Richard Kostelanetz Summary

Critical Essay by Granville Hicks Richard Kostelanetz, a young critic who is acutely conscious of both his youth and his critical responsibilities, has edited a volume called Young American Writers&#x... Read more

Critical Essay by Edward Butscher Kostelanetz remains a child of the 1960s—when he was in his twenties—a bad boy who refuses to grow up or be bought off, except, on occasion, by his own ... Read more

Critical Essay by John Martone Although his title [The Old Poetries and the New] might imply an evolutionary understanding of the relationship between traditional and avant-garde poetries, Kostelanetz... Read more

Critical Essay by Marquerite Mcaneny Richard Kostelanetz, who edited The New American Arts …, has also written or edited several other books on literature and the arts. In [The Theatre of Mixed... Read more

Critical Essay by Thomas Powers After a solid week of reading Richard Kostelanetz's long book about literary politicking [The End of Intelligent Writing], I got a bright idea of how to proceed ... Read more

Critical Essay by Welch D. Everman A book is a possibility for action. Like a musical score, it does not exist until it is performed by a reader, and, of course, some texts are more difficult to perfo... Read more

Critical Essay by Charles Molesworth What a sour book [The End of Intelligent Writing] is—no allowance made for its "heroic" attack on entrenched elites, or its wide-eyed support ... Read more