " criticism" (evaluation of literature) with " scholarship" (" research") and " literary history" (the " dynamics" of literature, in contrast to the " statics" of theory and criticism.