Reviews for Twentieth-Century Literary Movements Dictionary: A Compendium to More Than 500 Literary, Critical, & Theatrical Movements, Schools, & Groups from More Than 80 Nations...

The average rating for Twentieth-Century Literary Movements Dictionary: A Compendium to More Than 500 Literary, Critical, & Theatrical Movements, Schools, & Groups from More Than 80 Nations... based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-11-01 00:00:00 Roger Wallen I love these state WPA books not for their readability (which in this case is dense and mostly boring), but for the historical value of life in the 1930s and especially the tours section which describes the highlights along every major state and federal highway throughout the state, and extra info about the (then) top cities and towns: Arden, Dover, Lewes, Milford, Newark, New Castle, Rehoboth, and Wilmington. Eight pages in the literature chapter includes early lit of the state and books from 1920-30s. Authors mentioned include: Howard Pyle, John P. Marquand, Katharine Virden, Gertrude Crownfield, Anne Parrish, Charles Wertenbaker and Emily Bissell. Also an eight page bibliography divided by subject but does not include fiction or poetry.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-05-20 00:00:00 Charles Carpenter I picked up this book because I wanted to know more about the history of Christmas and its traditions. This book did not really fulfill my wants. For one, I couldn't really follow the conclusions. For example, the author claimed that Santa Claus gets a lot of his characterization and following from Odin. Okay, that is a bold claim that I was willing to follow. The problem was that his support wasn't really there. I read the whole thing thinking that I was reading badly done (or at least badly argued) history. I also had a problem with the writing style. It was extremely bland and too flowery in places that it didn't need to be. All in all, I would pick another book if you wanted to read about the history of Christmas.