Reviews for Uncivil rites

The average rating for Uncivil rites based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-04-08 00:00:00 George Adele Book reviews, it goes without saying, are personal matters. This collection of summaries of 20th century writers (British and American) does not refect the multicultural emergence of literature after 1964, which in itself is interesting as the world seemed limited then to a lot of touristique fiction whenever set in countries other than Britain or America. Again, a reference book for my shelves, however I question how much longer I will keep this item.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-12-01 00:00:00 James Brow As with the predecessor, 'Tradition and Dream' is just a great piece of literary history. But it's better than the earlier history (which dealt with English fiction until about 1914) for a few reasons. First, there are more gems to be discovered here. Odds are, there aren't many really good books from the 19th century that are under the radar; but there might well be from the 20th. Second, it seems that the publishers at the NYRB press used this book to choose which books to bring back into print, which is both funny (since I wouldn't exactly call Walter Allen ahead of his time) and nice. You get a good summary of these lost minor classics. Anyway, it's a quick read despite its length, and is a great way to get a first glimpse of early and mid twentieth century fiction from England and America.