Social issues in literature

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Race in John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me

2013
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of American writer, John Howard Griffin.

War in Ernest Hemingway's For whom the Bell Tolls

2013
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of writer, Ernest Hemingway.

Race in Ralph Ellison's Invisible man

2012
Explores race in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue reflected in it, and features carefully-selected content representing a variety of perspectives.

Teen issues in S.E. Hinton's The outsiders

2012
Explores teen issues in S.E. Hinton's, The outsiders, as a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue reflected in it, and features carefully-selected content representing a variety of perspectives.

The environment in Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

2012
"Background on Rachel Carson; The environment in Silent Spring; Contemporary perspectives in the environment"--Provided by publisher.

Women's issues in Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching God

2012
Explores Zora Neale Hurston's, Their eyes were watching God, as a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue reflected in it, and features carefully-selected content representing a variety of perspectives.

Poverty in John Steinbeck's The pearl

2012
Discusses the concept of poverty as it relates to John Steinbeck's novel, "The Pearl.".

Women's issues in Kate Chopin's The Awakening

2012
Explores a work of literature through the lens of the major social issues reflected in The Awakening. Also features carefully-selected content representing a variety of perspectives.

Freedom of thought in Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee's Inherit the wind

2011
Provides background on the lives of Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee and their working relationship and influences, features ten articles that explore the theme of freedom of thought in their "Inherit the Wind," and examines issues of freedom of thought in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

War in Tim O'Brien's The things they carried

2011
Examines war in Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue reflected in it, and features carefully selected content representing a variety of perspectives.

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