Critical Companion to Herman Melville examines the life and work of a writer who spent much of his career in obscurity.

Delves beneath the surface to examine the forces that made Sontag an international icon, exploring her public persona and private passions, including the strategies behind her meteoric rise to fame and her political moves.

The first biography of the prodigiously hard-working actor who embodied the Western ideal

Explores the entire corpus of West's 71-year writing career, encompassing posthumous publications as well as unpublished letters and manuscripts.

Through a chronological critique of Mailer's major novels, essays, and reportage, Carl Rollyson observes that Mailer has always used his mutability to explore themes of American identity and to cut across the boundaries of fact and fiction.

Alphabetically arranged entries offer information on the Brontèes, covering their novels, poetry, articles, essays, characters, significant events and people, and travels.

H.G. Wells, Lord Beaverbrook and Charlie Chaplin were among the notable lovers attracted by Rebecca West's fame, beauty and wit.

Drawing on newly discovered letters and papers, Rollyson's biography finally gives this vibrant poet her due.