Product Description: Created by teachers and writers, each title in this series provides a complete and thoughtful analysis of several of the most valuable works of world literature. Intended as a starting point for a better understanding and appreciation of literature, each analysis also imparts information about the author, the social and historical background, structure and traditions of literary genres, facts about characters, and a bibliography to encourage further intellectual exploration...read more

Each title in a fascinating series provides a complete and thoughtful analysis of several of the most valuable works of world literature and includes a bibliography to encourage further intellectual exploration.

Product Description: Created by teachers and writers, each title in this series provides a complete and thoughtful analysis of several of the most valuable works of world literature. Intended as a starting point for a better understanding and appreciation of literature, each analysis also imparts information about the author, the social and historical background, structure and traditions of literary genres, facts about characters, and a bibliography to encourage further intellectual exploration...read more

Product Description: Created by teachers and writers, each title in this series provides a complete and thoughtful analysis of several of the most valuable works of world literature. Intended as a starting point for a better understanding and appreciation of literature, each analysis also imparts information about the author, social and historical background, structure and traditions of literary genres, facts about characters, and a bibliography to encourage further intellectual exploration...read more

Offers a series of essays on the origins, historical background, and literary form of the classic picaresque novel of young Lazarillo and his succesion of masters from different levels of society.

Offers a series of essays on the origins, historical background, and literary form of the medieval Spanish epic poem about the warrior hero Rodrigo Dâiaz de Vivar, known as 'El Cid.'

Offers a series of essays on the author, historical background, and literary form of Fernando de Rojas' classic tragicomedy of the doomed romance of Calisto and Melibea.

Product Description: Each title in this series, created by teachers and writers, provides a complete and thoughtful analysis of several of the most valuable works of world literature. Intended as a starting point for a better understanding and appreciation of literature, each analysis also imparts information about the author, social and historical background information, structure and traditions of literary genres, facts about characters, and a bibliography to encourage further intellectual exploration...read more

Product Description: Each title in this series, created by teachers and writers, provides a complete and thoughtful analysis of several of the most valuable works of world literature. Intended as a starting point for a better understanding and appreciation of literature, each analysis also imparts information about the author, social and historical background information, structure and traditions of literary genres, facts about characters, and a bibliography to encourage further intellectual exploration...read more