realism in literature

The first part of the book is on Realism, with essays on Balzac, Dickens, and Gogol. The second part of the book shows how Dostoevsky this tradition and made it his own.

Companion to What's So Funny?, this book chronicles the evolution of the young adult novel from the 1960s to the 1990s, discussing authors such as S. E. Hinton, Robert Cormier, and Francesca Lia Block.

Contains biographies, critical analyses, summaries of stories, and bibliographies for 46 authors.

Contains fifteen critical essays in which the authors examine specific writers and works that define the literary period known as American naturalism. Includes a chronology and introduction.