Collect Crit Heritage-1&2 110v (Hardcover)

Individual volumes, themed sets and the full I and II collections of the renowned Critical Heritage series are once again available. A perennial favorite with English Literature students and book-lovers, each Critical Heritage volume provides a large body of critical commentary on a major literary figure. Beginning with contemporary responses to a writer's work, these volumes offer quick access to invaluable documents - including Elizabeth Barret Browning's comments on Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven," Samuel Pepys' critiques of Shakespeare's plays, and Sir Walter Scott's reviews of Jane Austen's novels. Sources range from landmark reviews and other published pieces to letters and diaries of famous authors. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuation in an author's reputation.
For a full listing of the 68 volumes in the Critical Heritage I, the 42 volumes in the Critical Heritage II, and new volumes on John Donne and Philip Sidney, contact our New York office.