Edward Wagenknecht (1900–2004)
Author of The Fireside Book of Christmas Stories
About the Author
Edward Wagenknecht (1900-2004) was the author of well over 60 titles, covering a wide variety of subjects, most notably British and American literary biography and criticism, including pioneering studies of Dickens and Twain and monumental histories of the English and American novel. In addition to show more his work on the early film, he wrote of still earlier actors and actresses from the legitimate stage, and of the history of New England and Chicago. show less
Image credit: 1964 photograph by Boston University Photo Services.
Works by Edward Wagenknecht
Cavalcade of the American novel, from the birth of the Nation to the middle of the twentieth century (1952) 11 copies
Murder by Gaslight: Victorian Tales — Editor — 3 copies
A preface to literature 3 copies
Marilyn Monroe; a composite view 3 copies
Seven Masters of Supernatural Fiction: (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy) (1991) 2 copies
When I was a Child An Anthology 2 copies
Joan of Arc 1 copy
Modern Essays in Criticism 1 copy
Cather 1 copy
Hawthorne 1 copy
Values in literature 1 copy
Associated Works
Twentieth-Century American Literature (Chelsea House Library of Literary Criticism) (1986) — Contributor — 13 copies
Mrs. Longfellow: Selected Letters And Journals Of Fanny Appleton Longfellow (1956) — Editor — 9 copies
Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol 6 No 3 (July 1930) — Contributor — 1 copy
The American book collector — Contributor, some editions — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Wagenknecht, Edward
- Legal name
- Wagenknecht, Edward Charles
- Other names
- Forrest, Julian
- Birthdate
- 1900-03-28
- Date of death
- 2004-05-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- St. Albans, Vermont, USA
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA (birth)
- Education
- University of Washington (Ph.D|1932)
University of Chicago (MA) - Occupations
- professor
literary critic - Organizations
- University of Chicago
University of Washington
Illinois Institute of Technology
Boston University
Harvard University
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Reviews
Fireside Book of Christmas Stories by Edward Wagenknecht
I own a copy of this book that belonged to my mother. It has been read so many times it is beginning to fall apart, but I love reading it over and over again, carefully.
Even a small book can pack a big punch.
This is a fairly thin volume, but it includes many extremely important essays in Chaucer criticism. There is a bit of a checklist feeling to the result ("We need one essay on the Pardoner's Tale, one on the Wife's Tale, one on the Knight's Tale..."), which may be a little unbalanced -- but there is obviously a lot to be said for a single book which gives access to the single most influential writing on each of Chaucer's major works.
The material is from the mid-twentieth century and earlier, so some of it is perhaps a little out of date. But there is value in almost all of it, as long as you're willing to accept it as provisional. There are books with newer insights. There are very few with more insights.… (more)
This is a fairly thin volume, but it includes many extremely important essays in Chaucer criticism. There is a bit of a checklist feeling to the result ("We need one essay on the Pardoner's Tale, one on the Wife's Tale, one on the Knight's Tale..."), which may be a little unbalanced -- but there is obviously a lot to be said for a single book which gives access to the single most influential writing on each of Chaucer's major works.
The material is from the mid-twentieth century and earlier, so some of it is perhaps a little out of date. But there is value in almost all of it, as long as you're willing to accept it as provisional. There are books with newer insights. There are very few with more insights.… (more)
Unfortunately my copy was mis-manufactured and is missing several pages.
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