Introduces Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, discussing plot and characters, possible sources of inspiration for the play, the history of early performances, and how the productions have evolved over the years.
A critical examination of twentieth-century political writer George Orwell, the man and the myth, discussing his life, works, and views on such topics as fascism, feminism, Englishness, and America.
Reprint of the 1950 ed. published by The Viking Press. Collects Coleridge's most notable poems, letters, addresses, essays, and selections from his longer works, with a commentary and a chronology.
Contains all of W.H. Auden's essays and reviews that he wrote between 1926 and 1938 while living in England. Also includes the full original version of his two travel books "Letters from Iceland" and "Journey to a War.".
A guide to Irish literature, beginning with fourth century writing and continuing through the 1990s, with over 2,000 entries on authors and their works, movements and genres, tales, history, religion, mythology and folklore, and archaeology.
