Presents early twenty-first century critical essays on Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.
Presents ten essays on George Orwell's "1984," covering such topics as the novel's composition, Newspeak, adulation of the leader, and the prohibition of decency, and includes a chronology and a bibliography.
Presents a collection of critical essays on George Eliot's "Silas Marner," that focuses on the evils of religion and society and includes a chronology of the author's life and works along with bibliography and notes.
Presents eleven critical essays that analyze the structure, myth, and history of the Old English epic poem depicting the heroic deeds of Beowulf, a member of a Germanic tribe who travels to Denmark to help defeat a monster named Grendel.
Contains critical essays on William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," and includes a chronology of the author's life and work, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.
