Synopsis
This deftly and intellectually fashioned compilation of essays is proof of the value of literary criticism. According to the author, "The critic focuses his attention on man himself as part of reality. Literary critics, with a double vision of past and present, provoke us to reflect in turn on our own times, places and people as well as the literary worlds." And so, the essays in Literary Criticism as Dream Analysis encourage us to connect these historic writings to our own modern life, and ocntemplate the realities of our world today.
About the Author
A former Professor of Literature at American University in Washington, D.C., the author has been president of the Southeast Renaissance Society and the Shakespeare Association of America. She is the author of two previous books on Shakespeare -- Shakespeare's English Comedy: The Merry Wives of Windsor in Context and The Shakespearean Wild: Geography, Genus and Gender. Roberts has written many articles and papers on Shakespeare, Swift, Johnson, Milton, Margaret Cavendish and Elizabeth Cary. Born in Washington, D.C., Professor Roberts is a graduate of Agnes Scott College and holds an MA from the University of Philadelphia, and a PhD from the University of Virginia. She taught for four years in Bangkok, Thailand and four years in Beirut, Lebanon.
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