Influenced by the ideas of W.E.B. Du Bois, Henry Louis Gates has spent his academic life advancing the idea of multiculturalism within traditional academic disciplines.
The British essayist and author Virginia Woolf was born into publishing, and her writings problematised the condition of the woman in a male-dominated society. With a close group o...
You know the stories, you love the characters, but do you know the story behind the writer? Barbara Park is the author who has created one of the most popular and beloved character...
You know the stories, you love the characters, but do you know the story behind the writer? Anthony Horowitz grew up in a life of wealth and privilege that most people can only dre...
You know the stories, you love the characters, but do you know the story behind the writer? Best-selling author Tamora Pierce has written 23 young-adult fantasy novels, in addition...
Critical Companion to James Joyce examines this groundbreaking Irish novelist by exploring his work and influences, including family, friends, relatives, and acquaintances, as well...
The author of such classics as Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and more, James Joyce is regarded as one of the greatest writers of all ...
In a single, eye-opening volume, Edgar Allan Poe presents complex critical analyses of this author’s work. Critic, poet, and storyteller, Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his chil...
Edgar Allan Poe not only wrote such dark and uncanny works as "The Raven," "The Tell -Tale Heart," and "The Fall of the House of Usher," but also lived a tragic and similarly gloom...
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