Bloom, Harold

Presents biographical information on nineteenth-century Russian writer Anton Chekhov and profiles five of his best-known short stories, providing plot summaries and excerpts of criticism; also includes primary and secondary bibliographies.

These research and study guides are the perfect introduction to critical analysis of the most popular dramatists today. Each book covers three to six plays, offering a variety of view points by different critics on the important aspects of each work.

Presents critical perspectives on Chinua Achebe's influential African novel, "Things Fall Apart." Offers discussions of gender, culture, and colonialism, and includes a chronology and profiles of the contributors.

Provides an examination of the use of the labyrinth in classic literary works.

Contains writings that reflect on the ways American authors have influenced each other across more than two centuries.

"In . . . [this] book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction, America's . . . literary critic and . . . Yale professor [Harold Bloom] writes trenchantly about . . . [forty-eight] masterworks spanning the Western tradition"--Provided by publisher.

Contains readings on literary relationships in works published between the sixteenth and the twentieth centuries from Harold Bloom, examining works by William Shakespeare and Walt Whitman, and mapping connections between John Milton, Percy Bysshe, Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, John Ashbury, Amy Clampitt, Charles Wright, and others.

An exploration of William Shakespeare's character Macbeth.

Explains how William Shakespeare created human nature and characters and includes analyses of the character development in each of Shakespeare's plays.

A collection of critical essays assesses Browning's techniques, achievements, and place in literary history.