AMERICAN WRITERS, Supplement VII

Supplement VII is mostly about contemporary writers, many of whom have received little sustained attention from critics. For example, Julia Alvarez, Tobias Wolff, Sandra Cisneros, Annie Proulx, Jamaica Kincaid, Carol Shields, Richard Bausch, Andre Dubus, and Barbara Kingsolver have been written about in the review pages of newspapers and magazines, and their fiction has acquired a substantial following, but their work has yet to attract significant scholarship.

 

Robert Frost (Critical Insights)

This title presents in-depth critical discussions of his life and works. Widely celebrated during his lifetime as the greatest living American poet, Robert Frost remains one of the few poets whose work is enjoyed by scholars and general readers alike.

Nathaniel Hawthorne (Critical Insights)

This title offers in-depth critical discussions of his life and works. To this day Nathaniel Hawthorne remains one of the most studied authors in the English language. His literary output included tales, novels, and essays, and his influence was felt by writers the world over. As stated in Jack Lynch's introduction to this volume, Hawthorne's works 'can be found in virtually every library in the English-speaking world.

Dracula (Critical Insights)

This title contains in-depth critical discussions of Bram Stoker's novel. Since its publication in 1897 Bram Stoker's "Dracula" has never been out of print, and - while many monsters have come before Dracula, and many since - Stoker's vampire has taken on an iconic status. On the surface, the novel is a classic tale of horror and suspense, a battle between good and evil, light and dark, the supernatural and the natural.

The Comedy of Errors (Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages)

In the Shakespearean play that most closely resembles farce, two sets of identical twins, each separated for years, arrive in Ephesus, setting off a madcap series of events and leaving a trail of confusion and mistaken identity in their wake. While evoking one of Shakespeare's recurring themes—the restorative power of love—this early work contains some of the playwright's developing insights on the human condition and presents a portrait of women's various roles in Elizabethan society.