Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Dante Alighieri.

This is a lonely sound by the water in the forest. It doesn't matter how many people can hear it at night. Ha Jin: Only a unique spirit and a unique attitude can achieve literature! With the mentality of being on the edge, jumping out of the trap of spiritual kidnapping, working quietly on paper with a clear eye from the sidelines, truly outstanding works can preserve the feelings and thoughts of the characters vividly and make them pass on for a...

Dante For Beginners takes the reader on a trip starting in hell and ending in heaven. The reader gets a quick introduction to Dante and his times. Next, the reader meets a sweet lass named Beatrice and samples a bit of his other literary offerings, such as the great feast, the Convivio. But then it's on to the big one, the Commedia, and a canto by canto description of the entire work. Characters, ideas and situations are described as they happen-no...

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Philip Roth.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Joe Orton.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Annie Dillard.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Peter Handke.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Joseph Heller.