There is no other reference work on psychology and the law, so libraries supporting curricula in this area may consider purchasing. But because this field of study is still in its infancy, and it remains to be seen whether it will grow into something major, this set is otherwise an optional purchase for most libraries.

American Writers is a book of vast scope, much like America itself. Within these pages one will find the early Puritan visionaries, leaders of the American Renaissance, realists and naturalists, the Lost Generation, the modernists, the Fugitives and agrarians, the Beats, the Black Mountain writers, postmodernists, and more. What brings them all together is the literary merit of their writing. Whether novelists, short story writers, poets, dramatists, essayists, or nonfiction writers, they are all judged by history and/or their contemporaries to be writers whose work has helped to create “American literature.”
American Writers includes all the major literary genres to provide biographical profiles of writers from colonial times to the present and from all major literary movements.

This concise companion provides a succinct introduction to Chaucer's major works, the contexts in which he wrote, and to medieval thought more generally.
* Opens with a general introductory section discussing London life and politics, books and authority, manuscripts and readers.
* Subsequent sections focus on Chaucer's major works - the dream visions, Troilus and Criseyde and The Canterbury Tales.
* Essays highlight the key religious, political and intellectual contexts for each major work.
* Also covers important general topics, including: medieval literary genres; dream theory; the Church; gender and sexuality; and reading Chaucer aloud.
* Designed so that each contextual essay can be read alongside one of Chaucer's major works.

With brevity, depth, and accessibility, this book helps readers to appreciate the works of John Milton, and to understand the great influence they have had on literature and other disciplines.

* Presents new and authoritative essays by internationally respected Milton scholars.
* Explains how and why Milton's works established their central place in the English literary canon.
* Structured chronologically around Milton's major works.
* Also includes a select bibliography and a chronology detailing Milton's life and works alongside relevant world events.

* Ideal as a first critical work on Milton.