The Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History set and its Supplement are the basis for this new student set. Designed as a curriculum-related reference source, the 4-vol. set covers the Afr
Alphabetical entries include an introduction, plot summary, author biography, character analysis, and critical overview of style and historical context
This four-volume set explores the Holocaust as symptomatic of modern society itself and not of some earlier, uncivilized world. It is based in part on an Encyclopedia of the Holocaust published more
More than twelve hundred entries describe the ideas, discoveries, and developments in sociology and related areas of psychology, history, geography, and other fields, along with profiles of individual
This updated second edition of Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists provides biographies of approximately 1,600 scientist in the natural, physical, and applied sciences, including astronomy, biology
Offers a comprehensive overview of the Middle Ages from the fall of the Roman Empire through the 14th century, covering the Carolingian Age, the Crusades, and developments in Eastern Europe, the Islam
Includes entries for a variety of novels, containing biographical data, summary, character descriptions, themes, historical and cultural context, critical overview, critical excerpts, and an original
Ford (1944-) published his first novel, A Piece of My Heart in 1976, and since then has written several short-story collections and novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Independence Day . W
Includes entries for a variety of novels, containing biographical data, summary, character descriptions, themes, historical and cultural context, critical overview, critical excerpts, and an original
Beginning with an account of noted literary critic F.R. Leavis's life and career, this study examines his influence on the world of English literature. From his ability in 1932 to shift critical empha
Includes entries for a variety of novels, containing biographical data, summary, character descriptions, themes, historical and cultural context, critical overview, critical excerpts, and an original
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.
Volume II of a projected six-volume set designed to stimulate critical thinking about major historical events by illuminating opposing viewpoints and perspectives on heavily debated questions. Each vo
Twenty primary source documents from speeches, memoirs, poems, novels, and autobiographies present the words of Americans with roots in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, and other Arab nations
Includes entries for a variety of novels, containing biographical data, summary, character descriptions, themes, historical and cultural context, critical overview, critical excerpts, and an original
Volume I of a projected six-volume set designed to stimulate critical thinking about major historical events by illuminating opposing viewpoints and perspectives on heavily debated questions. Each vol
Analyzes this dramatic and prolific period in the composition of verse, discussing the work of major writers such as W.H. Auden and Dylan Thomas, as well as that of Britain's lesser known poets. Uses
Presents biographies of individuals who participated in or were affected by World War II, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Winston Churchill
Includes entries for a variety of novels, containing biographical data, summary, character descriptions, themes, historical and cultural context, critical overview, critical excerpts, and an original
A critical and biographical analysis of the works of Maxine Hong Kingston explores her writing in the context of Chinese and Chinese American experience
Due to the popularity of Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) and Les MisTrables (1862), Hugo (1802-1885) is the most widely read French novelist in the English-speaking world. With a critique of his verse a
An anthology of 25 new and reprinted essays illuminating major categories and contentious nodes in Bakhtin's thought. The selection of essays reflects an attempt to strike a balance between disciples
Includes entries for a variety of novels, containing biographical data, summary, character descriptions, themes, historical and cultural context, critical overview, critical excerpts, and an original
Guillermo Cabrera Infante was a recipient of the Cervantes Prize, awarded annually to the best living Spanish language author. Ten of his most prominent critics delve into his life and work, looking a
The oral testimonies of 11 individuals who took part in the Nuremberg trials in less prominent roles than are usually subjected to historical examination. Among those interviewed are the nighttime sec
Beginning with an introduction that examines the works and influence of the classical masters of science fiction and its development as an accepted literary genre, author Suzanne Reid in her new volum
This selection of 14 essays published in the last 15 years, with a preponderance in the last five, offers perspective on the fiction of writer Angela Carter. Critical essays are divided into section
Murray (history, Rhodes College) examines a broad sweep of American children's literature, from The New England Primer to the works of Maurice Sendak and J.D. Salinger, exploring what the messages emb
This encyclopedia for general readers covers all aspects of the history of human slavery in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, and the United States. Entries include biographies of slaves, abolitioni
Designed to serve as a companion volume to Notable Black American Women published in 1992, with a second book in 1996, this work aims to fill the need for an up-to-date biographical listing of Afric
Collects 10 reviews of and 17 essays on Morrison's novel. Thirteen of the essays and all of the reviews were published previously, in periodicals such as The New Yorker, African American Review, and N
An analysis of the novel in Latin America since the rise of modernist fiction in the region in the mid-1940s. Sussman (English, Northeastern U.) endeavors to introduce and discuss the work that prece
