Edward Wagenknecht (1900–2004)
Autore di The Fireside Book of Christmas Stories
Sull'Autore
Edward Wagenknecht (1900-2004) was the author of well over 60 titles, covering a wide variety of subjects, most notably British and American literary biography and criticism, including pioneering studies of Dickens and Twain and monumental histories of the English and American novel. In addition to mostra altro his work on the early film, he wrote of still earlier actors and actresses from the legitimate stage, and of the history of New England and Chicago. mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: 1964 photograph by Boston University Photo Services.
Opere di Edward Wagenknecht
Cavalcade of the American novel, from the birth of the Nation to the middle of the twentieth century (1952) 11 copie
Murder by Gaslight: Victorian Tales — A cura di — 3 copie
A preface to literature 3 copie
Marilyn Monroe; a composite view 3 copie
Seven Masters of Supernatural Fiction: (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy) (1991) 2 copie
When I was a Child An Anthology 2 copie
Joan of Arc 1 copia
Modern Essays in Criticism 1 copia
Cather 1 copia
Hawthorne 1 copia
Values in literature 1 copia
Opere correlate
Gli innocenti all'estero: viaggio in Italia dei nuovi pellegrini (1869) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 3,838 copie
Twentieth-Century American Literature (Chelsea House Library of Literary Criticism) (1986) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Mrs. Longfellow: Selected Letters And Journals Of Fanny Appleton Longfellow (1956) — A cura di — 9 copie
Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol 6 No 3 (July 1930) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Wagenknecht, Edward
- Nome legale
- Wagenknecht, Edward Charles
- Altri nomi
- Forrest, Julian
- Data di nascita
- 1900-03-28
- Data di morte
- 2004-05-24
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Luogo di morte
- St. Albans, Vermont, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Chicago, Illinois, USA (birth)
- Istruzione
- University of Washington (PhD)
University of Chicago (MA) - Attività lavorative
- professor
- Organizzazioni
- University of Chicago
University of Washington
Illinois Institute of Technology
Boston University
Harvard University
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Fireside Book of Christmas Stories di Edward Wagenknecht
I own a copy of this book that belonged to my mother. It has been read so many times it is beginning to fall apart, but I love reading it over and over again, carefully.
Even a small book can pack a big punch.
This is a fairly thin volume, but it includes many extremely important essays in Chaucer criticism. There is a bit of a checklist feeling to the result ("We need one essay on the Pardoner's Tale, one on the Wife's Tale, one on the Knight's Tale..."), which may be a little unbalanced -- but there is obviously a lot to be said for a single book which gives access to the single most influential writing on each of Chaucer's major works.
The material is from the mid-twentieth century and earlier, so some of it is perhaps a little out of date. But there is value in almost all of it, as long as you're willing to accept it as provisional. There are books with newer insights. There are very few with more insights.… (altro)
This is a fairly thin volume, but it includes many extremely important essays in Chaucer criticism. There is a bit of a checklist feeling to the result ("We need one essay on the Pardoner's Tale, one on the Wife's Tale, one on the Knight's Tale..."), which may be a little unbalanced -- but there is obviously a lot to be said for a single book which gives access to the single most influential writing on each of Chaucer's major works.
The material is from the mid-twentieth century and earlier, so some of it is perhaps a little out of date. But there is value in almost all of it, as long as you're willing to accept it as provisional. There are books with newer insights. There are very few with more insights.… (altro)
Unfortunately my copy was mis-manufactured and is missing several pages.
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- 66
- Opere correlate
- 17
- Utenti
- 871
- Popolarità
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- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 10
- ISBN
- 60
- Lingue
- 1
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- 3