Hans Gumbrecht is the Albert GuÉrard Professor of Literature at Stanford University, an associate professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at the UniversitÉ de MontrÉal, and directeur d'Études associÉ at the École des Hautes Études in Paris. His more than four hundred publications have been translated into seventeen languages.

"A clear and cogent work that bears the stamp of Gumbrecht's original mind and his engagement with a daunting critical tradition. The Powers of Philology leads the reader into a complex, rich reflection on the identifying areas defining philological competence." --Joan Ramon Resina, editor of Diacritics and of the volumes Iberian Cities and After-Images of the City

Hans Gumbrecht is the Albert GuÉrard Professor of Literature at Stanford University, an associate professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at the UniversitÉ de MontrÉal, and directeur d'Études associÉ at the École des Hautes Études in Paris. His more than four hundred publications have been translated into seventeen languages.

"A clear and cogent work that bears the stamp of Gumbrecht's original mind and his engagement with a daunting critical tradition. The Powers of Philology leads the reader into a complex, rich reflection on the identifying areas defining philological competence." --Joan Ramon Resina, editor of Diacritics and of the volumes Iberian Cities and After-Images of the City

Hans Gumbrecht is the Albert GuÉrard Professor of Literature at Stanford University, an associate professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at the UniversitÉ de MontrÉal, and directeur d'Études associÉ at the École des Hautes Études in Paris. His more than four hundred publications have been translated into seventeen languages.

"A clear and cogent work that bears the stamp of Gumbrecht's original mind and his engagement with a daunting critical tradition. The Powers of Philology leads the reader into a complex, rich reflection on the identifying areas defining philological competence." --Joan Ramon Resina, editor of Diacritics and of the volumes Iberian Cities and After-Images of the City