1899-1986

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Provides analysis of the most frequently studied poems in literature courses. Each entry contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Borges.

Examines the early life of the twentieth-century Argentine author, from his boyhood in a prosperous family that spoke both English and Spanish, to his schooldays and his return to Argentina as a young man.

Recounts the life and career of the outstanding film actor, from his first thirty-five-dollars-a-week vaudeville dancing stint, through his sixty-two films, to his 1974 acceptance of the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award.

Collection of short stories.