literature and society

Offers discussions on Emily Bront?'s "Wuthering Heights" including the work's influence, historical context, and critical reception.

Analyzes African-American protest poetry of the Harlem Renaissance and the 1960s.

Profiles eight books on the themes of family and friendship for students in grades three through five, ranging from picture books to novels, providing summaries, discussion techniques, activity ideas, and annotated related-reading lists for each.

Examines the personal life and literary career of the American author of many well known books, including the somewhat controversial title, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.".

Contains a selection of critical essays on eighteenth-century English author Daniel Defoe, including reprinted and newly commissioned materials, focusing on the author's attraction to the realities of life in his day.

Contains over eight hundred alphabetically arranged articles that discuss works, authors, and subjects in North American literature that speak to the theme of identity; and includes a mediagraphy, bibliography, category list, and index.

Daily life in 19th century England.

Provides an overview of the era in which Jane Austen lived, including descriptions of the fashions, foreign affairs, social rank, transportation, candle etiquette, sanitation practices, and other related topics and explaining how they were reflected in Austen's novels.