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| Author |
Title of Book | Title of Article from Gale Group Database |
| Achebe, Chinua |
Things Fall Apart |
Source Citation: "Things Fall Apart," in Novels for Students, Vol. 2, Gale Research, 1997. DISCovering Authors. Gale Group, 1999. |
| Allende, Isabel link to Gale |
House of Spirits | Source: "Parody or Piracy: The Relationship of The House of Spirits to One Hundred Years of Solitude, " in Latin American Literary Review, Vol. XVI, No. 32, July-December, 1988, pp. 16-28. |
| Allende, Isabel | House of Spirits plot summary |
Source Citation: Isabel Allende: The House of the Spirits, in Characters in Twentieth-Century Literature, Book Two, Gale Research, 1995. DISCovering Authors |
| Allende, Isabel | House of Spirits | Source: in a review of The House of the Spirits, in The New York Times, May 9, 1985, p. 23. |
| Anaya, Rudolfo link to Gale |
Bless Me, Ultima | Source: "Rudolfo A. Anaya," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 82: Chicano Writers, First Series, edited by Francisco A. Lomeli and Carl R. Shirley, Gale Research Inc., 1989,. Criticism about: Bless Me, Ultima; Heart of Aztlan; Tortuga; The Silence of the Llano; "The Road to Platero"; "Story"; "B. Traven Is Alive and Well in Cuernavaca"; The Legend of La Llorona; The Adventures of Juan Chicaspatas |
| Angelou, Maya link to Gale |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Source Citation: "Maya Angelou." U*X*L Junior DISCovering Authors. U*X*L, 1998. Reproduced in Discovering Collection. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale Group. December, 2000 |
| Atwood, Margaret |
Handmaid's Tale plot summary |
Source Citation: "The Handmaid's Tale," in Novels for Students, Vol. 4, Gale Research, 1998. DISCovering Authors |
| Baldwin, James link to Gale |
Go Tell It On The Mountain plot summary |
Source Citation: "Go Tell It On The Mountain," in Novels for Students, Vol. 4, Gale Research, 1998. DISCovering Authors. Gale Group, 1999. |
| Butler, Octavia link to Gale |
Wild Seed |
Source Citation: "Octavia E. Butler." Newsmakers 1999, Issue 3. Gale Group, 1999. Reproduced in Discovering Collection. |
| Butler, Octavia | Wild Seed Clay's Ark Parable of the Sower |
Source: "Butler, Octavia (Estelle)," in Reference Guide to American Literature, 3rd edition, edited by Jim Kamp, St. James Press, 1994, pp. 156-58. |
| Butler, Octavia | Wild Seed Clay's Ark |
Source: "Octavia E. Butler," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 33: Afro-American Fiction Writers After 1955, Criticism about: Wild Seed; Patternmaster; Kindred; Mind of My Mind; Survivor; Clay's Ark |
| Butler, Octavia | Wild Seed |
Source: "Butler, Octavia (Estelle)," in Reference Guide to American Literature, 3rd edition, edited by Jim Kamp, St. James Press, 1994, pp. 156-58. Criticism about: "Speech Sounds"; Bloodchild; Parable of the Talents; Patternmaster; Wild Seed; Mind of My Mind; Clay's Ark; Survivor; Kindred; Imago; Dawn; Adulthood Rites; Parable of the Sower |
| Castillo, Ana link to Gale |
So Far from God | Source Citation: "Ana Castillo." Newsmakers 2000, Issue 4. Gale Group, 2000. Reproduced in Discovering Collection. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale Group. December, 2000. |
| Cisneros, Sandra link to Gale |
House on Mango Street plot summary |
Source Citation: "The House on Mango Street," in Novels for Students, Vol. 2, Gale Research, 1997. DISCovering Authors. Gale Group, 1999. |
| Conley , Robert link to Gale |
Witch of Goingsnake | Source: The Witch of Goingsnake, and Other Stories, in Publishers Weekly, Vol. 234, No. 11, September 9, 1988, pp. 118-19. Criticism about: The Witch of Goingsnake, and Other Stories; "Yellow Bird: An Imaginary Autobiography". |
