Galens, David

Profiles fifteen commonly studied short stories by such authors as Joyce Carol Oates, Ernest Hemingway, and Kate Chopin, providing plot summaries, author biographies, analysis, historical context, and criticism for each, as well as research ideas and lists of media adaptations.

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

This volume profiles eleven novels, including an introduction to the story and its author, analysis of themes, and critical commentary.

In this volume, each entry includes an introduction to the novel and the novel's author; discussions on themes, plot, and characters; and critical commentary. Novels critiqued include "A Clockwork Orange," "Main Street," "Rumble Fish," "Shoeless Joe," and nine others.

Profiles approximately fifteen plays, including Thornton Wilder's "The Matchmaker," Pearl Cleage's "Flyin' West," and and Henrik Ibsen's "Brand," providing author biographies, plot summaries, theme and style analysis, historical context, works of criticism, and lists of media adaptations and related plays for further reading.

Profiles approximately fifteen plays, including Maureen Duffy's "Rites," Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The Rivals," and William Congreve's "The Way of the World," providing author biographies, plot summaries, theme and style analysis, historical context, works of criticism, and lists of media adaptations and related plays for further reading.

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.

Profiles approximately twenty poems by such writers as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Milton, and Seamus Heaney, providing poem texts and summaries, author biographies, criticism excerpts, and discussion of theme, style, and historical context.

Profiles fourteen commonly studied memoirs, biographies, histories, and other nonfiction works by such authors as Dee Brown and Jim Carroll, providing summaries, author biographies, historical context, works of criticism, and discussion of themes and style.