b'22 CRITICAL INSIGHTS:This range of original essays by learned, intelligent writers with something to say about their subjects makes AUTHORS these works valuable for those in high school and up Recommended.Library JournalThese volumes provide a comprehensive critical analysis of the most popular and routinely studied LITERATUREauthors from around the world.Louisa May Alcott A 19th-century American novelist, Louisa May Alcott is most renowned for Little Women, a coming-of-age childrens tale still popular with readers of all ages today. Essays in this volume take a closer look at Alcott, her beliefs, and her work in Little Women and its two sequels, Little Men and Jos Boys.BEST SELLER! BEST SELLER! BEST SELLER! BEST SELLER! Sherman Alexie January 2016 | Print ISBN: 978-1-61925-521-0 | Library Price: $105CRITICAL INSIGHTS: AUTHORSSherman Alexie has achieved a reputation as a significant figure in the American literary landscape. Original essays include a comparison of Alexies The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven to Jhumpa Lahiris Interpreter of Maladies, along with Reservation Blues, The Summer of the Black Widows, and two films, Smoke Signals and The Business of Fancydancing.September 2011 | Print ISBN: 978-1-58765-823-5 | Library Price: $105BEST SELLER! Isabel AllendeReaders have flocked to Allendes fiction and nonfiction, making her one of the best-selling women novelists in the world today. This volume brings together a variety of essays on the phases of her career, her growth as a writer, Allendes relation to magical realism, along with a comprehensive biography.October 2010 | Print ISBN: 978-1-58765-699-6 | Library Price: $105Maya AngelouOffers a rich contextual exploration of her life and times. ARBAAs an author, poet, actor, singer, dancer, civil rights activist, and more, Maya Angelou lived a life worthy of seven autobiographies. From a troubled childhood in St. Louis to her work with Martin Luther King, Jr. to her vast oeuvre of poetry and prose, this volume profiles one of the most prolific African American voices of the 20th century, highlighting her most famous work, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.Isaac Asimov October 2016 | Print ISBN: 978-1-68217-112-7 | Library Price: $105An admirable job of exploring a variety of perspectives. ARBAIsaac Asimov is widely considered to be one of the founding figures of American science fiction. This volume contains a general introduction to Asimovs work and explores his towering status among American science fiction writers, with special emphasis on the Foundation trilogy and the Robot novels and stories.January 2017 | Print ISBN: 978-1-68217-254-4 | Library Price: $105Margaret AtwoodEssays include a brief biography, a discussion of the critical reception of Atwoods work, her use of myth, and the themes of Gothicism, spirituality, and trauma that recur throughout her work. Works discussed include The BEST SELLER! Handmaids Tale, Oryx and Crake, and her mostly widely read short stories and poetry collections.September 2012 | Print ISBN: 978-1-4298-3721-7 | Library Price: $105Jane AustenThis collection brings together a selection of representative critical essays on Austen from a variety of perspectives. After opening with several short introductory essays, the volume moves on to considerAustens critical contexts through a series of wide-ranging overviews of her life and works.October 2009 | Print ISBN: 978-1-58765-638-5 | Library Price: $105James BaldwinAlthough James Baldwin today holds a secure position in the canon of twentieth-century literature, decades after his death, he still remains one of Americas most evasive authors. The body of his work is wide-ranging, complex, and occasionally contradictory, the product of a mind in a tireless dialogue with itself and its paradoxical and swiftly changing culture.October 2010 | Print ISBN: 978-1-58765-701-6 | Library Price: $105 FREE All Critical Insights titles come with free online access Online AccessFREEGET ONLINE ACCESS(800) 221-1592 WITH YOUR PRINT BUY! www.salempress.com2022-480 Salem Catalog 2023 R7.indd 22 2022-12-28 11:12 AM'