literature and society

On cover: An informal introduction to the world that shaped the novels of Austen, Dickens, Thackeray, Hardy, Eliot, and Bronte.

Describes how Latin America was affected by the Cold War, discussing how different cities and countries felt the brunt of the global tensions.

Biography of the Nobel and Pulitzer prize winning author who devoted herself to causes of social justice and women's rights and looks at her attempts to serve as a cultural ambassador between the United States and China.

Presents an introduction to the life and literary career of nineteenth-century American writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau, features a selection of essays that examine various aspects of Thoreau's thought and work, and includes a chronology.

Contains four critical essays that examine nineteenth-century American author Edgar Allan Poe's works from a historical perspective, and includes biographical and bibliographical essays, and an illustrated chronology.

A collection of social, cultural, and historical documents that are designed to help students read and understand Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman.".

Collection of historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary about the 1884 novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," including study questions, topics for research papers and class discussions, and lists of further reading.