american literature

A guide to Harper Lee's, To Kill a Mockingbird, offering biographical information about the author, analysis of the text, a character list, and critical excerpts.

Includes a brief biography of Arthur Miller, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.

Examines the life and work of early twentieth-century American author Edna St. Vincent Millay, looking at the experiences that influenced her poetry, analyzing her prose writings, and discussing her feminist activities.

A chronological overview of Arthurian literature.

Contains biographies and critical extracts of ten African-American poets and dramatists of the Harlem Renaissance.

Critical study of J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" with discussion of the work's influence, historical context, and critical reception.

Literary criticism of Twain's work of the nineteenth century boy, son of the town drunk, and a runaway slave, who float down the Mississippi River on a raft.

A collection of nine critical essays on the work of James Dickey, arranged in chronological order of original publication.