history and criticism

Answers nearly 400 questions on literature, arranged in such categories as themes, symbols, context, and other literary devices.

An exploration of popular young adult fiction from the 1980s and 1990s.

A picture book biography about C.S. Lewis, the author of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.".

Looks at how the music of Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples and the Staple Singers, Nina Simone, Sam Cook, and James Brown influenced the Civil Rights Movement.

Essays analyze thirty-four poems written by twentieth century American poets.

Explores the history of the novel from its origins to the seventeenth-century.

"In 18th century France, letter writing became . . . fashionable, particularly amongst women. In this work, [the author] opens up the world of these women through the letters which they wrote. Concentrating on the letters of four women from different social backgrounds, she shows how they came to womanhood through their writing"--OCLC.

A collection of essays that provide information about authors who have made significant contributions to American literature, each containing a brief biography, a survey of principal writings, an assessment of the subject's work as a whole, and a bibliography; arranged chronologically from R.W. Emerson to Carson McCullers.