English, literature, and writing scholars from the US and Europe offer 14 essays on the American short story. The first four essays discuss the development of the genre, scholarship on it, the short s
This collection brings together 14 essays on 19th-century Russian writing. Essays in the first section address historical, cultural, and societal contexts, including the trends, events, and influences
"In this volume, introductory essays situate the novel in its historical and cultural context and also survey its critical reception, while subsequent chapters explore Bradbury's creation and reworkin
Herrera-Sobek, (Chicana and Chicano studies, U. of California, Santa Barbara) collects critical essays analyzing Cisneros' famous novel from a number of perspectives. Ranging in subject from Cisneros'
The Grapes of Wrath (1939) catapulted Steinbeck to national fame. Newlin (English, U. of North Carolina Wilmington) introduces 19 essays on the book and its author, the book's critical contexts and tr
Kurt Vonnegut's influential works have sparked critical dialogue and have been the subject of many academic analyses. This volume compiles leading critical essays written over the past 40 years analyz
This collection of critical essays is divided into three main parts--a history of the book and its author, and the Paris Review perspective, the novel in its historical and literary context and close
Columbian Nobel Prize-winning author Garcia Marquez's Cien anos de soledad (1965) One Hundred Years of Solitude (published in 1970), was the novel whose magical realism heralded a new literary wave fr
Stephen Crane's novel about a youth growing up while serving in combat during the US Civil War, has received much attention since its publication in 1895. Link (American literature, U. of Memphis) pre
In this collection of essays for students and scholars, academics in American literature and English consider the work of American writer Tim O’Brien. The first chapters detail O’Brien’s career, life,
"The Graphic Novel offers an examination and analysis of the contemporary graphic novel as literature. Specific attention will be paid to the use of narrative genre in the graphic novel (e.g. the supe
American Creative Nonfiction thoroughly scrutinizes “creative nonfiction” as a genre, considering its challenges and strengths and comparing it to lyric essays and autofiction. The book begins with a
