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Literary Criticism

by Margaret Atwood - Essays, Literary Criticism, Science Fiction

In this collection of essays and lectures, Margaret Atwood illuminates her lifelong relationship with the literary genre of science fiction.

by Gregory D. Sumner - Biography, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction

Gregory Sumner guides us through a biography of 15 of Kurt Vonnegut's best known works to illustrate the quintessential American writer's profound engagement with the "American Dream" in its various forms.

by Nathaniel Philbrick - History, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction

Nathaniel Philbrick skillfully navigates Herman Melville's world and illuminates MOBY-DICK's humor and unforgettable characters --- finding the thread that binds Ishmael and Ahab to our own time and, indeed, to all times.