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Leo Spitzer, a renowned philologist and linguist, offers a thought-provoking collection of essays exploring English and American literature. His analyses cover a range of influential works, from Middle English poetry to the writings of Donne, Milton, Keats, Poe, Whitman, and Yeats. Each essay showcases Spitzer's insightful and imaginative interpretations. Notably, the collection features "American Advertising Explained as Popular Art," highlighting his commentary on American culture, making this anthology both intellectually stimulating and culturally relevant.

Spitzer discusses the method he evolved for bringing together the two disciplines, linguistics and literary history, and examines the work of Cervantes, Racine, Diderot, and Claudel in the light of this theory.Originally published in 1967.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.