World LiteratureBy R. G. MOULTON, M.A., Ph.D.Professor of Literary Theory and Interpretation in the University ofChicago, Author of “Shakespeare as a Dramatic Thinker,”Editor of “The Modern Reader’s Bible,” etc.Cloth, 12mo, $1.75In these days of “five-foot shelves” and “best selected books,” the publication of such a volume asWorld Literatureis an event not to be overlooked. Professor Moulton has presented a conception of world literature as a clear unity, the literary field seen in perspective from the English point of view. He has supplemented the theoretic treatment by valuable expositions of masterpieces. To the general reader the work will suggest a rational scheme or philosophy which should be at the back of any attempt to make a selection of the “best books.” To the student it will illustrate a treatment of the subject unhampered by the divisions between particular literatures expressed in different languages which is too often a great weakness in literary study. Professor Moulton’s idea is that World Literature belongs to every stage of general culture from the most elementary to the most advanced.“Full of the vital quality of its subject.”—New York Sun.THE MACMILLAN COMPANYPublishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York
World Literature
By R. G. MOULTON, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Literary Theory and Interpretation in the University ofChicago, Author of “Shakespeare as a Dramatic Thinker,”Editor of “The Modern Reader’s Bible,” etc.
Cloth, 12mo, $1.75
In these days of “five-foot shelves” and “best selected books,” the publication of such a volume asWorld Literatureis an event not to be overlooked. Professor Moulton has presented a conception of world literature as a clear unity, the literary field seen in perspective from the English point of view. He has supplemented the theoretic treatment by valuable expositions of masterpieces. To the general reader the work will suggest a rational scheme or philosophy which should be at the back of any attempt to make a selection of the “best books.” To the student it will illustrate a treatment of the subject unhampered by the divisions between particular literatures expressed in different languages which is too often a great weakness in literary study. Professor Moulton’s idea is that World Literature belongs to every stage of general culture from the most elementary to the most advanced.
“Full of the vital quality of its subject.”
—New York Sun.
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