english-speaking countries

Collects nine critical essays on the novels and corresponding films of the Harry Potter saga from critics, fans, and academics; and explores themes--such as religion, morality, race, and magic--along with how J.K. Rowling's works impact twenty-first-century culture.

Compares how Toni Morrison and Virginia Woolf depict artistic characters within their novels, discussing Woolf's "The Voyage Out," "Mrs. Dalloway," and "To the Lighthouse," and Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," "Sula," and "Beloved.".

Examines the work of five poets who discuss the political, cultural, and aesthetic issues of monuments within their poetry, with a focus on works from Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, James Merrill, Derek Walcott, and Seamus Heaney.

Contains essays in which the authors discuss the appearance of dystopian societies in the science fiction writings and films of Anglo-American cultures in the late twentieth century.

Explores how Romantic and mid-twentieth-century American poets have struggled to represent a sincere self-consciousness through their work.

Presents fourteen critical essays on the Harry Potter novels, discussing the stories in light of child development theories, literary and historical contexts, and morality and social values.

Traces the history of the English language, discussing how it evolved from a language used by only a few thousand Anglo-Saxons into one used by more than a quarter of the human race in the modern world.