Author: Caws, Mary Ann
Series#:117; Twayne's World Authors; Hardback; Book
150 pages
Published: May 1996
Gale
ISBN: 0805746234

Twayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writer's work.Each volume features: -- A critical, interpretive study and explication of the author's works-- A brief biography of the author-- An accessible chronology outlining the life, the work, and relevant historical cA revision of the author's 1974 treatise on Breton, this text adopts a new approach, considering different essays and concentrating on new aspects of his works. Caws devotes a whole chapter to his surrealist poetry, examining his work from a viewpoint which is both intimate and impassioned.