Wagner-Martin, Linda

An in-depth study guide to American author Ernest Hemingway's novel "A Farewell to Arms" that provides a brief Hemingway biography, a plot summary, a textual history, a bibliographical essay, and discussion of the work's contexts, themes, issues, characters, language, style, and reception.

A collection of women's writing spanning four centuries, which includes short stories, poems, diaries, and plays, each preceded by a short discussion of the author and her work.

Presents a study of Barbara Kingsolver's "The Poisonwood Bible," the story of a family that moves to the Belgian Congo in 1959, and includes a short biography of the author, a summary of the novel's initial reception and modern-day status, and a list of discussion questions.

Presents sixty years of literary criticism on the works of William Faulkner including his influence on critics, writers, and literature students and examines how his work reflected the social changes that occurred over six decades.

A study of the mid-century American novel with critical commentary that encompasses the political literature of the 1930s, the beat movement of the 1950s, and the multicultural literature of the 1960s.

Discusses the influence, historical context, and critical reception of Sylvia Plath's Bell Jar.