Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xi

Literary Criticism Series Advisory Board

Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 ................................................................................................................. 1English short story writer, poet, novelist, essayist, and autobiographer

Vasko Popa 1922-1991 ...................................................................................................................... 150Yugoslavian poet

Severo Sarduy 1937-1993 ................................................................................................................. 182Cuban-born novelist, playwright, poet, critic, and essayist

Konstantin Stanislavsky 1863-1938 ................................................................................................. 238Russian stage director and actor

Literary Criticism Series Cumulative Author Index

Literary Criticism Series Cumulative Topic Index

TCLC Cumulative Nationality Index

TCLC-167 Title Index

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