Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers, & Other Creative Wri Contributor(s): Di Mauro, Laurie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0810324229 ISBN-13: 9780810324220 Publisher: Gale Cengage OUR PRICE: $497.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1991 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference - Biography & Autobiography |
Dewey: 809.04 |
Series: Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism |
Physical Information: 464 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This highly useful series presents substantial excerpts from the best criticism on the major literary figures and nonfiction writers, including novelists, poets, playwrights and literary theorists, of 1900 to 1999 -- the era most frequently studied in high schools. Each volume presents overviews of four to eight authors with chronologically arranged criticism representing the entire range of response to each author. A typical excerpt is prefaced by an annotation that explains the critics reputation and critical philosophy and providing a synopsis of the excerpt. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text. Every fourth volume is a Topics volume covering major literary movements, trends and other topics. Volumes include author, nationality, topic and title indexes; a cumulative title index to the entire series is published separately. |