The Complete Works of Hippolyte Taine

The Complete Works of Hippolyte Taine Hippolyte Adolphe Taine was a French critic and historian. He was the chief theoretical influence of French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism and one of the first practitioners of historicist criticism. Literary historicism as a critical movement has been said to originate with him. This collection includes the following: The Origins of Contemporary France, Complete A Tour Through The Pyrenees The Philosophy of Art History of English L