Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Among those profiled in this volume are: John Barth E. L. Doctorow Buchi Emecheta John Updike

Contemporary Literary Criticism covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text. Each of the approximately 200 essays per volume is prefaced by a full citation and annotation and most entries in the print series include an author portrait. Other features of CLC in print include: A format familiar to librarians Fully indexes by author name, title and nationality Coverage of nearly 3, 000 authors More than 200 volumes in print since 1974 Each volume includes cumulative author name, topic, and nationality indexes, as well as a volume-specific title index. A cumulative title index to the entire series is available separately

Each volume in this award-winning series profiles about 8 to 10 novelists, poets, scriptwriters and other creative writers. A biographical and critical introduction to each author prefaces a collection of reprinted full-text or excerpted critical essays and reviews. Includes annotations, full citations and a list of further reading sources.

Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Among those profiled in this volume are:

• Stephen Jay Gould
• Sue Grafton
• Charles Johnson
• Modern African Literature

Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Among those profiled in this volume are:

• Stephen Jay Gould
• Sue Grafton
• Charles Johnson
• Modern African Literature

Contemporary Literary Criticism covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text. Each of the approximately 200 essays per volume is prefaced by a full citation and annotation and most entries in the print series include an author portrait. Other features of CLC in print include: A format familiar to librarians Fully indexes by author name, title and nationality Coverage of nearly 3, 000 authors More than 200 volumes in print since 1974 Each volume includes cumulative author name, topic, and nationality indexes, as well as a volume-specific title index. A cumulative title index to the entire series is available separately

Each volume profiles about 10 to 12 novelists, poets, scriptwriters and other creative writers. Each of the approximately 200 excerpts per volume is prefaced by a full citation and annotation. Students are also provided with an introduction to each author, a bibliographical listing of primary works and suggestions for further study. The annual Yearbook volume provides detailed information on new authors, prizewinners and important events and trends in thc literary world.

Contemporary Literary Criticism covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1959. Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text. Each of the approximately 200 essays per volume is prefaced by a full citation and annotation and most entries in the print series include an author portrait. Other features of CLC in print include: A format familiar to librarians Fully indexes by author name, title and nationality Coverage of nearly 3, 000 authors More than 200 volumes in print since 1974 Each volume includes cumulative author name, topic, and nationality indexes, as well as a volume-specific title index. A cumulative title index to the entire series is available separately

Each volume in this award-winning series profiles about 8 to 10 novelists, poets, scriptwriters and other creative writers. A biographical and critical introduction to each author prefaces a collection of reprinted full-text or excerpted critical essays and reviews. Includes annotations, full citations and a list of further reading sources.