Casebooks in criticism

Presents a biographical essay on Miguel de Cervantes and eight works of criticism on his masterpiece, "Don Quixote, " discussing such topics as the work's origins, the character Dulcinea, the history of Spain's libraries, the use of books and literature in the novel, and the novel's "linguistic perspectivism, " and includes "self-portraits" from two of Cervantes' prologues.

Presents a collection of critical essays on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One hundred years of solitude" and includes a chronology of the author's life and works along with bibliography and notes.

Presents a selection of critical essays written in response to Leslie Marmon Silko's "Ceremony, " the story of a young Native American who embarks on a quest for meaning and sanity after his release from a veteran's hospital following World War II, and includes an interview with the author.