CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. A PERSONAL RETROSPECT 1
4. LEECH-GATHERING 17
5. THE MODERN HUMANITIES IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 24
6. WHY LITERARY CRITICISM IS NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE 40
7. ENGLISH, AMERICAN, AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 57
8. COMPARING THE LITERATURE 74
9. THEMATICS AND CRITICISM 91
10. TWO ROMANISTEN IN AMERICA: SPITZER AND AUERBACH 110
11. A DIALOGUE WITH ARTHUR LOVEJOY 131
12. MEMOIRS OF SCHOLARS, 1: 140
13. MEMOIRS OF SCHOLARS, 2: 147
14. MEMOIRS OF SCHOLARS, 3: 151
15. MEMOIRS OF SCHOLARS, 4: 155
16. THE JUDGMENT OF POSTERITY 160
17. FROM TERENCE TO TABARIN: A NOTE ON LES FOURBERIES DE SCAPIN 174
18. AN INTRODUCTION TO BEN JONSON 183
19. ON THE EARL OF ROCHESTER 207
20. FROM GUSLE TO TAPE-RECORDER 212
21. THE QUIXOTIC PRINCIPLE: CERVANTES AND OTHER NOVELISTS 224
22. ON THE DISSEMINATION OF REALISM 244
23. AMERICA DISCOVERS BOHEMIA 262
24. WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AND THE OLD WORLD 278
25. FOOTNOTES TO POETS, 1: 289
26. FOOTNOTES TO POETS, 2: 293
27. FOOTNOTES TO POETS, 3: 296
28. REAPPRAISALS OF NOVELS, 1: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES 300
29. REAPPRAISALS OF NOVELS, 2: THE CHARTERHOUSE OF PARMA 308
30. REAPPRAISALS OF NOVELS, 3: THE SCARLET LETTER 316
31. REAPPRAISALS OF NOVELS, 4: THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES 329
32. DICKENS AFTER A CENTURY 339
33. PROUST, GIDE, AND THE SEXES 351
34. JOYCE AS CRITIC 358
35. TRAGEDY, REVOLUTION, AND ANDRÉ MALRAUX 365
36. THE HARVEST OF THOMAS MANN 369
37. INTRODUCING VLADIMIR NABOKOV 376
38. “A MATTER OF NATIONAL CONCERN”: THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON OBSCENITY AND PORNOGRAPHY 380
39. BIBLIOGRAPHY 399
40. INDEX 415