Literary Essays and Reviews: Collected Works of a.M. Klein (Heritage) - Softcover

Klein, A.M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802066070 ISBN 13: 9780802066077

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1987

Synopsis

The passionately held views of A.M. Klein are focused in these essays on literature and the arts. Ranging from the formally theoretical to the intensely personal, they reflect the enthusiasm and the conviction characteristic of all Klein's writing.

Among the subjects that come under the critic's unblinking eye are various genres of Jewish literature, illuminating not only on their own terms but also for what they reveal about Klein's Jewish poems. There are also essays on Canadian, American, English, and European literature as general subjects, and others on specific works and individual writers, including the acclaimed articles on James Joyce.

Throughout this collection is heard a critical voice sharpened with erudition and enriched with emotion. The essays are framed with an introduction, which presents a thematic analysis, and a biographical chronology, which places the essays in the context of Klein's life and work as teacher, poet, novelist, and critic.

About this title

About the Authors

A.M. Klein (1909-1972) was a Canadian poet and writer.

Usher Caplan is an editor at the National Gallery of Canada.

M.W. Steinberg was a professor of English at the University of British Columbia.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802066070
• ISBN 13: 9780802066077
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 454
• Editor: Caplan Usher, Steinberg M.W.