Critica: Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Literaturkritik zwischen Quintilian und Thomasius

About the Author Herbert Jaumann, Dr.Phil. (1974) in German literature (University of Munich), Habil. 1988 (University of Bielefeld), is Professor of Early Modern German literature at the University of Greifswald. His publications include editions and studies on authors and topics of German learning and literature in their European contexts, including Wieland, Goethe, Mercier, Rousseau in Germany. Product Description With reference to relevant sources in the major European languages, classical and modern, this study examines the rise of modern 'practical criticism' as part of a new paradigm of cultural processing during the 16th and 17th centuries, especially in Italy, France, the Dutch Republic and Germany.