history and criticism

Examines the theme, characters, plot, style, and technique of more than one hundred nineteenth and twentieth-century short stories by prominent authors from around the world. This volume includes titles covering A-Cri.

A student guide to understanding literary movements, featuring entries on twenty-eight movements, each with information in the areas of representative authors and works, themes, style, movement variations, and historical context, as well as a critical overview.

Contains eighteen unabridged essays from "European Writers" that provide information about writers most often studied by high school students and undergraduates, each featuring an account of the writer's works, his life, and his public and literary situation; and includes essays on selected genres and movements.

The authors examine the actual science that underlies the fictional story of Philip Pullman's " His Dark Materials" trilogy.

Explores the story behind manga drawings and shares why the publications are so popular.

Collection of essays from "The New Yorker" culture critic Emily Nussbaum espousing her views on television as an art form, delving into themes such as sexual violence, presentations of female protagonists, and the #MeToo movement. Includes three unpublished essays and an index.

A guide to understanding epics, featuring entries on fourteen works of epic world literature, including "Odyssey, " "Song of Roland, " and "War and Peace, " each with an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, character sketches, discussion of themes and style, literary and historical background, criticism, and tools for further study.

Presents fifty-two essays on poetry around the world and critical approaches to poetry, as well as research tools such as award lists and poetry terminology.

Presents alphabetized profiles of approximately one hundred significant poets from around the world, providing biographies, primary and secondary bibliographies, and analysis of their works. This volume covers Ste-Zwe.