A Norton critical edition

Part I of "The Pilgrim's Progress" was published in 1678 and Part II in 1684. This title provides a guide to the language, allusions and historical reference of this text. It includes twenty essays spanning two hundred years of thinking about the book along with a chronology and bibliography.

Presents an annotated edition of "The Scarlet Letter," the story of a young wife convicted of adultery in seventeenth-century New England, and includes five shorter works by Hawthorne, a selection of the author's letters and notebook entries, and critical commentary.

Presents the text and critical analysis of nine short stories of author Henry James representing the major achievements of his career as a fiction writer.

Traces the childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood of Stephen Dedalus, a character based on author James Joyce's life. Includes essays on related history and contexts, a selection of criticism, and a bibliography.

Presents a selection of the poet's work with annotations providing background information to make the poems easier to understand, and offers critical material from many of Browning's contemporaries.

Presents an annotated selection of writing by Edgar Allan Poe, including poems, stories, essays, and a novel, and includes documents related to Poe's life and career, as well as fourteen critical essays.