A collection of critical essays that examine various aspects of the Shakespeare drama "Romeo and Juliet," discussing issues of sexuality and gender, the author's practice of composition and revision, and the significance of the character Mercutio.
Presents a collection of essays on Shakespeare's tragedy, analyzing the two texts, written before and after the play's first performance, offering a variety of criticisms, and looking at the performance history of the play in modern times.
Contains seventeen essays in which the authors analyze various aspects of James Joyce's early-twentieth-century work "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.".
Contains a selection of critical essays on eighteenth-century English author Daniel Defoe, including reprinted and newly commissioned materials, focusing on the author's attraction to the realities of life in his day.
