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Presents a series of essays that critically analyze the works of Portuguese language writer and Nobel Prize winner, Jose Saramago, and includes an examination of his major novel, "Baltasar and Blimunda" ", with an introduction by Harold Bloom. Includes chronology, bibliography, and index.

Provides brief biographies, personal reminiscences, and contemporary critical essays on the writings of John Donne and other metaphysical poets.

Presents a collection of critical essays about the works of Cormac McCarthy.

Contains essays in which the authors offer critical assessments of the life and work of twentieth-century author Salman Rushdie.

Contains twelve essays in which various authors provide critical analyses of the works of American folklorist and author Zora Neale Hurston, and includes an introduction by Harold Bloom, a chronology,and a bibliography.

Contains ten critical essays on the writings of American author John Steinbeck, and includes a chronology of his life, a bibliography, and an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Provides divergent views on the issue of union and labor laws in the United States.

Provides an examination of the use of the labyrinth in classic literary works.

A biography of the television journalist who helped reshape the role of women in television news.

Describes the life of Abigail Adams and her successful fulfillment of such roles as wife, mother, teacher, correspondent, and First Lady.