Overview :This remarkable, innovative book explores the significance in Shakespeare's plays of oaths, vows, contracts, pledges, and the other utteranc... Read More
Overview :Revenge has long been a central theme in Western culture. From Homer to Nietzsche, from St. Paul to Sylvia Plath, major writers have been fa... Read More
Overview :This richly informed collection brings together his essays on such major figures as Sir Philip Sidney and Milton, but also less celebrated w... Read More
Overview :Shakespeare's poetic meditations on love Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' The language of Shakespeare's sonnets has become insepara... Read More
Overview :Many people in the US today are searching for meaning, longing for a spiritual home. Unfortunately, in ever increasing numbers, they fail to... Read More
Overview :This anthology recovers a tradition of writing to which some of the greatest medieval and Renaissance poets--women as well as men--contribut... Read More