Case studies in contemporary criticism

Contains the text of Conrad's 1912 short story about a young captain who is confronted with a dangerous secret; and includes five critical essays, biographical and historical notes, and a glossary.

Presents the classic story of Tess, a young woman who finds herself the victim of men, fate, and forces beyond her control in nineteenth-century England, and includes a history of critical commentary on the novel, and five analytical essays.

Presents Shakespeare's tragedy about the Prince of Denmark, drawn from the 1974 text "The Riverside Shakespeare," complete with footnotes, glosses, and textual notes, and features five contemporary critical perspectives on the play.

Presents the final 1831 edition of Mary Shelley's novel about a young medical student who creates a living being and suffers violent consequences for his actions; and provides historical and biographical background, contextual documents, and overviews of psychoanalytic, feminist, gender, Marxist, and cultural criticism using "Frankenstein" as a critical model.

Presents the 1969 Viking critical edition of James Joyce's short story, "The Dead, " and includes five critical essays, biographical and historical background, a survey of critical responses to the story since its initial publication, and a glossary of terms.

Presents the complete text of "The Awakening" by nineteenth-century American novelist Kate Chopin and contains biographical, historical, and cultural contexts, as well as critical essays that analyzes her work.

Presents the complete text of the classic story about man's struggle against the forces of greed and temptation, along with five critical essays that approach the work from different perspectives.