Presents ten critical essays on the works of Colombian author Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez, and includes an interview with M?rquez, a biographical essay, a chronology, and a bibliography.
Presents fourteen critical essays on the writings of eighteenth-century German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and includes a chronology of his life, a bibliography, and an introduction by Harold Bloom.
Presents a collection of critical essays that examine aspects of the life and works of eighteenth-century English author Jane Austen. Includes a chronology.
Presents critical analyses of the work of nine African-American poets from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including Phillis Wheatley, James Weldon Johnson, and Langston Hughes.
Contains a representative selection of contemporary criticism on the writings of thirteenth-century Italian author Dante Alighieri, and includes an introductory essay that provides an overview of his life and work.
A guide to reading the works of Norman Mailer that included bibliographic and biographical information, excerpts from critical essays, and discussion of key themes and ideas.
Presents important works of criticism on ten African-American poets, including Robert Hayden, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Derek Walcott, and provides bibliographies and short biographies.