"Since she burst spectacularly into view with her debut novel, White Teeth, almost two decades ago, Zadie Smith has established herself not just as one of the world's preeminent fiction writers, but also as a brilliant and singular essayist. She contributes regularly to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books on a range of subjects, and each piece of hers is a literary event in its own right. Arranged into five sections--In the World, In the...

An abridged version of Shakespeare's original text, with suggestions for simple staging. Includes parenthetical explanations and descriptions within the text and announcers who summarize deleted passages.

This series presents some of the finest teachers in America, lecturing on some of the greatest literature ever written.

"Complete longer works: Beowulf; The Lady of the Fountain; The York Play of the Crucifixion; The Wakefield Second Shepherds' Play; The King of Tars; The Croxton Play of the Sacrament; Sir Orfeo; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Everyman." -- Back cover.

"Complete longer works: Absalom and Achitophel; Oroonoko; The Way of the World; An Essay on Criticism, The Rape of the Lock; Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot; Fantomina; The Beggar's Opera; The History of Rasselas." -- Back cover.

Includes critical essays, book-reviews and poetry ... created to make a positive contribution to literary criticism and literature around the world.

"A journal of English literary history."