Ben Jonson, Hugh Maclean
This volume offers an abundant and representative selection of the
verse of Ben Jonson and the Cavalier poets.More
J. Kott
This book is a provocative, original study of the major plays of Shakespeare; more than that, however, it is one of the few critical works to have strongly influenced theatrical productions.More
Richard D. Altick
Life in the Victorian period, focusing on the social,
religious, scientific, and artistic movements that characterized the
age.More
Richard L. Hoffman, Maxwell S. Luria
This Norton Critical Edition offers one of the largest collections of
Middle English lyrics ever made available to the college student.More
M. H. Abrams
"The first modern study of the Romantic achievement, its origins and evolution both in theory and practice."—Stuart M. Sperry, Jr., Indiana UnviersityMore
Jonathan Swift, Robert A. Greenberg, William B. Piper
This volume contains the complete and definitive texts of virtually all
of Swift's major works, as well as a generous selection of his poetry
and other writings.More
Sophocles, Luci Berkowitz, Theodore F. Brunner
This translation is for the contemporary reader. Specifically commissioned for stage production, it rings easily on the modern ear and yet remains faithful to Sophocles' original, avoiding the archaisms of other translations.More
John Henry Cardinal Newman, David J. DeLaura
The text of the Apologia reprinted in this volume is the definitive
text, embodying all of Newman's later changes, which reached its final
form about 1886. Extensive notes are provided.More
I. A. Richards
According to legend, in ancient times Agamemnon led the Greeks into war
with the city of Troy to recapture the beautiful Helen of Troy, wife of
King Menelaus of Sparta.More