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CliffsNotes on Emerson's Essays
by Rose Gregory TubachThe CliffsNotes study guide on Emerson's Essays supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read Essays. Reading a literary work doesn't mean that you immediately grasp the major themes and devices used by the author; this study guide will help supplement your reading to be sure you get all you can from Emerson's Essays. CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more. For further information on Emerson's Essays, check out the CliffsNotes Resource Center at www.cliffsnotes.com. IN THIS BOOK Learn about the Life and Background of the author Hear an Introduction to Essays Explore themes, character development, and recurring images in the Critical Commentaries Learn new words from the Glossary at the end of each Chapter Examine in-depth Character Analyses Acquire an understanding of Essays with Critical Essays Reinforce what you learn to further your study online at www.cliffsnotes.com
CliffsNotes on Emily Dickinson's Poems
by Mordecai MarcusEnormously popular since the early piecemeal publication of her poems, Emily Dickinson has enjoyed an everincreasing critical reputation, and she is now widely regarded as one of America's best poets. These Notes focus on clarification of some eighty-five of her poems, chosen and emphasized largely according to the frequency of their appearance in eight standard anthologies, where the average number of her poems is fifty. These poems also seem to offer an excellent representation of her themes and power. In a final section to these Notes, additional poems are commented on briefly.
CliffsNotes on Euripides' Electra & Medea
by Robert J MilchThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you've come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!
by James L. RobertsThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you've come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Faulkner's As I Lay Dying
by James L RobertsThe original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background.CliffsNotes on As I Lay Dying takes you into the lives of not one, but several narrators in this novel about the value of life. The central problem of the novel involves the reasons for Addie's request to be buried and why her family defies fire and water to fulfill it.This study guide will guide you through the plot of the novel and through the process of analyzing each character's problems and motivations. Other features that help you study includeInformation on the life and background of William FaulknerA character list to help clarify relationships among the many narratorsAnalysis and commentary on each section of the bookCritical essaysIn-depth character analysesReview questions and suggested essay topicsClassic literature or modern modern-day treasure -- you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
CliffsNotes on Faulkner's The Bear
by James L. RobertsThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you've come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Faulkner's Go Down, Moses
by James L. RobertsThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you’ve come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Faulkner's Light In August
by James L RobertsThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you’ve come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Faulkner's Short Stories
by James L RobertsThe original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background.CliffsNotes on Faulkner's Short Stories explores five of William Faulkner's psychologically complex narratives: A Rose for Emily, That Evening Sun, Barn Burning, Dry September, and Spotted Horses.Follow a common thread of Southern mores and prejudices as the author from Mississippi masterfully creates enduring settings and characters. This concise supplement includes commentaries and glossaries on all five short stories. Other features that help you understand these important works areBackground on the authorAn introduction to YoknapatawphaCounty, the mythical county seating of Faulkner's makingCritical essay on the author's styleAn interactive quiz, review questions, and suggested essay topicsClassic literature or modern modern-day treasure -- you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
CliffsNotes on Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury
by James L. RobertsThe original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.In CliffsNotes on The Sound and the Fury, you explore what is considered to be one of William Faulkner's greatest novels. The Sound and the Fury tells the story of the decline of the once-aristocratic Compson family of Yoknapatawpha County, in northern Mississippi, as told in stream of consciousness by three brothers—Benjamin, Quentin, and Jason.Summaries and commentaries guide you through each section of the novel, and critical essays help you understand the origin of the book's title, the structure of the book, and Faulkner's stream of consciousness style of writing. Other features that help you study includeA section on the life and background of William FaulknerA special guide to the Benjy section—the most difficult section of the novelAnalyses of the major charactersAn additional critical essay on meaning through motif in the novelReview questions and essay topicsClassic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
CliffsNotes on Faulkner's The Unvanquished
by James L RobertsThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you’ve come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on The Federalist
by George F WillisonThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you've come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Fielding's Joseph Andrews
by Michael B. MavorOrdinarily a moralist writer, in this novel Fielding creates a comedy of romance, by superimposing the positive act of the imagination on the raw material of the real world. It is ultimately both instructive and entertaining. Here Fielding parodies his own previous novels in this story of a young man resisting the many attempts to seduce him.
