history and criticism

A set of eight volumes that contain criticism of modern authors from the United States, including brief biographies and reviews of individual works. The set also includes entries for select Canadian authors.

Briefly surveys the life of Joseph Conrad and analyzes in depth some of his major works.

A critical study of the life and novels of Louis L'Amour from 1949 to 1984.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that profile twelve world authors from the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries, each with an introduction, a list of principal works, and a selection of critical excerpts.

Contains author biographies, critical analyses, plot summaries, and bibliographies for English novels from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s.

Contains studies of the life and works of the 76 most important science fiction writers in English.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about thirty nineteenth-century writers; each with an introduction to the author and his or her works, a list of principal writings, and a selection of critical excerpts.