This invaluable book includes a selection of early criticism and a wide range of informative essays from critics of the last twenty years. Contributors include: Ernest Jones, Wolfgang H. Clemen, D.G. James, Maynard Mack, H.D.F.Kitto, T.S. Eliot, Harry Levin, Helen Gardner, L.C.Knights, John Holloway, Patrick Cruttwell and Jan Kott.