CliffsNotes on Fielding's Tom Jones
by James C. EvansThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you’ve come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
by Kate MaurerThe original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into key elements and ideas within classic works of literature. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the familiar format.CliffsNotes on The Great Gatsby explores F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of triumph, tragedy, and a classic love triangle in the 1920s.Following the story of a young Midwesterner who's fascinated by the mysterious past and opulent lifestyle of his landlord, this study guide provides summaries and critical commentaries for each chapter within the novel. Other features that help you figure out this important work includePersonal background on the authorIntroduction to and synopsis of the bookIn-depth character analysesCritical essays on topics of interestReview section that features interactive questions and suggested essay topics and practice projectsResource Center with books, videos, and Web sites that can help round out your knowledgeClassic literature or modern-day treasure -- you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
CliffsNotes on Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night
by Carol H. PostonThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you’ve come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Flaubert's Madame Bovary
by James L RobertsThe original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background.With CliffsNotes on Madame Bovary, you'll gain insight into Gustave Flaubert's novel that was so scandalous, he was brought to trial for immorality. Written in 1857, Madame Bovary is a pointed telling of the protagonist's immoral behavior as she ignores her duties as wife and mother to pursue her superficial romantic ideals. However, many now claim the novel as an integral part of modern European and American fiction and the forerunner and model of the realistic novel.Show your classmates – and your grade-granting teacher – that you're in the know with literature. You can't miss with chapter summaries, plot explorations, and author insights. Other features that help you study includeA brief synopsis of the novelInsightful chapter commentariesCritical essays on major themes, symbolism, style, and moreIn-depth character analysesAn interactive quiz to test your knowledgeEssay topics and review questionsClassic literature or modern modern-day treasure – you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
CliffsNotes on Forster's A Passage To India (Cliffsnotes Ser.)
by Norma OstranderThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you’ve come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman
by James F. BellmanThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you've come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Franklin's The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Merrill Maguire SkaggsThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you've come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Frank's The Diary of Anne Frank
by Dorothea Shefer-VansonThe original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature.CliffsNotes on Diary of Anne Frank takes you into the handwritten accounts of life in hiding from Nazis in World War II.Following the feelings of a 13-year-old Jewish girl who recorded her thoughts, impressions, dreams, and cherished hopes during the two years before she and her family were discovered, this study companion covers the backgrounds and fates of the real people within Anne's diary. Other features that help you figure out this important work includeHistorical background centering around World War IICritical commentaries covering each year Anne Frank spent in hidingSuggested essay topics to inspire discussionSelected bibliography for further researchClassic literature or modern-day treasure -- you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
CliffsNotes on Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying
by Durthy A. WashingtonThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you’ve come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Garcia Marquez' One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Carl SennaThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you've come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Goethe's Faust, Part 1 and 2
by Robert J MilchThis CliffsNotes guide includes everything you've come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.
CliffsNotes on Golding's Lord of the Flies
by Maureen KellyThe original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.CliffsNotes on Lord of the Flies takes you on an exploration of William Golding's novel to the dark side of humanity, the savagery that underlies even the most civilized human beings. Follow Golding's group of young boys from hope to disaster and watch as they attempt to survive their uncivilized, unsupervised, and isolated environment.You can rely on CliffsNotes on Lord of the Flies for character analyses, insightful essays, and chapter-by-chapter commentaries to ensure your safe passage through the rich symbolism of this novel. Other features that help you study includeA brief synopsis of the novelA character map to help you see relationships among the charactersA glossary that helps you get the most out of your readingAn interactive quiz to test your knowledgeEssay topics and review questionsClassic literature or modern modern-day treasure -- you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.