Smith, Jennifer

Profiles several short story writers and short stories often studied in high schools and colleges, presenting biographical and bibliographical information and several selections of significant criticism on each figure and work included.

Profiles sixteen short stories--and their authors--often studied in high schools and colleges, presenting biographical and bibliographical information and several selections of significant criticism on each work included. Authors include Zora Neale Hurston, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Katherine Mansfield, Alice Walker, and Ernest Hemingway.

A guide to sixteen short stories, providing an introduction to each story and its author, plot summaries, descriptions of important characters, analysis of important themes, and historical and critical essays. Includes selections by Doris Lessing, Philip Roth, Virginia Woolf, and others.

Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

In this volume, each entry includes an introduction to the novel and the novel's author; discussions on themes, plot, and characters; and critical commentary. Novels critiqued include "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "Oliver Twist," "Ship of Fools," "The Three Musketeers," and eleven others.

Gives comprehensive, understandable explanations of the most commonly studied plays in high school literature courses.

Presents twenty-one essays on the antinuclear movement, covering its origins, the arms race, and issues regarding nuclear power.

Presents biographical information about American author Anne Rice, discusses how her work fits into the supernatural genres, and analyzes each of Rice's vampire, mummy, and witch novels written between 1976 and 1995.