Gale Study Guides to Great Literature is a reference line composed of three series: Literary Masters, Literary Masterpieces and Literary Topics. Convenient, comprehensive and targeted toward current coursework, these guides place authors, titles and topics into context for high school and college students as well as general researchers. Each Literary Masters volume introduces a significant author, covering basic biographical information. The related Literary Masterpieces volume explores a major title from this author's works in detail. Finally, the Literary Topics volume places the author and work within a relevant literary movement or genre.