F. Scott Fitzgerald (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)
Fitzgerald has been referred to as a 20th-century John Keats. This text examines some of his short stories, including "May Day" and "Babylon Revisited." This title also features a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, a user guide, a detailed thematic analysis of each short story, a list of characters in each story, a complete bibliography of Fitzgerald’s works, an index of themes and ideas, and editor’s notes and introduction by Harold Bloom.
This two-volume set of book-length comics tells the story of the narrator, Artie, and his father Vladek, a Holocaust survivor. "Maus" is thus an important example of both Holocaust literature and of the graphic novel. The two volumes of "Maus" are subtitled "My Father Bleeds History" and "And Here My Troubles Began"; they should be read together to get the biggest impact.Artie is a comic book artist who is trying to create art that is meaningful, not just commercial.
Galileo's Pendulum: From the Rhythm of Time to the Making of Matter
Bored during Mass at the cathedral in Pisa, the seventeen-year-old Galileo regarded the chandelier swinging overhead--and remarked, to his great surprise, that the lamp took as many beats to complete an arc when hardly moving as when it was swinging widely. Galileo's Pendulum tells the story of what this observation meant, and of its profound consequences for science and technology.
This volume resumes the narrative begun in its companion volume, "The American Republic", which covered the first eight decades of U.S. history, ending at the onset of the Civil War. "The American Nation" continues the story through America's entrance into World War II.
