Constantakis, Sara

Contains entries that provide information about fourteen short stories, covering the plot, characters, themes, style, and historical context of each, with an author biography, critical overview, selection of criticism, list of sources, and suggestions for further reading. Includes works by Carson McCullers, Jorge Luis Borges, Ha Jin, Joyce Carol Oates, and others.

Contains profiles of fourteen novels commonly read by students, including "April Morning," "The Joy Luck Club," "Never Let Me Go," "The Outsiders," and "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West," each with an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, descriptions of characters, analyses of themes and style, discussion of historical context, a critical overview, and other related information.

Contains profiles of fourteen novels commonly read by students, including "Cold Sassy Tree," "Ivanhoe," and "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," each with an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, descriptions of characters, analyses of themes and style, discussion of historical context, a critical overview, and related information.

Contains profiles of fourteen novels commonly read by students, including "To Sir, With Love," "Franny and Zooey," and "Briar Rose," each with an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, descriptions of characters, analyses of themes and style, discussion of historical context, a critical overview, and related information.

A guide to understanding epics, featuring entries on thirteen works of epic world literature, including "Aeneid, " "Divine Comedy, " and "The Lord of the Rings, " each with an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, character sketches, discussion of themes and style, literary and historical background, criticism, and tools for further study.

Profiles sixteen poems by such writers as Joseph Bruchac, Phillis Wheatley, Anne Sexton, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others; each including an author biography, the poem text, a summary, a selection of criticism, and discussion of themes, style, sources, and historical context.

Profiles fourteen commonly studied novels by such authors as Alice McDermott, Salman Rushdie, and Carol Shields, providing plot summaries, biographical and historical context, examples of criticism, and discussion of characters, themes, and style.