This comprehensive annotated bibliography reviews nearly 500 English-language studies published b...

?The Johnsons have identified 427 autobiographies of people in the theatre and related performing...

Since the time of its publication in 1884, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has generated heated co...

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel of such profound power that it has affected the lives of readers...

Throughout nineteenth century America, religious officials often condemned the theatre as an inve...

The novel has proven to be the premier literary form in the exploration of social ideas and prote...

For thousands of years, The Odyssey has resonated throughout the Western world. Homer has been an...

The daily newspaper headlines revealing deaths, illnesses, and injuries in the workplace, along w...

Responding directly to the era of U.S. politics known as McCarthyism, Arthur Miller's 1953 play T...

This title offers an in-depth examination of colonialism as presented in Chinua Achebe's novel Th...

Slavery and Racism in the Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass

Jane Austen pioneered the modern novel by focusing on realistic depictions of ordinary people, wi...

A collection of essays discuss issues of gender, ethnicity, family, and class in Cisneros's novel.

A compendium of information and opinion on gender issues in The color purple, including backgroun...

'Colonialism in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: Background on Joseph Conrad; Colonialism in Jo...

'A solid,... well-written contribution to Hawthorne criticism... The author is thoroughly in cont...

When the matriarch of the Bundren family dies, her family must confront the daunting task of tran...

This compelling volume explores the poetry of Emily Dickinson through the lens of death and dying...

First published in 1847, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre follows the title character through her jou...

One of the most influential works in the canon of black American literature, Maya Angelou's autob...

When an extramarital affair with a minister results in a child, Hester Pryne is publically shamed...

This informative edition explores the poetry of Langston Hughes through the lens of race. Coverag...

Collection of essays discussing whether Mark Twain's book is racist, the issue of race in the nov...

One of Kurt Vonnegut's most influential works, Slaughterhouse-Five is a science fiction-inspired ...

Presents essays that examine class conflict and other related issues in 'The Great Gatsby,' discu...