Critical Introductions

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I read a collection of Hesiod's poetry and something that caught me by surprise was how critical the introduction was to the quality of the poems. He doesn't hate them but he all but calls them fairly mediocre and certainly emphasizes their inferiority to Homer's work. This made me realize that you never really see introductions that are this critical of the work as they're generally written by scholars who admire the work. Has anyone else seen any introductions that are more critical or negative towards the work?