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Provides a detailed introduction to writing an essay about literature and presents and discusses sample topics based on six of author Jane Austen's works.

Provides general instructions on how to write a good essay, features an overview of the issues involved in writing about Ralph Waldo Emerson, and includes suggestions for paper topics and writing strategies based on specific works by Emerson.

Provides a detailed introduction to writing an essay about literature and discusses sample topics based on twelve of author J.D. Salinger's works.

A collection of sixty critical statements by a variety of authors including W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, and others, in which they address questions regarding the aesthetics, function, politics, and responsibilities of African-American literature.

Provides a detailed introduction to writing an essay about literature and presents and discusses sample topics based on ten pieces by Mark Twain.

Provides a detailed introduction to writing an essay about literature and discusses sample topics based on ten of author John Steinbeck's works.

Provides a detailed introduction to writing an essay about literature and presents and discusses sample topics based on eleven of author F. Scott Fitzgerald's works.

Discusses the work of Jasper Johns, an American artist in the 1950s and 1960s, and analyzes three of his paintings, and how he uses opposition between surface and subject, describes their private and public meanings, and develops a visual language.

A collection of over fifteen essays and critical reviews of contemporary poetry, considering writings by new and established authors, and discussing other topics related to poetry.