Comparative Literature

Comparative Literature  (1886)  by Hutcheson Macaulay Posnett

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Published in 1886, source Internet Archive

Table of Contents

• Preface

Book I. Introduction

• Chapter I. What is Literature?
• Chapter II. Relativity of Literature
• Chapter III. The Principle of Literary Growth
• Chapter IV. The Comparative Method and Literature

Book II. Clan Literature

• Chapter I. The Clan Group
• Chapter II. Early Choral Song
• Chapter III. Personal Clan Poetry
• Chapter IV. The Clan and Nature

Book III. The City Commonwealth

• Chapter I. The City Commonwealth Group
• Chapter II. Clan Survivals in the City Commonwealth
• Chapter III. Poetry of the City Commonwealth

Book IV. World-Literature

• Chapter I. What is World-Literature?
• Chapter II. The Individual Spirit in World-Literature
• Chapter III. The Social Spirit in World-Literature
• Chapter IV. World-Literature in India and China

Book V. Introduction

• Chapter I. What is Literature?
• Chapter II. Man in National Literature
• Chapter III. Nature in National Literature

• Conclusion