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Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire
Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom
eBook (Chelsea House Publications, March 1, 2009)Published in 1947, A Streetcar Named Desire garnered Tennessee Williams the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. This title offers fresh insight into one of the greatest American plays of the 20th century.
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Cormac McCarthy
Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom
Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, Jan. 1, 2009)- A complex critical portrait of one of the most influential writers in the world- Bibliographic information that directs readers to additional resources for further study- A useful chronology of the writer's life- An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.
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Forces and Motion
Amy Bug
Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, Aug. 1, 2007)The term motion means a change in the position of a body with respect to time, as measured by a particular observer in a particular frame of reference. Forces and Motion explores these scientific topics and looks at how physics, through simple and general concepts, affects the way people live and how the world around them works.
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Early Humans: The Pleistocene & Holocene Epochs: The Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs
Thom Holmes
eBook (Chelsea House Publications, Jan. 1, 2009)This work traces the beginnings of the human species, its success and adaptability, and the development of such innovations as human language and culture.
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Sylvia Plath
Peter K. Steinberg, Hanes Professor of English and Comparative Literature Linda Wagner-Martin Prof
eBook (Chelsea House Publications, April 1, 2004)Often considered an iconic figure to feminists, Plath is best known for her novel, 'The Bell Jar', and her controversial poetry. This biographical text lends insight to her life and work.
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Romanticism and Transcendentalism, 1800-1860
Andrew Ladd, Karen Meyers, Jerry Phillips
eBook (Chelsea House Publications, April 1, 2010)An engaging, full-color illustrated guide to the romantic and transcendentalist era in American literature, this updated volume provides important information on the foundations of romantic thought, romanticism and the new nation, gothic romance and sentimentalism, transcendentalism, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville, and romanticism and poetic voice. New to this edition is a section discussing American idealism.
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John Ashbery
Harold Bloom
Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, Oct. 21, 2004)- User's guide - Editor's note and introduction by Harold Bloom - A comprehensive biography of the poet - Detailed thematic analysis of each poem - Extracts from major critical essays that discuss important aspects of each poem - A complete bibliography of the writer's poetic works - A list of critical works about the poet and his or her works - An index of themes and ideas in the author's work
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Ocean Ridges and Trenches
Peter Aleshire, Geoffrey H Nash
Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, Aug. 1, 2007)Reveals how 10 undersea mountain ranges and valleys came to be, how and why it has changed over the span of geologic time, and its contributions to the environment.
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Hinduism
Madhu Bazaz Wangu PH.D., Joanne O'Brien, Martin Palmer
Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, May 1, 2009)One of the oldest and most complex of world faiths, Hinduism is the religion of four fifths of India's population as well as other communities around the world. This fourth edition covers topics such as: religion and politics in India; the roots of Hinduism; Hindu customs and beliefs; Hindu nationalism and Hindu gods and devotionalism.
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Energy
Andrew Dean Foland Ph.D.
eBook (Chelsea House Publications, Aug. 1, 2007)Energy is the central concept of physics. Unable to be created or destroyed but transformable from one form to another, energy ultimately determines what is and isn't possible in our universe. This book gives readers an appreciation for the limits of energy and the quantities of energy in the world around them. This fascinating book explores the major forms of energy: kinetic, potential, electrical, chemical, thermal, and nuclear.
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Walt Whitman
Sterling Professor of the Humanities Harold Bloom
Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, Feb. 1, 1999)Each book in the Bloom''s Major Poets series covers three to six poems offering a variety of viewpoints by different critics on the important aspects of each work. These guides introduce critical analysis to students of poetry.'
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sterling Professor of the Humanities Harold Bloom
Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, March 1, 2006)Presents a collection of contemporary criticism and analysis of the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald.