Notes on Contributors Introduction Ralph Cohen 1. Literary History as a Challenge to Literary Theory Hans Robert Jaus 2. Past Significance and Present Meaning in Literary History Robert Weimann 3. Some Observations on Method in Literary Studies D. W. Robertson, Jr 4. The Life and Death of Literary Forms Alastair Fowler 5. History-Writing as Answerable Style Geoffrey H. Hartman 6. History and Fiction as Modes of Comprehension Louis O. Mink 7. The Reading Process: A Phenomenological Approach Wolfgang Iser 8. The Stylistic Approach to Literary History Michael Riffaterre 9. Poetry as Fiction Barbara Herrnstein Smith 10. The Limits of Literature Henryk Markiewicz 11. Ut Pictura Noesis? Criticism in Literary Studies and Art History Svetlana and Paul Alpers 12. Notes for an Anatomy of Modern Autobiography Francis R. Hart 13. Dreaming with Adam: Notes on Imaginary History George Garrett
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Ralph Cohen
