The Critical Response to Saul Bellow (Critical Responses in Arts & Letters) (Critical Responses in Arts and Letters) - Hardcover

Bach, Gerhard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313283702 ISBN 13: 9780313283703

Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL, 1995

Synopsis

Though one of the most significant American writers of the 20th century, Saul Bellow has continually elicited conflicting responses from critics. Some critics have seen him as America's greatest contemporary writer, while others have discounted him as discouragingly redundant. Not even his novel Herzog, generally considered his worthiest achievement, has gone unchallenged. The expansion of critical theory in the last decade has added to the controversy over Bellow's works. The reviews and essays gathered in this volume illustrate the many disparate critical responses and approaches to Saul Bellow over the last 50 years, from the late 1940s into the 1990s. Representative samples of criticism from the earliest reviews to the most recent assessments trace the different critical phases and approaches to Bellow's work over time. The selections included also reflect larger trends in literary criticism over the last half century and chart the history of the critical community's response to Bellow. The selections are arranged chronologically in clusters devoted to particular works.

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Review:

"Any twentieth-century American literature reference collection should find this a worthwhile purchase. Highly recommended."-Reference Book review

?Any twentieth-century American literature reference collection should find this a worthwhile purchase. Highly recommended.?-Reference Book review

Synopsis:

The reviews and essays gathered in this volume bring into focus the different concerns and critical approaches to reading Saul Bellow over the last 50 years. The volume covers Bellow's entire career, from the late 1940s into the 1990s. Representative samples from the earliest responses to the most recent critical assessments allow the reader to view the different phases and approaches to Bellow's art over time.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0313283702
• ISBN 13: 9780313283703
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 394