…He paid close attention to the form of expression in literature, while at the same time striving to understand it in the broader context of culture and society. This approach bore fruit in his major work, The American Renaissance (1941), which, as the subtitle succinctly indicates, produced a classic work on art and expression in the age of Emerson and Whitman. His other major works include The Achievement of T.S. Eliot (1935), Henry James: Major Aspects (1944), Dreiser (1951), and the collection of essays The Critic's Responsibility (1952). … *Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "American Renaissance" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…彼は文学を,その表現形式に緻密な注意を払いながら,一方で文化や社会という広い文脈の中でとらえようと努めた。この方法は主著《アメリカ・ルネサンス》(1941)に結実し,副題が端的に示すように〈エマソンとホイットマンの時代における芸術と表現〉に関する古典的業績を創出した。その他のおもな著作には《T.S.エリオットの達成》(1935),《ヘンリー・ジェームズ――主要な局面》(1944),《ドライサー》(1951)などがあり,論文集《批評家の責任》(1952)も重要。… ※「《アメリカ・ルネサンス》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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