Ludwig Uhland and the Critics

Victor Doerksen

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 22
• Critical response to Uhland's work from 19th century to present. Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862) is one of the founders of German literary scholarship and p... Lees meer

Wolfgang Hildesheimer and His Critics

Patricia H Stanley

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 7
• An analysis of the critical response to the works of Wolfgang Hildesheimer, one of the most important German writers - of plays, short stories, travel... Lees meer

New Critical Perspectives on Martin Walser

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 12
• Critical essays on contemporary German novelist. Martin Walser (born 1927) is one of the most prolific contemporary German novelists, and one with a p... Lees meer

Outbelieving Existence

Gordon Van Ness

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 1
• Surveys the scholarship and criticism surrounding Dickey's work, detailing the poet's intent as well as the critical reception. In their analysis of J... Lees meer

Jane Austen

Laurence W Mazzeno

• Paperback | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 64
• A comprehensive look at the academic criticism of Jane Austen from her time down to the present. Among the most important English novelists, Jane Aust... Lees meer

At War with the Red Badge of Courage

Kevin J Hayes

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 77
• The story of the critical reception of Crane's great Civil War novel from its publication to the present, with particular attention to the effects of ... Lees meer

The Changing Image of Theodor Fontane

Helen Chambers

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 42
• Wide-ranging survey of the criticism devoted to Theodor Fontane, with particular emphasis on more recent theoretical trends. This study of the literar... Lees meer

Nestroy and the Critics

W E Yates

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 18
• First survey of the history of criticism on the plays of the Viennese dramatist Nestroy. Johann Nepomuk Nestroy (1801-62) dominated the Viennese popul... Lees meer

That Dangerous Figure

Joseph Riehl

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 45
• The English poet Charles Lamb (1775-1834) stimulates reactions that often lie outside the boundaries of literary criticism, reactions that are often m... Lees meer

The Critical Reception of James Baldwin, 1963-2010

Conseula Francis

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 70
• Examines the major divisions in criticism of this major African American writer, paying particular attention to the way each critical period defines B... Lees meer

Ezra Pound and the Career of Modern Criticism

Michael G Coyle, Roxana Preda

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 75
• This first book-length study of Pound criticism investigates not just what critics have had to say about Pound but also why they have asked the questi... Lees meer

Changing Perceptions of Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus

John F Fetzer

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 37
• Wide-ranging survey of the critical reaction provoked by Mann's Doctor Faustus. Since its publication in 1947, Thomas Mann's daring treatment of the F... Lees meer

Anais Nin and Her Critics

Philip K Jason

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 4
• An assessment of the critical response to Anaïs Nin over the past 60 years. Once considered merely a coterie writer and literary adventuress, Anaïs Ni... Lees meer

Melville's Mirrors

Brian Yothers

• Paperback | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 67
• An accessible and highly readable guide to the story of Melville criticism as it has developed over the past century and a half. Herman Melville is am... Lees meer

The Critical Fall and Rise of John Marston

T F Wharton

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 16
• Analysis of critical reception of Marston, also revealing for light it sheds on relations between dramatists of late 16c -early 17c. John Marston, the... Lees meer

The Critical Life of Toni Morrison

Susan Neal Mayberry

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 78
• The first book to trace the critical reception of the great African American woman writer, attending not only to her fiction but to her nonfiction and... Lees meer

The Critical Reception of Henry James

Linda Simon

• Paperback | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 61
• Comprehensive survey and analysis of the scholarship and criticism on perhaps the greatest American writer. Although some of Henry James's contemporar... Lees meer

Goethe's Werther and the Critics

Bruce Duncan

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 59
• A literary-historical look at the scholarly criticism of Goethe's great first novel. When Goethe's first novel, Die Leiden des jungen Werther (The Sor... Lees meer

The Ironic Dissident

Ward B Lewis

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 40
• First survey of the critical reception of Wedekind's drama, poetry and prose in an historical chronology. This volume examines the criticism generated... Lees meer

Critical Spaces

Lorna Irvine

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 30
• First major critical study and comparison of two important female writers, the Canadian Margaret Laurence and the New Zealander Janet Frame. This volu... Lees meer

The Dickens Industry

Laurence W Mazzeno

• Paperback | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 63
• The story of the surprisingly fluctuating critical reputation of one of the great writers of the English language. Undoubtedly the best-selling author... Lees meer

The Critical Reception of James Baldwin, 1963-2010

Conseula Francis

• Paperback | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 70
• Examines the major divisions in criticism of this major African American writer, paying particular attention to the way each critical period defines B... Lees meer

Edmund Spenser

David Hill Radcliffe

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 38
• Survey of Spenser's critical reception, showing how it is conditioned by period and cultural context. Spenser was vital to attempts to define what Eng... Lees meer

History of the Commentary on Selected Writings of Samuel Johnson

Edward Tomarken

• Hardcover | Engels | Literary Criticism in Perspective | nr. 17
• A history and analysis of 250 years of critical commentary on selected works of Samuel Johnson. The works of Samuel Johnson, whom many consider the fa... Lees meer