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An elegant and accessible introduction to the life and works of one of England's greatest and most popular novelists"I want to salute Fiona Stafford's brilliant [book]. . . . It …

The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world’s greatest dramatist   “To be able to read Macbeth with the eye of one of our …

The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world’s greatest dramatist  “Each volume . . . proves to be a splendid addition to …

The Annotated Shakespeare Series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world’s greatest dramatist  “A drama . . . get[s] Yale’s red-carpet …

How have women read differently from men through the ages? In all manner of ways, this book asserts. This lively story has never been told before: the complete history of women's …

Published in its entirety for the first time, a candid conversation with Susan Sontag at the height of her brilliant career“A humanizing interview with the late cultural icon, who …

A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature--selected as the literature book of the …

“An enjoyable account of a lifelong involvement with literature.”—John Vukmirovich, Times Literary Supplement   This “little history” takes on a very big subject: the glorious span …

A celebrated novelist and an acclaimed historian of ideas, father and daughter, unravel the chain of words at the core of Jewish life, history, and culture Why are words so …

The ultimate gift edition of Walden for bibliophiles, aficionados, and scholars  “Replaces all other available editions of Walden as the most attractive and reliable way to …