Bøger i Literary Criticism in Perspective serien

An examination of how Faulkner's work has been analyzed, elucidated, and promoted by a massive body of scholarly work spanning over seven decades.

A literary-historical look at the scholarly criticism of Goethe's great first novel.

Explores the critics' reaction to the pre-eminent Victorian poet from his lifetime to the present.

An analysis of the relationship between the great Viennese writer Karl Kraus and his literary critics.

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

An overview of the reception of Schiller's late dramas in the context of radical shifts in historical thought.

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

A study of the most significant international scholarship on Musil's famous novel.

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

An analysis of the scholarly criticism of the great Viennese writer up to the year 2000.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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