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Shakespeare's pre-eminence is simply unparalleled. His plays pack theatres and provide Hollywood with blockbuster scripts; his works inspire mountains of scholarship and criticism every year. He has given us many...

'Dear sister!' said Charles IX, 'there is blood on your sleeve!' 'And what consequence is that, Sire,' said Marguerite, 'if I have a smile upon my lips?' Saint Bartholomew's Day...

"William Frucht's wide-ranging compilation of mathematically flavored fiction and poetry is humorous, thought-provoking, and profoundly entertaining."-John Allen Paulos, author of Once Upon a NumberThis delightful anthology-the first such collection since...

This Companion provides a guide to queer inquiry in literary and cultural studies. The essays represent new and emerging areas, including transgender studies, indigenous studies, disability studies, queer of color...

A singular journey through the visionary world of Kafka and its captivating mysteries, now in Penguin Modern Classics What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbols? Things that...

Seamus Heaney, "Selected Poems": Notes

A Shakespearean Motley is a delightful cabinet of Shakespearean curiosities, arranged in a straightforward alphabetical order, that will inform, enthuse, intrigue and amuse anyone who would like to know more...

For nearly half a century, feminist scholars, writers, and fans have successfully challenged the notion that science fiction is all about "boys and their toys," pointing to authors such as...

A drama of decay in Southern America, this depiction of patriarchy, power and repression is one of Williams' landmark works 'Big Daddy' Pollitt, the richest cotton planter in the Mississippi...

This edition presents Medea, the most famous play of the Athenian tragedian Euripides, in ancient Greek, with commentary designed for university Greek classes, from second-year Greek upward. It helps students...

Seamus Deane was one of the most vital and versatile authors of our time. Small World presents an unmatched survey of Irish writing, and of writing about Irish issues, from...