literature, modern

Contains 200 reviews of significant fiction and nonfiction published in 2014. Provides coverage for works that are likely to be of particular interest to the general reader, that reflect the publishing trends of a given year, and that will stand up to the test of time.

Examines the ways in which the Holocaust is portrayed in the arts and history, maintaining that the language used to describe the Holocaust affects society's ability to confront the atrocity.

Explores four important painting techniques--chiaroscuro, sfumato, incollato, and impasto--demonstrating how they are used to paint various literary works.

Explores how writers and artists create a vision of what human life is really about, discussing how literature has reflected life throughout history.

Traces the return of pagan divinities to Western literature, from their first reappearance at the beginning of the modern era to their place in contemporary literature.

A stunning compendium of writing on some of the most intriguing writers the modern world has produced.

Contains forty short essays that profile the top forty artistic events of the twentieth century.