- Critical essays reflecting a variety of schools of criticism
- Notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index
- An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.

The new full-length critical essays in this title provide a comprehensive critical look at this classic by J. D. Salinger. Master scholer Harold Bloom introduces the novel in this study guide, which also features a chronology, a bibliography, an index, and notes on the contributors.

In this American classic, a young man comes of age and struggles with a loss of innocence and friendship at a northern boarding school amidst the backdrop of World War II. The full-length essays in this volume provide a comprehensive critical overview of John Knowless best-known novel. This latest edition in the Blooms Modern Critical Interpretations series features a chronology, bibliography, and an index, as well as notes on the contributors and an introductory essay from noted literary scholar Harold Bloom.

Maya Angelou's unforgettable autobiography recounts her struggle as a young black woman to overcome obstacles and realize her dreams. The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive critical overview of this modern classic.

In "The Kite Runner," history and personal responsibility come together in the story of Amir, an Afghan boy who is haunted by the guilt of betraying his childhood friend Hassan, the son of his fathers servant. In the background loom the many tumultuous changes that have gripped Afghanistan in the years since Amirs carefree kite-flying childhood. From the fall of the monarchy through the Soviet invasion to the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States to the rise of the Taliban regime, the story of Amir and Hassan emerges as the story of Afghanistan itself. The engaging new...

Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' is not simply a critique of colonialism in the Congo, but it is an examination of the human tendency toward self-endangering corruptibility. This study guide to 'Heart of Darkness' also features an annotated bibliography and a listing of other works by the author.

Joseph Heller's World War II satire, 'Catch-22', poses the moral dilemma of how to remain sane in an insane world. This guide offers a varied selection of critical essays as well as an annotated bibliography.

This classic American drama tells the story of the Youngers, a family that must struggle with their own inner divisions, in addition to the racist attitudes of society at large, as they move into their dream house in a community unwelcoming to African Americans. Complete with an introduction by literary critic Harold Bloom, this new title in the Blooms Guides series also features an annotated bibliography and a list of other works by the author.

In this classic coming-of-age novel set in post-World War II America, Esther Greenwood emerges as a double for author Sylvia Plath. A summer internship at a fashion magazine in New York City reveals only the lack of beauty in the young womans inner life, as Esther succumbs to a pervasive depression that she likens to being trapped beneath the title object, a bell jar, struggling for her next breath. Noted literary scholar Harold Bloom introduces this new title in the Blooms Guides series, which also features an annotated bibliography and a listing of other works by the author.