Neil Simon (Bloom's Major Dramatists)

ISBN 10: 0791063607 ISBN 13: 9780791063606

Publisher: Chelsea House Pub, 2001

Synopsis

Bloom suggests that the best of Neil Simon "moves towards a Chekhovian controlled pathos." This title examines his work, including The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, The Sunshine Boys, and Lost in Yonkers.

This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School; preeminent literary critic of our time. Titles present the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature reflecting a variety of schools of criticism. Texts also contain critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index, and an introductory essay by Bloom.

About this title

Review:

"Readers seeking to understand contemporary literature and needing a further resource for research will find these comprehensive titles to be definitive guides.... Teachers and students alike will find these books to be excellent resources.... Recommended."

About this edition

• Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0791063607
• ISBN 13: 9780791063606
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 89
• Editor: Bloom Harold