The Introduction to Literary Context series provides introductory overviews of some of the world's best-known works of literature, including novels, short stories, novellas, and poems, placing them in historical, societal, scientific and religious context of their time to deepen understanding and encourage discussion. This volume introduces literary contexts as they apply to American novels written post 1960, by American and Canadian authors, offering high school and undergraduate students a working foundation of literary context designed to prepare them for more critical literary analysis,...

The Introduction to Literary Context series provides introductory overviews of some of the world's best-known works of literature, including novels, short stories, novellas, and poems, placing them in historical, societal, scientific and religious context of their time to deepen understanding and encourage discussion. This volume introduces literary contexts as they apply to American short fiction from the late 10th century to the present, offering high school and undergraduate students a working foundation of literary context designed to prepare them for more critical literary analysis, such...

This volume in the Critical Insights series presents a variety of new essays on Ray BradburyAEs Fahrenheit 451. A classic novel of dystopian science fiction, Fahrenheit 451 also has been adapted for the theatre, film, television, and radio. BradburyAEs swift, poetic, elegiac work tells the story of an America of the not-too-distant future, where books are outlawed, citizens in violation are hustled swiftly away to psychiatric prisons, and the offendersAE houses are duly burned by kerosene-wielding ofiremen.o After all, booksuand the thoughts and emotions they bringuare a threat to the...

The American comic book was one of the most important entertainment forms of the twentieth century in America. Beginning as medium that reprinted popular newspaper comic strips, during the decade of the Great Depression the comic book saw the development of the superhero in characters such as Superman and Batman. The American comic book would go on to feature a wide variety of stories, ranging from horror tales, to Westerns, to love romances, to funny animal stories. During its heyday in the decade following World War II, the comic book rivaled film, radio, and television in popularity....

This volume presents a variety of new essays on Kate ChopinAEs The Awakening . This classic novella, published in 1899, is considered a landmark work of early feminism. It appears in practically every anthology of American literature, and it is one of the most widely taught of all American novels. Although never technically banned, ChopinAEs work was strongly criticised for its depictions of female sexual desire and for featuring a protagonist who resisted social norms and traditional gender roles. This volume surveys previous criticism of the work but also offers a variety of new approaches...

Salem's new series explores the fields and occupations of science and other emerging fields, emphasising STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) occupations and outlooks and green technologies where applicable. Written for high school and undergraduate students as well as general nonspecialists, this series will provide much needed insight into the career opportunities of this growing field. This title examines 22 branches or fields of study in communications and media such as: Marketing, Journalism, Radio, Television, Broadcasting, Public Relations, International Relations,...

A supplement to Salem Press's Careers In series, a career-focused series exploring the fields and occupations of physics, chemistry, and other sciences with an emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) occupations and outlooks, Contemporary Biographies in Healthcare is a collection of biographies of ""living leaders"" in the field of healthcare and allied health. Culled from the pages of Current Biography , the monthly magazine renowned for its unfailing accuracy, insightful selection and the wide scope of influence of its subjects, these up-to-date profiles draw...

This volume of criticism presents a variety of new essays on Aldous HuxleyAEs Brave New World , a classic in the science fiction and dystopian genres. These essays delve into the cultural, historical, comparative and critical contexts for understanding Brave New World . For readers who are studying it for the first time, several essays survey the critical conversation regarding this work from all standard critical perspectives u social, gender, post-modern, psychological, and cultural as well as the more traditional historical and close readings. Aldous HuxleyAEs Brave New World is (along...

A completely new reference from Salem Press, Applied Science covers major fields and technologies in all areas, from agriculture to computers to engineering to medical to space sciences. Science & Medicine provides in-depth coverage of 110 wide-ranging fields of science and medicine, including Applied Physics, Biosynthetics, Climatology, Environmental Microbiology, Chaotic Systems, Genetically Modified Food Production, Genomics, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Polymer Science, Pulmonary Medicine, Radio Astronomy, Proteomics, Probability, Radiology, Scanning Probe...

A completely new reference from Salem Press, Applied Science covers major fields and technologies in all areas, from agriculture to computers to engineering to medical to space sciences. Uncovers the history and science in the fields of technology, including Artificial Organs, Air Quality Monitoring, Computer Graphics, Digital Logic, Earthquake Prediction, Energy Storage, Explosives Technologies, Fiber-Optic Communications, Risk Analysis, Recycling Technologies, Software Engineering, Numerical Analysis and more.