literature

A comprehensive interpretation of Adolf Hitler's personality and his role in German history.

The first part of the book is on Realism, with essays on Balzac, Dickens, and Gogol. The second part of the book shows how Dostoevsky this tradition and made it his own.

Discusses the great public critics of the last hundred years and the literary and cultural criticism of today.

Presents an overview of the life and work of New Jersey critic, historian, journalist, and creative writer Edmund Wilson, discussing the themes and interests that characterize his writing, and includes a chronology, notes, and selected bibliography.

Discusses the life and works of author H.L. Mencken and analyzes how his ideas developed and changed throughout his life.

A series of essays explores essential truths about the modern world and the author's personal relationship with the science fiction genre, in a volume complemented by key reviews and her three unpublished Ellmann Lectures.

Examines the parallels in the lives of nineteenth-century French poet Arthur Rimbaud and rock musician Jim Morrison, one of Rimbaud's admirers.