| Conley , Robert | Witch of Goingsnake | Source: in a review of The Witch of Goingsnake, and Other Stories, in Western American Literature, Vol. XXIV, No. 2, August, 1989, pp. 170-71. |
| Dorris, Michael link to Gale |
Yellow Raft in Blue Water | Source Citation: "A Yellow Raft in Blue Water," in Novels for Students, Vol. 3, Gale Research, 1998. DISCovering Authors |
| Dorris, Michael | Yellow Raft in Blue Water | Source: a review of A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, in Los Angeles Times Book Review, June 21, 1987, p. 2. Criticism about: A Yellow Raft in Blue Water |
| Dorris, Michael | Yellow Raft in Blue Water | Source: "Multiple Perspectives," in The New York Times, May 9, 1987, p. 17. Criticism about: A Yellow Raft in Blue Water |
| Ellison, Ralph link to Gale |
Invisible Man | Source Citation: "Ralph Ellison." DISCovering Multicultural America. Gale Research, 1996. |
| Emechetam
Buchi link to Gale |
Bride Price Joys of Motherhood |
Source: in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 117: Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers, edited by Bernth Lindfors and Reinhard Sander, Gale Research Company, 1992, Criticism about: In the Ditch; Second-Class Citizen; Head above Water; The Bride Price: A Novel; The Slave Girl: A Novel; The Joys of Motherhood: A Novel |
| Emechetam Buchi | Bride Price | Source: African Children's and Youth Literature Chapter 2: The Bride Price: A Masterpiece of African Youth Literature - TWAYNE Authors |
| Esquivel, Laura link to Gale |
Like Water for Chocolate plot summary |
Source Citation: Like Water for Chocolate,
in Novels for Students, Vol. 5, The Gale Group, 1999. DISCovering Authors. Gale Group, 1999 |
| Gibson, William link to Gale |
Miracle Worker plot summary |
Source Citation: "The Miracle Worker," in Drama for Students, Vol. 2, Gale Research, 1997. DISCovering Authors. Gale Group, 1999. |
| Gordimer, Nadine link to Gale |
July's People plot summary |
Source Citation: "July's People," in Novels for Students, Vol. 4, Gale Research, 1998. DISCovering Authors. Gale Group, 1999. |
| Haley, Arthur link to Gale |
Autobiography of Malcolm X | Source Citation: "Autobiography of Malcolm X Is Published, 1965." DISCovering U.S. History. Gale Research, 1997. |
| Hayslip, Le Ly link to Gale |
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places | Source Citation: "Le Ly Hayslip." U*X*L Biographies. U*X*L, 1999. Reproduced in Discovering Collection. |
| Head, Bessie link to Gale |
When Rain Clouds Gather | Source: "Bessie Head," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 117: Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers, First Series, edited by Bernth Lindfors and Reinhard Sander, Gale Research Inc., 1992, pp.186-92. Criticism about: When Rain Clouds Gather; Maru; A Question of Power; The Collector of Treasures, and Other Botswana Village Tales; "The Deep River: A Story of Ancient Tribal Migration"; Serowe: Village of the Rain Wind; |
| Hurston, Nora link to Gale |
Their Eyes Were Watching God plot summary |
Source Citation: "Their Eyes Were Watching God," in Novels for Students, Vol. 3, Gale Research, 1998. DISCovering Authors |
| Ishiguro, Kazuo link to Gale |
Artist of the Floating World | Source: "On the High Wire," in The New York Review of Books, Vol. XXXVI, No. 19, December 7, 1989. pp. 3-4. Criticism about: A Pale View of Hills; An Artist of the Floating World |
| Ishiguro, Kazuo | Artist of the Floating World | Source: "Two Close Looks at Faraway," in Brick: A Journal of Reviews, No. 31, Fall, 1987, pp. 36-8. Criticism about: An Artist of the Floating World |
| Kingston, Maxine Hong link to Gale |
