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Provides critical analyses of four short stories written by Flannery O'Connor, and includes biographical information, plot summaries for each story, index of themes and ideas, and character lists.

Provides critical analysis of four short stories by William Faulkner with plot summaries, character lists, biographical information about Faulkner, and discussions of each stories major themes and ideas.

Presents a variety of viewpoints by different critics on five short stories by twentieth century writer Eudora Welty and includes biographical and bibliographical information.

Contains plot summaries and character lists for four works by Willa Cather, including "My Antonia," "A Lost Lady," "The Professor's House," and"Death Comes for the Archbishop," each with a selection of critical essays; and includes biographical information about the author.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. N. Scott Momaday is a Native American author. His novels and poetry celebrate his heritage.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. Albert Camus, who was proud of being born in Algeria, maintained close ties with France, and became one of the most famous mid-twentieth-century French authors.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. Dashiell Hammett popularized the hard-boiled detective in American crime fiction to an art form and drew on his experiences as a private eye to create believable characters in realistic situations.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. Ernest Hemingway is linked with the expatriate movement and his novels and short stories deal with the mindset that came with being part of the "lost generation", that group of American writers who had been affected by World War I and its aftermath. He also traveled widely, identifying especially with Spain and Cuba and using these and other countries and cultures for inspiration.

Literary Masters is one series of the trio that makes up the Gale Study Guides to Great Literature (the others are Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics). Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author and covers basic biographical information. F. Scott Fitzgerald is linked with the 1920's and many of his novels and short stories deal with the mood and the events of that era. He was also a part of the "lost generation", a group of writers affected with disillusionment because of World War I and its aftermath.

Describes the life of nineteenth-century author Edgar Allan Poe and his contributions to literature, and analyzes several of his classic works in four categories: poetry, vampiric love stories, tales of psychological terror or revenge, and the detective story. Also includes a selected bibliography.