Critical Companion Set

Facts On File's new Critical Companion series focuses on the works and lives of the most influential writers. Each book contains extensive analyses of a single writer's works, as well as entries on related topics and relevant people, places, and influences in that writer's life. With its emphasis on critical analysis, combined with in-depth information on each writer's life, this series provides a comprehensive, one-stop reference resource for students and scholars. The first part of each book consists of a brief biography of the writer. The second part contains entries on the writer's works, including the characters in each work, crucial historical and thematic information, and critical discussion. The third part contains entries on related people, places, themes, topics, and influences, and the fourth part consists of a bibliography of the writer's work, a bibliography of secondary sources, and a chronology of the writer's life.Critical Companion Set, was published 2005 under ISBN 9780816065295 and ISBN 0816065292.