Author: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

This book is a guide to identifying female creators and artistic movements from all parts of Asia, offering a broad spectrum of media and presen...

This literary companion surveys the young adult works of American author Marion Zimmer Bradley, primarily known for her work in the fantasy genr...

Over its five seasons on the air, the televised series Outlander has combined romance, adventure, history, and time travel into a classic saga o...

Slow to rise in the literary world, Octavia Estelle Butler cultivated musings on earth's future, reaching massive critical acclaim in the process. ...

Rachel Carson was a marine biologist credited with the founding of the ecology movement and the rise in ecofeminism. One of her most popular wor...

This literary companion surveys the works of Lee Smith, a Southern author lauded for her autobiographical familiarity with Appalachian settings and...

Surveying the life, work and accolades of Irish playwright Brian Friel, this literary companion investigates his personal and professional relat...

Peter Carey, writer of such celebrated works as Oscar and Lucinda, True History of the Kelly Gang, and His Illegal Self, is one of Australia's m...

The text covers pioneering in the North American frontier from the Mississippi River Valley as far west as Alaska and Hawaii. Entries feature worth...

The chronological entries of this book provide a record of the impact upon human culture of epidemic illness and death throughout history. From the...

McFarland Companions to Young Adult Literature American novelist Gary Paulsen is best known for his young adult fiction, including bestsellers N...

In its expanded second edition, this chronology examines the effects of epidemic illness and death on human culture from 2700 bce to 2017. Entri...

This companion, appropriate for the lay reader and researcher alike, provides analysis of characters, plots, humor, symbols, philosophies, and c...