Literary Criticism from Berthoff Books

Neri Pozza Editore, 1983. Soft cover. Near Fine. THIS BOOK IS IN ITALIAN. 155 pagine, Indice dei nomi; Le autobiografie: Bibliografia. An Italian Americanist's study of autobiographies written by well-known frontier figures like Davy Crockett and Buffalo Bill, as well as others involved in the westward movement in the 19th century. Upscale mass-market paperback in glossy self-wraps, which… Read more about this item

Casa Editrice F. Le Monnier, 1963. Soft cover. Good. THIS BOOK IS IN ITALIAN. 165 pagine + XII pagine Premessa, etc.; Bibliografia. Trade paperback in soiled plain white wraps, wear to edges of covers, pages age-tanned. Fore-edge rough-cut, some of the pages are not cut at all on the top edge. The former owner, Prof. Warner Berthoff, who… Read more about this item

Studio editorale, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. THIS BOOK IS IN ITALIAN. 206 pagine. Traduzione di Marisa e Luciana Bulgheroni. Italian edition of Edmund Wilson's 1931 book Axel's Castle: A Study in the Imaginative Literature of 1870-1930. Narrow trade paperback (c. 13 x 18.25 cm) in self-wraps, minimal shelf wear at crown and heel, pages age-tanned but unmarked.… Read more about this item

Guanda, 1971. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. THIS BOOK IS IN ITALIAN. 277 pagine, Bibliografica essenziale. An Italian literary critic looks at Roethke's poetic language, concepts of space and time, and particular poems. Trade paperback, spine sunned, wraps a bit scuffed with a few spots of soil, scant shelf wear. Inscribed by the author on front… Read more about this item

Bulzoni Editore, 1983. Soft cover. Very Good. 24 pages. Pamphlet with text in typesript format, being one- or two-page abstracts in English of the ten Italian-language essays on works of Melville by Italian scholars of American literature, published in the book Melvilliana, edited by Paola Cabibbo and likewise published by Bulzoni. Our inventory #WBB-1247 is the full book.… Read more about this item

Sansoni Editore, 1980. Soft cover. Very Good. THIS OFFPRINT IS IN ITALIAN. 18 pagine, estratto dal n. 368 della rivista Paragone / Letteratura, Ottobre 1980. Italian scholar's essay on Herman Melville's early novel Typee. Folded-over offprint (14.5 x 21 cm), stapled on fold. No visible wear except a paperclip indentation at the top edge of front cover and… Read more about this item

Bulzoni Editore, 1983. Soft cover. Very Good. THIS BOOK IS IN ITALIAN. 281 pagine, a cura di Paola Cabibbo, Introduzione. Ten essays by seven Italian scholars of American literature, on various works of Melville including Typee, "Bartleby the Scrivener", Redburn, "The Encantadas", and Billy Budd. Trade paperback in self-wraps, spine sunned, mark from a paperclip on front cover… Read more about this item

Impress, 2011. Soft cover. Near Fine. 344 pages, with index. A dozen essays on 18th-20th century novelists, a dozen on critics and criticism. Trade paperback with self-wraps, no visible wear, binding tight, pages bright and unmarked. Inscribed by author on front free end paper to friends.

Steerforth Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 351 pages, with index, biographical chronology. 8vo, gray paper over boards with black cloth quarter, silver gilt lettering on spine, very scant shelf wear, a touch of dust soil to top edge, pale foxing to end papers. Unclipped dust jacket has very slight wear to bottom front corner.… Read more about this item

Swallow Press, 2009. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 336 pages plus 15 front-matter pages, with index. Essays and reviews, chiefly concerning 20th-century poets. Trade paperback, very slight shelf wear. Inscribed by author on half-title to friends, underscoring and marginalia by one of then, Prof. Ann E. Berthoff; pages bright.

Oxford University Press, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 316 pages, with Index, chronology ("A Calendar"), bibliography of criticism. Essays by long-time professor at Amherst on the lives and works of Thomas Hardy, Yeats. E.A. Robinson, Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, Hart Crane, William Carlos Williams. 8vo, dusty teal cloth with gilt lettering on spine,… Read more about this item

University of Massachusetts Press, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 303 pages, with Name Index. Essays by literary critic and professor of English Literature on 19th-century and modern poets. 8vo, black cloth with silver gilt lettering, maroon end papers, corners sharp, back board a little bowed, touch of dust soil to top edge. Dust jacket has shelf wear, creases to… Read more about this item

Faber and Faber, 1977. Hardcover. Good/Good. 254 pages, with index. Essays on 20th century interwar English literature - not a comprehensive account, but selective: on T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, Aldous Huxley, W.H. Auden, some others. 8vo, black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, scant shelf wear, faint foxing to top edge, end papers slightly age-toned. Unclipped dust jacket has… Read more about this item

Graywolf Press, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 197 pages. Autobiography of critic and English literature teacher at Amherst. 8vo, black paper over boards, silver gilt lettering, scant wear, some foxing to fore-edge and end papers, touch of dust soil to top edge, folded spot in top edge of one page. Unclipped dust jacket has wear to… Read more about this item

Impress, 2015. Soft cover. Near Fine. 466 pages. Essays on a variety of writers and other topics by the prolific reviewer and professor of English at Amherst. Trade paperback, slightest shelf wear, touch of dust soil to edges, handful of page reference notes written in pencil on rear free end paper. Pages bright and unmarked.

University of Massachusetts Press, 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 303 pages, with index. The collection, many of the pieces originally published in The Hudson Review, includes essays on Robert Frost, other modern poets, some short book reviews, reflections on teaching. 8vo, dark blue cloth with silver gilt lettering, blue end papers, not visibly worn, touch of dust soil… Read more about this item

Aufbau-Verlag Berlin und Weimar, 1964. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. THIS BOOK IS IN GERMAN. 451 pages, some black and white illustrations. The reader includes works by and about Heinrich von Kleist. 8vo, beige cloth with rubbed black and gold lettering and decoration, moderate soil and wear including bump to top corner and text block, edges and pages age-tanned. Name… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1989. Hardcover. Good. 363 pages. Reprint of book first published 1975, which looks at the literary remembrance and mythologization of World War I. 8vo, blue-green paper over boards with black quarter, gilt lettering on spine, light shelf wear, damp damage (rippling) along bottom of front board and top of text block near the back, foxing… Read more about this item

The University of Chicago, 1974. Soft cover. Good. 228 pages. The inaugural issue of this academic thick journal. Includes Wayne C. Booth on Kenneth Burke and Burke's rejoinder; Quentin Bell "Art and the Elite"; Frank Kermode on novels; a story and essay about it by Eudora Welty. Trade paperback-sized, wraps worn especially with rubbing along spine, which is… Read more about this item

Random House, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 237 pages, with index. Combined biographical and critical study. 8vo, flecked beige paper over boards with black cloth quarter, gilt lettering and decoration, a bit of wear at the heel, fore-edge rough-cut, faint foxing to top edge, in unclipped DJ with little wear. Extensive notes in pencil by former… Read more about this item