Bøger i Literary Criticism in Perspective serien

This book traces the widely varying critical reception of Andreas Gryphius (1616-1664), the greatest German poet of the seventeenth century.

Critical response to Uhland's work from 19th century to present.

A contextualizing overview of the polarized critical reception of Willa Cather, one of the pre-eminent US authors of the twentieth-century.

Critical response to Lear's literary, journalistic, musical and artistic output.

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

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

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.