Ostensibly, A Literary Review is a straightforward commentary by Søren Kierkegaard on the work of a contemporary novelist. On deeper levels, however, it becomes the existential philosopher's far-reaching critique of his society and age, and its apocalyptic final sections inspired the central ideas in Martin Heiddeger's influential work Being and Time. Embraced by many readers as prophetic, A Literary Review and its concepts remain relevant to our current debates on identity, addiction, and social conformity. 11.7
Since 1954, Magill's Literary Annual has evaluated critically 200 major examples of serious literature - whether fiction, poetry, or nonfiction - published during the previous calendar year. Out focus is to cover works that are likely to be of interest to general readers, that reflect publishing
