Bøger i Literary Criticism in Perspective serien

Review of criticism of two contemporary short-story writers reflects shared German/American preoccupations.

A readable and scholarly guide to the critical reception of De Quincey.

A survey of critical literature devoted to Mechthild and her Flowing Light of Godhead.

Analysis of critical reception of Marston, also revealing for light it sheds on relations between dramatists of late 16c -early 17c.

Tracks the genesis and evolution of Twain's reputation as a writer, revealing how and why the writer has been "under fire" since the advent of his career.

An accessible and highly readable guide to the story of Melville criticism as it has developed over the past century and a half.

A comprehensive look at the academic criticism of Jane Austen from her time down to the present.

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

A survey of Beckett criticism in English, French and German.

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

An up-to-date assessment of the most important scholarly criticism on one of the enfants terribles of the German Sturm und Drang.

Study of the critical attention devoted to Georg Kaiser, the important German dramatist.

A chronological and comprehensive survey of the most important English and German language criticism about the novella in historical context.