Galens, David

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

Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.

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.

A student guide to understanding literary movements, featuring entries on twenty-eight movements, each with information in the areas of representative authors and works, themes, style, movement variations, and historical context, as well as a critical overview.

A student guide to understanding literary movements, featuring entries on fourteen movements, each with information in the areas of representative authors and works, themes, style, movement variations, and historical context, as well as a critical overview.

Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.