| Critical Essays on Milan Kundera: Milan Kundera (B. April 1, 1929) Contributor(s): Petro, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0783884648 ISBN-13: 9780783884646 Publisher: Twayne Publishers OUR PRICE: $90.09 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1999 Annotation: The full range of literary traditions comes to life in the Twayne Critical Essays Series. Volume editors have carefully selected critical essays that represent the full spectrum of controversies, trends and methodologies relating to each author's work. Essays include writings from the author's native country and abroad, with interpretations from the time they were writing, through the present day. Each volume includes: -- An introduction providing the reader with a lucid overview of criticism from its beginnings -- illuminating controversies, evaluating approaches and sorting out the schools of thought -- The most influential reviews and the best reprinted scholarly essays -- A section devoted exclusively to reviews and reactions by the subject's contemporaries -- Original essays, new translations and revisions commissioned especially for the series -- Previously unpublished materials such as interviews, lost letters and manuscript fragments -- A bibliography of the subject's writings and interviews -- A name and subject index |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) |
| Dewey: 891.868 |
| LCCN: 98-52728 |
| Series: Twayne's Critical Essays on World Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.06" W x 9.44" (1.35 lbs) 293 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Essays study the Czech author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, whose works usually focus on the bleakness of life under Communism. |