The Modern Language Review, Vol. 8: A Quarterly Journal Devoted to the Study of Medieval and Modern Literature and Philology (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Modern Language Review, Vol. 8: A Quarterly Journal Devoted to the Study of Medieval and Modern Literature and Philology

IF in some future time a literary historian attempts to estimate the critical output of these last fifty years, he will find his task to be a labour of Hercules. He will be able at once to single out a few promi nent figures such as sainte-beuve, Taine, Matthew Arnold, Brunetiere, Faguet and Benedetto Croce, and he will easily understand and explain their ...