Wimsatt, William K. 1907-1975

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
וימסט, ויליאם קורץ, 1907-1975
Name (Latin)
Wimsatt, William K. 1907-1975
Other forms of name
Wei-mu-sai-tʻe, 1907-1975
Wimsatt, William Kurtz, 1907-1975
Wimsatt, W. K. (William Kurtz), 1907-1975
Date of birth
1907-11-17
Date of death
1975-12-17
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 44416428
Wikidata: Q8014127
Library of congress: n 50015787
Sources of Information
  • His Hsi yang wen hsüeh pʻi pʻing shih, 1987:t.p. (Wei-mu-sai-tʻe)
  • His Literary criticism, 1983:t.p. (William K. Wimsatt, Jr.)
  • His Shapes from dusk and winter, 1938.
  • His Day of the leopards, 1976:t.p. (W.K. Wimsatt)

Wikipedia description:

William Kurtz Wimsatt Jr. (November 17, 1907 – December 17, 1975) was an American professor of English, literary theorist, and critic. Wimsatt is often associated with the concept of the intentional fallacy, which he developed with Monroe Beardsley in order to question the importance of an author's intentions for the creation of a work of art.

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