b'Literature CRITICAL INSIGHTS: WORKS33As You Like It, by William ShakespeareNEW! Spring 2025 CRITICAL An insightful exploration of this beloved comedy, essays delve into themes, characters, language, the roleINSIGHTS of gender, the pastoral tradition, love and identity, as well as the plays engagement with the political andAs You Like ItLITERATUREsocial issues of its time. Essays explore the critical evaluation and adaptation of As You Like It throughoutBy William Shakespearethe centuries, challenging readers to think about the play in new and innovative ways. PRINTED IN January 2025 | Print ISBN: 979-8-89179-134-3 | Library Price: $105 BEST SELLER!FULL COLORThe Awakening, by Kate ChopinA very good starting point for further study. ARBA NEW! This volume presents a variety of original essays on Chopins landmark work of early feminism. Essays offer a variety of new approaches from various critical perspectives, including how the novel relates to race, humor, Chopins life, impressionist painting, irony and close reading, tourism and landscapes,BEST SELLER! BEST SELLER! CRITICAL INSIGHTS: WORKSregionalism and naturalism, and folly and engendered discourse.January 2014 | Print ISBN: 978-1-61925-228-8 | Library Price: $105The Bell Jar, by Sylvia PlathEssays take a specific angle from which to examine the work, including a discussion of nature vs. nurture in the novel, while another discusses the similarities between Plaths work and Susanna Kaysens Girl, Interrupted. Additional entries provide some of the finest scholarship on The Bell Jar and offer a wide variety of critical approaches to this work.September 2011 | Print ISBN: 978-1-58765-836-5 | Library Price: $105Beloved, by Toni MorrisonExcellent background for approaching the novel. ARBAToni Morrisons 1987 tale of Sethe, an escaped slave living in Cincinnati and struggling to overcome her past, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 along with instant international acclaim. Several essays in this volume study major themes of Beloved, including motherhood, the psychological impacts of slavery, and repression of memory, as well as connections to the real-life slave who inspired Morrisons story. December 2015 | Print ISBN: 978-1-61925-828-0 | Library Price: $105Billy Budd, Sailor, by Herman MelvilleThis collection of essays delves into Herman Melvilles short masterpiece. A frequently assigned and relatively brief work, Billy Budd deals explicitly with terrorism, human rights, and national security. Essays also examine themes of sexuality, disability, law, capital punishment, and race. May 2017 | Print ISBN: 978-1-68217-569-9 | Library Price: $105 CRITICAL The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison NEW! Fall 2025 INSIGHTS The Bluest Eye Though previously praised for its nuanced exploration of race, class, social identity, and childhood inBy Toni MorrisonAmerica, Toni Morrisons The Bluest Eye has become increasingly misunderstood, misrepresented, and under attack in recent years. This volume reconsiders Morrisons classic novel by offering exciting new perspectives related to topics such as book banning, beauty, childhood, environment, education, geographical region, fables, literary influence, marketing, musicality, and trauma.PRINTED IN October 2025 | Print ISBN: 979-8-89179-130-5 | Library Price: $105FULL COLOR NEW! The Book Thief, by Markus ZusakSet in one of the most important places (Nazi Third Reich) and periods (WWII) in twentieth-century history, the novel emphasizes the value of family, love, literature, and friendship and the ways these influences help people cope during the darkest times. This volume explores Zusaks work from diverse perspectives, setting itBEST SELLER!in various contexts and examining the traits that make it a significant work of literature.March 2021 | Print ISBN: 978-1-64265-748-7 | Library Price: $105Brave New World, by Aldous HuxleyThis volume demonstrates the wealth of possible interpretations of this dystopian classic. ARBAOne of the founding texts of dystopian fiction, Brave New World is widely acknowledged to be the one whose dystopian future most closely resembles the Western world as it has actually evolved. The essaysBEST SELLER!in this volume examine the ways in which Brave New World continues to serve as an effective satirical commentary on our own reality. March 2014 | Print ISBN: 978-1-61925-238-7 | Library Price: $105The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey ChaucerHighly recommended. All readers. CHOICEInteresting essays provide a critical examination of several individual tales, including The Knights Tale, the recurring use of irony in The Merchants Tale, a feminist reading of The Wife of Baths Tale, the idea of gender and eroticism in The Millers Tale, and the antisemitism and representation of the Jews in The Prioress Tale.October 2010 | Print ISBN: 978-1-58765-723-8 | Library Price: $105 FREE Online 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 33 2024-12-12 12:25PM'