Contains essays that provide information about the lives, careers, and works of authors who have made significant contributions to American literature, each with a brief biography, a critical analysis and evaluation of the writer's work, and a selected bibliography. Includes cumulative indexes in each volume.
sold to benefit save the children's tsunami relief campaign
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor
2005
A collection of stories and poems by sixteen internationally celebrated authors that have been donated in the hopes of raising money to help the survivors of the deadly 2004 tsunami.
Contains more than nine thousand alphabetical entries including biographical information on authors, composers, and artists, over two thousand plot summaries, movements in literature, literary prizes, and articles on literary societies.
A companion guide to the young adult novel "The Outsiders, " providing biographical information about author S. E. Hinton, and discussing the story's plot, characters, and themes.