b'Literature CRITICAL INSIGHTS: AUTHORS 29Tim OBrien BEST SELLER!This title highlights Tim OBriens status as one of the most important living American authors. Much of OBrienswork deals with American participation in the Vietnam War, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is usually considered the key writer about that crucial chapter in U.S. history. His books are almost always at least asLITERATUREinteresting for how they are written as for what they are about.Flannery OConnor February 2015 | Print ISBN: 978-1-61925-421-3 | Library Price: $105 BEST SELLER!This volume examines OConnors religious ideas, her narrative technique, her use of humor, the regional and social context of her fiction, and the religious context of A Good Man is Hard to Find and Good Country People. Other essays explore OConnors use of humor in the story Temple of the Holy Ghost, as well as her two short novels Wise Blood, and The Violent Bear it Away.Eugene ONeill September 2011 | Print ISBN: 978-1-58765-831-0 | Library Price: $105 BEST SELLER! BEST SELLER! CRITICAL INSIGHTS: AUTHORSThe only American dramatist to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Eugene ONeill was the dominant voice in American theatre throughout the 1920s and 1930s. This volume discusses his most popular plays, including Long Days Journey into Night, Anna Christie, Strange Interlude and The Iceman Cometh.September 2012 | Print ISBN: 978-1-4298-3727-9 | Library Price: $105George OrwellThis volume presents a variety of original essays on the British writer. A biographical sketch relates the details of his life and four essays survey the critical reception and explore the cultural and historical contexts of Orwells work. Other essays discuss his use of fable, satire, allegory, and his outlook on science and technology.September 2012 | Print ISBN: 978-1-4298-3728-6 | Library Price: $105Sylvia PlathPlath won several major prizes in writing and her poems are considered to be the most famous by anBEST SELLER! BEST SELLER!American female poet of the 20th Century, especially those in her 1965 collection Ariel. This volume presents a variety of original essays on the unconventional American poet: a unique, rare, rebellious, and unexpected voice in American literature. May 2013 | Print ISBN: 978-1-4298-3833-7 | Library Price: $105Edgar Allan PoeA worthy contribution to the field of Poe studies. The Edgar Allan Poe ReviewEdgar Allan Poe has long been considered one of Americas most important and influential writers. The author of famous novels, short stories, poems, and nonfiction, he remains a popular writer both inside and outside the classroom. This volume examines the full range of Poes works in various genres and also takes many deliberately different approaches to the texts of a writer who is often seen, both within the United States and throughout the world, as one of the most distinctive authors this country has produced.August 2022 | Print ISBN: 978-1-63700-347-3 | Library Price: $105See Also: The Poetry of Edgar Allen Poe, pg. 40, The Tales of Edgar Allen Poe, pg. 42Philip RothThis volume positions Roths greatest novels and journalism against the backdrop of the changing literary, historical, and cultural American scenes. Readers seeking a deeper understanding of the writer can explore a bevy of topics, such as major thematic trajectories in Roths work, the authors use of autobiographical gestures, the mechanics of history in his works, and the authors style in his later writings and books. March 2013 | Print ISBN: 978-1-4298-3829-0 | Library Price: $105Salman RushdieA great starting point for students seeking an introduction to Salman Rushdie, this volume discusses Rushdies life and rise to popularity, the critical response to his writing, and key themes surrounding his works. Titles discussed include Midnights Children, The Satanic Verses, The Ground Beneath her Feet, Shalimar the Clown, and Shame.September 2012 | Print ISBN: 978-1-4298-3729-3 | Library Price: $105J.D. SalingerAlthough J.D. Salinger is especially renowned for his novel The Catcher in the Rye, he also authored many other noteworthy works, including a number of significant short stories. Catcher is one of the most widely-read novels about young people ever written, and today, after 70 years, still remains a celebrated work about alienated youth. This volume examines Salinger and his works from numerous points of view, adopting biographical, historical, sociological, and aesthetic perspectives, among others. FREEJanuary 2022 | Print ISBN: 978-1-63700-075-5 | Library Price: $105Online Access All Critical Insights titles come with free online accessFREEGET ONLINE ACCESS(800) 221-1592 WITH YOUR PRINT BUY! www.salempress.com2024-433 Salem Spring 2025 Catalog.indd 29 2024-12-12 12:25PM'