SOURCE: "The Tin Drum," in Günter Grass, Barnes and Noble Books, 1975, pp. 48-83.
Miles is an English dramatist, short story writer, novelist, author of children's literature, critic, and educator. In the following excerpt, a small portion of which was reprinted in CLC-15, he discusses the literary influences of Herman Melville, Lawrence Sterne, and Thomas Mann on The Tin Drum, and examines Grass's portrayal of Oskar, who acts as commentator on "the character and history of the German people in the twentieth century."
This is a free excerpt of 82 words. There are 14,029 words (approx.
47 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our The Tin Drum: Critical Essay by Keith Miles Access Pass.
