This book offers contextual material relating to over thirty poems written by Americans over the last century. It is of note that the poems do not themselves appear in the text. Each entry offers some
Salem Press presents students, academics, and general-interest readers with a collection of essays analyzing thirty-one dramatic works in the English language. Each essay is six to eight pages in leng
This collection of 40 essays serves as an introduction to the study of world literature and is designed to as a foundation for further study using Salem Press's Critical Insights. Among the novels exa
This reference is designed for use with high school students and community college students, especially those at pre-college level. Brief (6-10 page) entries offer plot synopses, historical and societ
Part of a series, this volume offers chapters on 36 novels, with a full synopsis of each included as introduction. The chapters then discuss the multiple contexts in which the work may be seen, includ
Part of the series Introduction to Literary Context, the chapters of this volume describe and analyze 39 short stories by American and Canadian writers from the 19th and 20th centuries. An introductio