Profiling approximately 10-12 novelists, poets, scriptwriters and other creative writers, this reference includes an introduction to each author, a bibliographical listing and suggestions for further reading.

Each volume profiles about six to eight novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative and nonfiction writers who are currently active or who died after Dec. 31, 1999. A biographical and critical introduction to each author prefaces a collection of reprinted critical essays and reviews. A cumulative title index to the entire series is available separately (included in subscription).

Product Description: Contemporary Literary Criticism covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959.Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals...read more

Each volume in this award-winning series profiles about six to eight novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative and nonfiction writers who are currently active or who died after Dec. 31, 1999. A biographical and critical introduction to each author prefaces a collection of reprinted critical essays and reviews. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text. Each volume includes cumulative author name, topic and nationality indexes as well as a volume-specific title index. A cumulative title index to the entire series is available separately (included in subscription).

Product Description: Contemporary Literary Criticism covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959.Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals...read more

Product Description: This six-volume set, the latest offering from the Gale Critical Companion Collection, explores the history of women and feminism throughout literature, from classical antiquity to modern times. Topics covered include misogyny and women's social roles in ancient civilizations, 16th-century women's devotional literature, 17th- and 18th-century women's captivity narratives, the women's suffrage movement in 19th-century America, women writers of the Lost Generation, lesbian literature, modern feminist theory, criticism and scholarship and much more...read more

Product Description: Contemporary Literary Criticism covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959.Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals...read more

Product Description: Contemporary Literary Criticism covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959.Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals...read more

Product Description: Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals...read more

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Product Description: Each volume profiles about six to eight novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative and nonfiction writers who are currently active or who died after Dec. 31, 1999. A biographical and critical introduction to each author prefaces a collection of reprinted critical essays and reviews...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Each volume in this award-winning series profiles about 8 to 10 novelists, poets, scriptwriters and other creative writers. A biographical and critical introduction to each author prefaces a collection of reprinted full-text or excerpted critical essays and reviews...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Each volume in this award-winning series profiles about 8 to 10 novelists, poets, scriptwriters and other creative writers. A biographical and critical introduction to each author prefaces a collection of reprinted full-text or excerpted critical essays and reviews...read more

Product Description: Each volume in this award-winning series profiles about 8 to 10 novelists, poets, scriptwriters and other creative writers. A biographical and critical introduction to each author prefaces a collection of reprinted full-text or excerpted critical essays and reviews...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Each volume in this award-winning series profiles about 8 to 10 novelists, poets, scriptwriters and other creative writers. A biographical and critical introduction to each author prefaces a collection of reprinted full-text or excerpted critical essays and reviews...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals...read more

Product Description: Each volume profiles about six to eight novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative and nonfiction writers who are currently active or who died after Dec. 31, 1999. A biographical and critical introduction to each author prefaces a collection of reprinted critical essays and reviews...read more