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There are 11 critical essays on Ellen Key.

Critical Essays on Ellen Key
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Critical Essay by Torborg Lundell
6,679 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Lundell explores the role of mothers in Swedish feminism and in Key's writings.
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Critical Essay by V. Jefferson Watts
3,974 words, approx. 13 pages
In the following essay, Watts excoriates Key for what he considers her unscientific approach.
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Critical Essay by Charles N. Genno
3,493 words, approx. 12 pages
In the following essay, Genno discusses the influence of Key's works on the writings of the early-twentieth century Austrian novelist Robert Musil.
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Critical Essay by Nancy M. Schoonmaker
2,446 words, approx. 8 pages
In the following essay, Schoonmaker eulogizes Key and provides an overview of her views.
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Critical Essay by Havelock Ellis
2,392 words, approx. 8 pages
Ellis was a pioneering sex psychologist and a respected English literary figure. His most famous work is The Psychology of Sex (1897-1928), a seven-volume study containing case histories of sex-related psychological abnormalities, which was greatly responsible for changing British and American attitudes toward sexuality. In addition to his writings on psychology, Ellis edited a series of English dramas and retained an active interest in literature throughout his life. In the following essay, originally pub...
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Critical Essay by Amalie K. Boguslawsky
1,777 words, approx. 6 pages
In the following essay, Boguslawsky asserts that although many of Key's contentions are idealistic, her ideas regarding parenthood and child care are rooted in practicality.
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Critical Essay by The New York Times Book Review
1,441 words, approx. 5 pages
In the following review, the anonymous author admires Key's straightforward approach to human emotion and sexuality in Love and Marriage.
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Critical Essay by Current Opinion
1,159 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following essay, the anonymous author contrasts the feminist views of Key with those of the noted American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, most widely known today for her early-twentieth century feminist short story "The Yellow Wallpaper. "
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Critical Essay by Caroline L. Hunt
1,151 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following review of The Century of the Child, Hunt offers a favorable opinion, but laments what she considers Key's "bitterness of spirit" apparent in the work
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Critical Essay by The New York Times Book Review
1,023 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, the anonymous author praises The Century of the Child, noting, however, that many of Key's assertions will already be taken for granted by American readers because of the direction of the women's movement in the United States at the time of the work's publication in English.
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Critical Essay by Raymond Bellamy
936 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Bellamy provides a short summary and a favorable review of The Renaissance of Motherhood.


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