Examines the literature of Spain and Latin America throughout history, profiling influential writers, works, trends, styles, and developments that have shaped the literary history of both regions.
Reason, rationality, and reform were perhaps the biggest buzzwords of the Enlightenment era and the themes of much of the writing that appeared at that time. As thinkers increasingly began turning a critical eye towards accepted beliefs and practices to illuminate the social injustices and injuries to personal freedom that pervaded their societies.
Provides an overview of significant authors, trends, works, and developments in English literature from the Old English period through the Renaissance.
Explores the lives and accomplishments of 100 of the most influential writers of all time, including William Shakespeare, Robert Browning, and Mark Twain.
An exploration of Native Americans that provides an overview of the histories of more than seventy tribes and discusses colonization, removal of the Eastern Nations, assimilation, sovereignty, economics, and other topics.
