Deeply involved with Irish culture and history, W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) is one of the greatest poets writing in the last two centuries. This sourcebook provides essential help for readers...
What is Twelfth Night about? This Cambridge Student Guide will help students to evaluate the historical, social and cultural contexts for a broader understanding of Shakespeare's play. Contents include an...
Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. This book is written for those beginning a study of American literature as part of an advanced course in English,...
An examination and study of the novel Native son and why it holds a singular position in American literature. Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail....
Attitudes and Experiences is a collection of Australian non-fiction material for senior students. It is divided into eight thematic sections: Landscapes Hazards Celebrations Obsessions Controversies Changes Reconciliations Visions.
Erica Wagner provides a comprehensive guide to the poems that must constitute one of the most extraordinary and powerful volumes published in the last century. When Ted Hughes's Birthday Letters...
William Faulkner has a reputation as a difficult author -- but he doesn't have to be! With this new guide, As I Lay Dying can be easy to understand. Included...