american literature

Contains profiles of fourteen novels commonly read by students, including "April Morning," "The Joy Luck Club," "Never Let Me Go," "The Outsiders," and "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West," each with an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, descriptions of characters, analyses of themes and style, discussion of historical context, a critical overview, and other related information.

Contains profiles of fourteen novels commonly read by students, including "Cold Sassy Tree," "Ivanhoe," and "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," each with an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, descriptions of characters, analyses of themes and style, discussion of historical context, a critical overview, and related information.

Contains profiles of fourteen novels commonly read by students, including "To Sir, With Love," "Franny and Zooey," and "Briar Rose," each with an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, descriptions of characters, analyses of themes and style, discussion of historical context, a critical overview, and related information.

Profiles eleven commonly read novels, each including an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, descriptions of characters, analysis of themes and style, discussion of historical context, a critical overview, and other related information.

Critical views on F. Scott Fitzgerald's short stories.

Plot summaries and critical views of Hemingway's short stories.

A collection of critical essays on Poe's tales of horror arranged in chronological order of publication.

A collection of the best contemporary criticism on the works of Native American writers.