Examines the life and writings of twentieth-century author Daphne du Maurier, best known for her novel, "Rebecca"; drawing attention to the large body of work she created, and discussing how her talent developed in the shadow of her famous father and grandfather.
Presents a reader's guide to the 1939 James Joyce novel "Finnegans Wake," including an outline of the narrative, and a deciphering of the complex use of mythology and literary allusion.
Literary Masterpieces is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Topics and Literary Masters). Each Literary Masterpieces volume chooses a book by one of the authors covered in Literary Masters and offers a discussion of themes, characters, comparisons with social events of the era when the book was written and a critical analysis. Virginia Woolf is famous for her feminist and modernist fiction and nonfiction, despite being born in 1882 into the British Victorian world of claustrophobic respectability and strict hierarchy. Mrs. Dalloway was published in 1925 and the entire novel takes place in London on a June day in 1923. Mrs. Dalloway is shopping for a party she is giving that evening and she meets various characters from her past during the course of the day while she is shopping.
A guide to studying Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness, " featuring an introduction, a profile of the author, background notes, a character list, a summary and analysis, selections from critical essays on the work, and an annotated bibliography.
Contains critical essays on Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness, " and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.
An anthology of critical essays that provide a wide range of information and opinion about the early twentieth-century novel "Heart of Darkness, " and its author Joseph Conrad.
