Kellman, Steven G.

Chronicles the life of Henry Roth, discussing his childhood in the disintegrating Austro-Hungarian Empire, his emergence as a literary curiosity in New Mexico, his impact on the literary world, and other related topics.

Collects eighteen critical essays on the life, influences, and works of Albert Camus, including selections by Steven G. Kellman, Scott McLemee, Katherine Stirling, and others.

Profiles over three hundred U.S. and Canadian writers of fiction, drama, poetry, and nonfiction, each with a biographical profile, an analysis of style, themes, and literary characteristics, assessment of one of more works, consideration of the author's legacy, a bibliography, and discussion questions. Includes a glossary, category list, and author and title indexes.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on 380 major writers outside the U.S. from throughout history, each including the date and place of birth and death, a chronological overview of the author's . life, profiles of one or more individual titles, and a summary of his or her legacy.

Contains 567 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about fiction works by important writers of North, Central, and South America; each with reference data, a brief description of the work's main characters, a summary of major plot elements, and in-depth analyses of characters, themes and meanings, and critical context.