Bøger i Literary Criticism in Perspective serien

Wide-ranging survey of the criticism devoted to Theodor Fontane, with particular emphasis on more recent theoretical trends.

Examines both academic and popular assessments of Conan Doyle's work, giving pride of place to the Holmes stories and their adaptations, and also attending to the wide range of his published work.

A reception history of the writings of Henry David Thoreau, author of Walden.

Survey of reception of German poet Hoelderlin in French criticism and literature, with particular attention to Heidegger and his followers.

First survey of the history of criticism on the plays of the Viennese dramatist Nestroy.

A history and analysis of 250 years of critical commentary on selected works of Samuel Johnson.

A pathbreaking consideration of the intertwined critical responses to Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass, giants of abolitionist literature.

Examines the major divisions in criticism of this major African American writer, paying particular attention to the way each critical period defines Baldwin and his work for its own purposes.

Traces Hemingway's critical fortunes over the ninety years of his prominence, telling us something about what we value in literature and why scholarly reputations rise and fall.

How and why Fitzgerald's novel, initially called a failure, has come to be considered a masterwork of American literature and part of the fabric of the culture.

A study of the journalistic and academic reception of the writings of one of the great American writers of the late twentieth century.

An historical overview of criticism of the Bildungsroman from the late 18th century to the present.

Analysis of the critical history of The Ship of Fools(1494) over the past 200 years reveals changing perceptions of literature and of society.

First introduction in English to the literary life of German socialism around the turn of the century.

Analyzes the heated critical debate on Heine from his own lifetime to the present.

A sharp view of a century's critical commentary on Hardy.

A detailed critical history of McCullers's reputation and the social crosscurrents that shaped it.

First major critical study and comparison of two important female writers, the Canadian Margaret Laurence and the New Zealander Janet Frame.

Survey of Spenser's critical reception, showing how it is conditioned by period and cultural context.

Critical survey of the most significant scholarly literature devoted to the neglected German playwright Carl Zuckmayer.

First survey of the most recent critical literature devoted to Arno Schmidt, the controversial German author.

Survey of the criticism devoted to Gottfried Keller, the important nineteenth-century writer in German.

Survey of the reception history of E.L. Doctorow, the controversial American author.

First book in English to survey the critical reception of the works of Hartmann, from the nineteenth century to the present day.

First survey of the critical reception of Wedekind's drama, poetry and prose in an historical chronology.

A comprehensive survey of literary criticism about one of Austria's most significant dramatists.

Examination of the critical history of three of Goethe's most important dramas, relating it to the wider field of German literary criticism.

A history of Kafka criticism offering a synthesis of the myriad scholarly viewpoints.

An analysis of critical comment on Bly, American poet, critic, translator and political activist.

An indispensible tool for students of Taylor, Puritan writing, and early New England culture, Hammond's book also offers valuable insights to all Americanists interested in how their field developed.