History & Criticism

This book presents a new interpretation of the history of English. Access to large corpuses of English has allowed scholars to assess the minutiae of ling...

Spotlighting superb examples of classical Greek art in the context of recent findings in anthropology, social history, psychology, classics, and classical a...

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers celebrates the special bond between grandmothers and their grandchildren. Grandmothers of all ages and experience w...

Legendary thriller writer David Morrell transports readers to the fogbound streets of London, where a killer plots to assisinate Queen Victoria. The year ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Includes exclusive bonus material Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone has received an anonymous note carrying an u...

Johann Sebastian Bach Holds A Singular Position In The History Of Music. A Uniquely Gifted Musician, He Combined Outstanding Performing Virtuosity With Supr...

Sir Winston Churchill was the greatest orator of his day, the greatest statesman of his age, and the greatest Englishman of the 20th century. This enchantin...

In these fresh, vibrant new translations of Chekhov's four greatest plays: Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and Cherry Orchard—the brilliant theatrica...

In The Gripping New Novel From The Queen Of Suspense, A Woman Is Haunted By Two Grisly Murders Separated By More Than A Century, Yet Somehow, Inextricably L...

A Retelling Of Snow White Set In Renaissance Italy Draws A Link Between The Original Fairy Tale And The Borgia Family's Infamous Practice Of Poisoning Its E...

Upon publication in 1997, The Norton Shakespeare set a new standard for teaching editions of Shakespeare's complete works. Instructors and students worldwi...

Nothing beats the friendship between women— the understanding and support during tough times, the laughter and fun during good times.Whether they’ve ju...

This Collection Presents Fifty Of The Most Essential Poems By One Of History's Greatest Poets In Dynamic New Translations, The Result Of An Unprecedented Co...

Between The Great Rivers Tigris And Euphrates Lies The Rich Alluvial Land Of Mesopotamia (now In Modern Iraq), Which Supported A Complex And Prosperous Soci...

Patricia Williams is a lawyer and a professor of commercial law, the great-great-granddaughter of a slave and a white southern lawyer. The Alchemy of Race ...

The Author Draws Parallels Between The Odyssey And The Experiences Of Vietnam Veterans After Returning To The United States. Introduction -- Odysseus Among ...

The first edition of The Rhetoric of Fiction transformed the criticism of fiction and soon became a classic in the field. One of the most widely used texts ...

The Norton Critical Edition of this influential Harlem Renaissance novel includes related materials available in no other edition. Known only as the “Ex-...

William Shakespeare, The Most Celebrated Poet In The English Language, Left Behind Nearly A Million Words Of Text, But His Biography Has Long Been A Thicket...

Sixteen Years After Her Betrothed Joined The Military To Escape Their Arranged Marriage, Adriana Rises To One Of Society's Most Desirable Aristocrats And Wo...

There's nothing better than a book you can't put down—or better yet, a book you'll never forget. This book puts the power of transformational reading into ...

Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for...

A radical reassessment of the famed Victorian author, revealing the true story behind the creator of some of literature's best-known novels. This dynamic ne...

In Harry Potter And Philosophy, Individual Chapters Look At Such Topics As Life Revealed In The Mirror Of Erised; The Ethics Of Magic; Moaning Myrtle, Nearl...

The introduction reviews the few known facts about this early Shakespeare play and discusses the puzzling problems of its date and authorship. The text has ...

This Accessible Introduction To Victorian Literature And Its Contexts From 1837-1901 Includes: An Overview Of The Historical, Cultural And Intellectual Back...

The First Gothic Novel In America, Wieland (1798) Is Now Available In A Norton Critical Edition. Wieland, The Story Of Religious Delusion And Horrific Viole...

Chris Baldick. Rev. Ed. Of : The Concise Oxford Dictionary Of Literary Terms. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [360]-361).Categories: Literature &...

Foreword / Dave King -- Introduction / Michael P.j. Kennedy. First Period: Rules Of The Game. The Sheer Joy Of Shinny / Doug Beardsley -- The Game That Make...

Essays, Meditations, Parables, And Verse Explore Merton's Spirituality And Present His Thoughts On War, Peace, Love, The Psalms, And Christian Life. The Unr...

a Poem In Five Books, Of Circular Narrative Design, Titled With The Greek Name For Homer, Which Simultaneously Charts Two Currents Of History: The Visible...

First Published In 1926, A Dictionary Of Modern English Usage Is One Of The Most Celebrated Reference Books Of The Twentieth Century. Commonly Known As 'fow...

"Rich and compelling. . .Lynskey’s account of the reach of 1984 is revelatory.”--George Packer, The Atlantic An authoritative, wide-ranging, and incred...

A major new biography of the Nobel Prize–winning playwright whose brilliantly original plays revolutionized American theaterFinalist for the Los Angeles ...

This distinguished historical narrative of the Tudor period considers the major themes of the period: the resoration of order, reformation of the Church and...

A perennially popular collection of short stories, poems, legends, and myths from great works of literature that are especially appropriate for parents to ...

Provides A Modern Retelling, The Biblical Text, And Historical Background Of The Stories Behind Eve, Potiphar's Wife, Lot's Wife, Delilah, And Other Women P...

For the past forty years The Nature of Narrative has been a seminal work for literary students, teachers, writers, and scholars. Countering the tendency to...

To the LighthouseCategories: Literature & Fiction History & Criticism Movements & PeriodsModern

grace Nichols Gives Us Images That Stare Us Straight In The Eye—images Of Joy, And Images That Challenge And Accuse. Her Fat Black Woman Is Brash, Rejoices ...

The Garcías—Dr. Carlos (Papi), his wife Laura (Mami), and their four daughters, Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía—belong to the uppermost echelon of Spani...

When Jeannie and Derek Tangye withdrew to a cliff-top flower farm in Cornwall, sophisticated London society protested. But an even wider circle was enriched...

When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of k...

Visionary thinker Jane Jacobs uses her authoritative work on urban life and economies to show us how we can protect and strengthen our culture and communiti...

A literary cause célèbre when first published more than fifty years ago, Gore Vidal’s now-classic The City and the Pillar stands as a landmark novel of...

An English-language Rendering Of The World's Oldest Epic Follows The Journey Of Conquest And Self-discovery By The King Of Uruk, In An Edition That Includes...

Son Of The Famous Thomas Mann, Homosexual, Drug-addicted, And Forced To Flee From His Fatherland, The Gifted Writer Klaus Mann's Comparatively Short Life Wa...

Studies major works by important sculptors since Rodin in the light of different approaches to general sculptural issues to reveal the logical progressions ...