(antonia susan)

Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of A.S. Byatt.

Novelist and critic A.S. Byatt and Brazilian psychoanalyst Ign?s Sodr? discuss six major texts by women authors from different periods in history.