Woman Warrior | Source: "Maxine Kingston's China Men: The Family Historian as Epic Poet," in MELUS, Vol. 7, No. 4, Winter, 1980, pp. 3-22. Criticism about: China Men; The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts |
| Kingston, Maxine Hong | Woman Warrior | Source: "Maxine Hong Kingston," in Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook: 1980, edited by Karen L. Rood, Jean W. Ross, and Richard Ziegfeld, Gale Research Company, 1981, 235-41. Criticism about: The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts |
| Kosinski, Jerzy link to Gale |
Painted Bird | Source Citation: Jerzy Kosinski: The Painted Bird,in Characters in Twentieth-Century Literature, Gale Research, 1990. DISCovering Authors. Gale Group, 1999. |
| La Guma, Alex link to Gale |
Walk in the Night and Other Stories | Source: "Alex La Guma," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 117: Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers, First Series, edited by Bernth Lindfors and Reinhard Sander, Gale Research Inc., 1992, Criticism about: "Nocturne"; "Out of Darkness"; A Walk in the Night; A Walk in the Night and Other Stories |
| Mathabane, |
Kaffir Boy | Source: "Making Good in the Promised Land," in The New York Times Book Review, August 13, 1989, p. 19. Criticism about: Kaffir Boy in America: |
| Morrison, Toni link to Gale |
Bluest Eye Sula Song of Solomon |
Source: "Winging Upward, Black Women: Sarah E. Wright, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker," in her Reaching Out: Sensitivity and Order in Recent American Fiction by Women, The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1979, pp. 112-74. Criticism about: Song of Solomon; The Bluest Eye; Sula |
| Morrison, Toni | Beloved |
Source Citation: Toni Morrison: Beloved, in Characters in Twentieth-Century Literature, Gale Research, 1990. DISCovering Authors. Gale Group, 1999. Reproduced in Discovering Collection. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale Group. December, 2000 |
| Morrison, Toni | Bluest Eye Sula Song of Solomon |
Source: "Theme, Characterization, and Style in the Works of Toni Morrison," in Black Women Writers (1950-1980): A Critical Evaluation, edited by Mari Evans, Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1984, pp. 361-69. Criticism about: The Bluest Eye; Sula; Song of Solomon |
| Mukherjee, Bharati link to Gale |
Jasmine | Source: in Reference Guide to American Literature, 3rd edition, edited by Jim Kamp, St. James Press, 1994. Criticism about: The Middleman and Other Stories; The Tiger's Daughter; Wife; Jasmine; The Holder of the World; Darkness |
| Naipaul, V.S. link to Gale |
Miguel Street | Source: in a review of Three Novels, in The New York Times, January 17, 1983, p. C20. Criticism about: Three Novels; The Mystic Masseur; The Suffrage of Elvira; Miguel Street; |
| Naipaul, V.S. | Miguel Street | Source: "V.S. Naipaul," in Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, Volume 8: Contemporary Writers, 1960-Present, Gale, 1992, pp. 283-97. Criticism about: Miguel Street; The Mystic Masseur; The Suffrage of Elvira |
| Parks,Gordon |
Choice of Weapons | Source: "No Catch for the Hawk," in Saturday Review, Vol. XLIX, No. 7, February 12, 1966, p. 40. Criticism about: A Choice of Weapons |
| Parks,Gordon | Choice of Weapons | Source: "Gordon Parks," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 33: Afro-American Fiction Writers after 1955, edited by Thadious M. Davis and Trudier Davis, Gale Research Company, 1984, pp. 203-208. Criticism about: Flash Photography; The Learning Tree; A Choice of Weapons; |
| Rodriguez, Richard link to Gale |
Hunger of Memory | Source: "Richard Rodriguez," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 82: Chicano Writers, First Series, edited by Francisco A. Lomell and Carl R. Shirley, Gale Research Company,1989, pp. 214-216. Criticism about: Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez |
| Shange, Ntozake link to Gale |
Betsey Brown For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide |
Source Citation: "Ntozake Shange." DISCovering Authors. Gale Group, 1999. |
| Silko, Leslie link to Gale |
Ceremony plot summary |
Source Citation: "Ceremony," in Novels for Students, Vol. 4, Gale Research, 1998. DISCovering Authors. Gale Group, 1999. |
| Silko, Leslie | Ceremony | Source Citation: Truesdale, C. W., "Tradition and Ceremony: Leslie Marmon Silko as an American Novelist," in North DakotaQuarterly, Vol. 59, No. 4, Fall, 1991, pp. 200-228. DISCovering Authors. Gale Group, 1999. |
| Soto, Gary link to Gale |
Baseball in April | Source: "Gary Soto," in Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 10, edited by Kevin Hile, Gale Research Inc., 1993, pp. 175-82. |
| Soto, Gary | Baseball in April | Source Citation: "Gary Soto." U*X*L Junior DISCovering Authors. U*X*L, 1998. Reproduced in Discovering Collection. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale Group. December, 2000 |
| Soyinka, Wole link to Gale |
Ake: The Years of Childhood | Source: "Wole Soyinka," in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 125: Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black Africa Writers, edited by Bernth Lindfors and Reinhard Sander, Gale Research Inc., 1993, pp. 298-326. Criticism about: Ake: The Years of Childhood |
| Tan, Amy link to Gale |
Joy Luck Club |
Source: in a review of The Kitchen God's Wife, in The Women's Review of Books, September, 1991, pp. 1, 3-4. Criticism about: The Joy Luck Club; The Kitchen God's Wife |
| Tan, Amy | Joy Luck Club Kitchen God's Wife |
Source: "Amy Tan," in Reference Guide to American Literature, 3rd edition, edited by Jim Kamp, St. James Press, 1994, pp. 821-22. Criticism about: The Joy Luck Club; The Kitchen God's Wife |
| Tan, Amy | Joy Luck Club | Source: "Overview of The Joy Luck Club," in Exploring Novels, Gale, 1998. Criticism about: The Joy Luck Club |
| Tan, Amy | Joy Luck Club plot summary |
Source Citation: "The Joy Luck Club," in Novels for Students, Vol. 1, Gale Research, 1997. DISCovering Authors. |
| Walker, Alice link to Gale |
Color Purple | Source Citation: "Alice Walker." DISCovering Biography. Gale Research, 1997. Reproduced in Discovering Collection. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale Group. December, 2000 |
| Wiesel, Elie | Night | Source Citation: "Wiesel's Night Recalls the Holocaust, 1956." DISCovering World History. Gale Research, 1997. Reproduced inDiscovering Collection. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale Group. December, 2000. |
| Wiesel, Elie link to Gale |
Night | Source Citation: "Night," in
Novels for Students, Vol. 4, Gale Research, 1998. DISCovering Authors.
Gale Group, 1999. |
| Wilson, August link to Gale |
Fences plot summary |
Source Citation: "Fences," in Drama for Students, Vol. 3, Gale Research, 1998. DISCovering Authors. Gale Group, 1999. |
| Wilson, Harriet link to Gale |
Our Nig plot summary |
Source Citation: Harriet E. Wilson: Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-Story White House, North, Showing that Slavery's Shadows Fall Even There, in Characters in Nineteenth-Century Literature, Gale Research, 1993. |
| Wright, Richard link to Gale |
Black Boy |
Source Citation: "Richard Wright." DISCovering Multicultural America. Gale Research, 1996. Reproduced in Discovering Collection. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale Group. December, 2000 |
| Wright, Richard | Black Boy |
Source Citation: Sidonie Ann Smith. "Richard Wright's Black Boy: The Creative Impulse as Rebellion". The Southern Literary Journal, 1972. |