Böcker i Continuum Reception Studies-serien

Focuses attention on the longevity and complexity of Blake's reception in Japan and elsewhere in the East. This book offers a case-study of the way in which the vigorous afterlife of Blake's work has allowed active appropriation of an inspiring presence, rather than passive succumbing to a Eurocentric or Orientalist ideology.

The early reception of Laurence Sterne in France was vocal and controversial, reflecting the literary and social upheaval of the period. This monograph offers original readings of Sterne and his French interpreters, such as Voltaire, Diderot, Suard, and Julie de Lespinasse, placing them within the context of eighteenth-century French culture.

A collection of essays, presenting international perspectives on the Faust theme in literature, theatre, performance, music, film, and dance. It examines questions of adaptation, translation and reception centering on a diversity of cultural traditions, including the Chinese, African, Brazilian, Indian and Canadian, as well as the European.

Brings together a wide range of international perspectives on TS Eliot, an influential twentieth-century author, who as poet, critic, and editor did much to shape modernist poetics, not only in Europe and North America, but also world-wide.

Of all the great novelists of the Romantic period, only two, Jane Austen and Walter Scott, have been continuously reprinted, admired, argued about, and read, from the moment their works first appeared. This study traces how Scott's 19th-century success among all classes of readers made him the most admired and most widely read novelist in history.

Samuel Beckett's popularity has rocketed around the world and he is recognised as one of the most important and influential writers of the twentieth century. This book brings together essays from leading critics on Beckett's international critical reception.

Emily Dickinson's poetry is known and read worldwide but there have been no studies of her reception and influence outside America. This title presents a collection of essays on Dickinson covering her reception in abroad including translations, circulation and the responses of private and professional readers to her poetry in different countries.

Presents a study of allusions to Alfred Tennyson's poetry in works of fiction from the Victorian period onwards. This title focuses on the poems of Tennyson and their reception history. It covers various novelists including Thomas Hardy, James Joyce, Evelyn Waugh, and Andrew O'Hagan, and looks at their approach to writing.

Analyzes the reception of William Wordsworth's poetry in 19th century Germany in relation to other romantic poets. This book establishes the wider presence of many others translating, anthologizing and commenting on Wordsworth poetry and beliefs.

Over the last decade, Samuel Beckett''s popularity has rocketed around the world and he is increasingly recognised as one of the most important and influential writers of the twentieth century but there has been very little scholarly work on Beckett''s reception outside Europe. This comprehensive volume brings together essays from leading critics on Beckett''s international critical reception. Due to Beckett''s linguistic and artistic abilities, he was intimately involved in the translation and production of his writings in German, French, English and Spanish; and consequently countries using these languages have sophisticated critical traditions. However, many other countries have adopted Beckett as their own, from places where he lived for lengthy periods of his life (England, France, Ireland and Germany), to those finding directly applicable political messages in his work (such as ex-Soviet states including the Czech Republic and Romania), and those countries whose national literary traditions bear heavily upon his work (e.g. Norway and Italy). This fascinating volume reveals Beckett''s evolving critical reception from contemporary reviews to the present.

Focuses attention on the longevity and complexity of Blake's reception in Japan and elsewhere in the East. This book offers a case-study of the way in which the vigorous afterlife of Blake's work has allowed active appropriation of an inspiring presence, rather than passive succumbing to a Eurocentric or Orientalist ideology.