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Literary Criticism Canadian

Literary Essays and Reviews

Collected Works of A.M. Klein

by (author) A.M. Klein

edited by Usher Caplan & M.W. Steinberg

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Dec 1987
Category
Canadian, 20th Century, General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487590949
    Publish Date
    Dec 1987
    List Price
    $46.95

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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 the authors

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

A.M. Klein's profile page

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

Usher Caplan's profile page

M. W. Steinberg is a Professor of English at the University of British Columbia

M.W. Steinberg's profile page