Product Description: "Critical Companion to William Faulkner" - a major revision and expansion of "William Faulkner A to Z" - features more than 80,000 additional words. Character entries and Critical Commentary sections on Faulkner's major works have been significantly expanded, and entirely new sections providing excerpts from contemporary reviews have been added...read more

Presents a guide to the life and literary accomplishments of the Irish author, including analyses of the contents and characters of each of his works and discussions of places and events in his life which influenced his writing.

Presents a guide to the life and literary accomplishments of the Irish author, including analyses of the contents and characters of each of his works and discussions on places and events in his life which influenced his writing.

Product Description: This collection of essays is the first in 15 years to review the current state of theory on James Joyce’s Ulysses, and this volume comes more than 100 years after the fictitious Leopold Bloom steps into the novel, a day Joyceans celebrate as Bloomsday...read more

An illustrated reference to the life and works of the author of such classics as Ulysses and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man discusses his early years in Dublin, his self-exile in Europe, the influence of his family and home community on his written works, the criticism of his books in Dublin, and his relationships with his wife and mentally ill daughter. Original.

Alphabetically-arranged entries provide information about Faulkner's life and work, covering his novels, short fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, speeches, screenplays, letters, and his family, friends, and associates.

These encyclopedic companions are individual guides to authors and their works. Useful for students, but written with the general reader in mind, they are clear, concise, accessible, and supply the basic cultural, historical, biographical and critical information crucial to an appreciation and enjoyment of the primary works. Each is arranged in an A-Z fashion and presents and explains the terms, people, places, and concepts encountered in the literary worlds of James Joyce, Mark Twain, and Virginia Woolf. (view table of contents)

Product Description: "The method for ethical reflection offered by Maguire & Fargnoli provides food for thought to anyone concerned with how ethical choices shape & reflect human character on an individual & social basis..it values & encourages completeness & sensitivity in moral awareness, reflection, & decision making...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)