Examines the fundamentals of energy science, exploring the social, political, economic, and cultural factors that impact how energy is found, used, and stored.
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes one through ten present critical overviews of each play and feature criticism from
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes one through ten present critical overviews of each play and feature criticism from
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes one through ten present critical overviews of each play and feature criticism from
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes one through ten present critical overviews of each play and feature criticism from
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes one through ten present critical overviews of each play and feature criticism from
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes one through ten present critical overviews of each play and feature criticism from
This detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Volumes one through ten present critical overviews of each play and feature criticism from
For students, general readers, teachers, and researchers, Serafin (Hunter College of the City U. of New York) and Mihailovich (U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) present profiles of 60 of the most p
Edited by Bosco (State U. of New York at Albany) and Myerson (U. of South Carolina), this volume of the Dictionary of Literary Biography, which is focused on American essayist, philosopher, poet, and
From Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina and Cavedweller, to Stephen Wright, who wrote Meditations in Green and The Amalgamation Polka, this volume of the Dictionary of Literary Bibliog
The 2d ed. of this major resource contains substantial additions, notably eight lengthy articles on major topics by prominent scholars, the addition of 568 new entries, and revision of many of the ear
Edited by Burton (history, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), this two-volume encyclopedia examines the affects of American slavery on the everyday lives of the slaves and the slaveholders, of cours
Editors Middleton (Yale U.) and Miller (U. of Virginia) present the successor to 1997's Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara, which now includes coverage of Northern Africa. The five-volume set
This 3-volume resource, part of a larger series directed at high school students, presents the many fields of scientific study within the context of their history and methods of research, in order to
The bulk of this encyclopedia--the second edition of a work first published in 1988 as World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Penal System--consist of 198 country studies on institutions of law enfor
Provides biographies of key figures in American history, a historical almanac of the period, copies of primary source documents, a chronology, a glossary of difficult words, and a cumulative index.
Provides biographies of key figures in American history, a historical almanac of the period, copies of primary source documents, a chronology, a glossary of difficult words, and a cumulative index.
Many of us know that much of Samuel Beckett's early work was published in French, but few of us know his first effort upon his return to English was a ten-page story consisting of one paragraph. This
Meant to accompany the works of great American writers of all genres, each volume of this series contains a wide variety of materials arranged chronologically, many of them primary documents, includin
Pointing out the relative youth of Danish literature in the context of world literatures, editor Stecher-Hansen (U. of Washington) introduces the subject and discusses her selection of writers. Follow
The essays of this volume offer helpful introductory and critical discussion of 20 American novels, short stories, and poems deemed classic (though some may find the choice of "Tales of the Grotesque
Entries contain the full text of the poem, a line-by-line discussion of its meaning, a summary of themes, an analysis of style, and an essay linking the poem to its historical context.
Entries contain the full text of the poem, a line-by-line discussion of its meaning, a summary of themes, an analysis of style, and an essay linking the poem to its historical context.
Documents from the Code of Hammurabi to the All Africa News Agency provide commentary and insight into the ancient institution of slavery, the rise of child laborers, and the modern occurance of sex s
Gladstein, a Rand and Steinbeck scholar, as well as an associate dean of liberal arts at the University of Texas, El Paso, links the biography of the high-priestess of individualism to the development
Entries contain the full text of the poem, a line-by-line discussion of its meaning, a summary of themes, an analysis of style, and an essay linking the poem to its historical context.
A critical and biographical analysis of the works of Maxine Hong Kingston explores her writing in the context of Chinese and Chinese American experience
Tells the story of the rise and fall of an airplane parts manufacturer, highlighting aspects including the impact of war on industry, the difficulties managers face in periods of rapidly changing tech
Entries contain the full text of the poem, a line-by-line discussion of its meaning, a summary of themes, an analysis of style, and an essay linking the poem to its historical context.
This collection of writings on Wright's 1940 novel features reprints of seven reviews and nine critical evaluations of the work. Three original essays view Native Son in terms of recent reevaluations
McManus (classics, College of New Rochelle) examines the impact of modern feminism on the discipline and profession of classics in the US over the past 30 years, combining an overview of historical an
Stendhal (Marie Henri Beyle), the author of two of France's great novels of the post-Napoleon Restoration - The Red and the Black (1830) and The Charterhouse of Parma (1839) - once wrote that his idea
Coverage of more than 34,000 special libraries and information centers includes detailed contact and descriptive information on subject-specific resource collections maintained by various government a
Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism assembles critical responses to the works of 19th-century authors of all sortsâ??novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, philosophers, political leader
This series presents critical views on the most widely studied writers of short fiction. Each volume includes overviews of three to six short story writers, works, or topics and a historical survey
Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism assembles critical responses to the works of 19th-century authors of all sortsâ??novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, philosophers, political leader
