Author: Laurence W. Mazzeno

Anthony Trollope's novels and stories entertain while vividly bringing the Victorian era to life. His deep empathy for the underdog led him to s...

Alfred Tennyson was a poet all his life, writing more than a thousand works in virtually every poetic genre. Considered by his Victorian contemp...

This reference work covers both Herman Melville's life and writings. It includes a biography and detailed information on his works, on the impor...

Written for readers at all levels, this book situates Jane Austen in her time, and for all times. It provides a biography; locates her work in the ...

A comprehensive look at the academic criticism of Jane Austen from her time down to the present. Among the most important English novelists, Jane ...

Traces Hemingway's critical fortunes over the ninety years of his prominence, telling us something about what we value in literature and why schola...

A collection of essays that perceive Updike's America through the eyes of Western and Eastern European readers and scholars, contributing to Updike...

James Lee Burke is an acclaimed writer of crime novels in which protagonists battle low-life thugs who commit violent crimes and corporate execu...

A comprehensive look at the academic criticism of Jane Austen from her time down to the present. Among the most important English novelists, Jane ...