A collection of critical essays discuss the works of the American author.

A collection of critical essays by such contributors as Sandra M. Price and Ian Watt discuss the works of English novelist Jane Austen.

A collection of critical essays discuss the works of the French writer.

A collection of critical essays discuss the works of the American author.

A collection of critical essays discuss the works of the American poet.

A collection of critical essays discuss the works of the French author."

Robert Hayden looms as one of the most technically gifted and conceptually expansive poets in American letters. Attending to the specifics of race and culture, Hayden's takes up the sobering concerns of African American social and political plight. An award winning poet Hayden's poetry celebrates human essence.

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in 1850 in Edinburgh, the essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, known especially for his novels of adventure. Many of Stevenson's stories are set in colourful locations, they also have horror and supernatural elements. His most famous being The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886).

A collection of critical essays discuss the works of the Danish writer.

- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world--from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
- Introductory essay by Harold Bloom