Hacht, Anne Marie

Provides analysis of approximately 30-60 poems most frequently studied in high school and undergraduate literature courses.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the lives and works of authors who have made significant contributions to American literature--from Abigail Adams to Jeffrey Eugenides--and discusses the works in biographical and historical, literary, and critical context.

Offers critical analyses of eighteen novels and other works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that have proven to be newsworthy, such as "No Country for Old Men" and "Eragon," each with an author profile, plot summary, discussion of characters, themes, and style, and historical context, with critical assessments.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the lives and works of over five hundred authors who have made significant contributions to world literature, discussing their works in biographical and historical, literary, and critical context, and including a chronology and glossary.

Profiles approximately fifteen plays, including Martin Sherman's "Bent," James Goldman's "The Lion in Winter," and Moli?re's "The Imaginary Invalid," 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 Yasmina Reza's "Art," John Webster's "The White Devil," and Migdalia Cruz's "Telling Tales," 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.

Provides an overview of the theme of race and prejudice in American, British, and world literature; features analyses of eighteen representative literary works, each with an introduction to the book and its author, a plot summary, theme analyses, critical assessments, and lists of media adaptations and related writings.

Offers critical analyses of eighteen novels and other works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that have proven to be newsworthy, each with an author profile, plot summary, discussion of characters, themes, style, and historical context, and critical assessments.