This book offers a representative selection of the best criticism so far devoted to the writings of the Argentine master, Jorge Luis Borges. It begins with the editor's introduction, originally published in 1969, but presenting a view of both the strength and limitations of Borges' achievement that still seems valid today. The volume then reprints, in chronological order of publication, a major sequence of what can be called Borgesian receptions....

Discusses "The Death of the Hired Man," "The Oven Bird," "Birches," and other poems by Robert Frost.

Critical essays analyze the themes, style, and emotions of Miller's plays, assess his place in American drama, and are accompanied by a brief chronology of his life.

A collection of critical essays on Chopin and her works arranged in chronological order of publication.

A collection of criticism of Morrison's novels with essays arranged in the chronological order of their original publication.