Literature on Trial: The Emergence of Critical Discourse in Germany, Poland, and Russia, 1700-1800

by S.D. Chrostowska

Literature on Trial traces the rise of modern literary criticism in Central and Eastern Europe during the eighteenth century. S.D. Chrostowska juxtaposes the discourse's written forms in three linguistic-cultural regions -- Germany, Poland, and Russia -- to show how fluid the relationship once was between the genres of criticism and those of literature.

An alternative history of literary criticism, Literature on Trial marks a shift from earlier...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442643560
• ISBN13: 9781442643567
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher