I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Bloom's Guides (Hardcover)) - Hardcover

Bloom's Guides provides comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world's most important literary masterpieces. Sampling key critical perspectives on each literary work, this series provides insightful information about the author and the book's characters, serving as an ideal starting point for further study.

This series is designed to provide high school and college students with an accessible introduction to literary analysis.

· Critical excerpts provide a scholarly, concise overview of each work.

· "The Story Behind the Story" sections detail the conditions under which each work was written.
· Also included in each book is a biographical sketch of the author, a descriptive list of characters, an extensive summary and analysis, and an annotated bibliography.
· The series was edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University.

Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of Humanities, Yale University, and Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School