A guide to studying Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" that features a biographical sketch of the author, a list of characters, a plot summary and analysis, and a selection of critical views.
reading literature through peace and war at West Point
Samet, Elizabeth D
2007
Elizabeth D. Samet recounts her experiences working as an English teacher at West Point Military Academy, focusing on how her former students' experiences in war have transformed the way she viewed literature, which often romanticizes the realities of combat.
The author presents a memoir of her life in post-revolutionary Iran, focusing on her organization of a group of young women in 1997 who met secretly once a week to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature.
An anthology of critical essays that provide a wide range of information and opinion about the twentieth-century play "Waiting for Godot, " and its author Samuel Beckett.
A collection of essays that offer analysis and opinion about "Lord of the Flies, " looking at the form, themes, techniques, and conventions of the 1954 novel, and including biographical information about its author, William Golding.
A collection of articles on the life and works of Jane Austen, discussing the English author's literary style and technique, as well as themes that surface in her depictions of nineteenth-century English society.
