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Eileen Myles

In this third Why I Write volume, Eileen Myles addresses the social, political, and aesthetic conditions that shape their work"A sharply etched, unvarnished self-portrait."—Kirkus...

September 7, 2021, PB-with Flaps, $9.95

The White-Haired Girl

Volume One, Supplementary Reading Series for Intermediate Chinese Reader

Chih-yu Ho

The White-Haired Girl relates the story of one of the most famous figures of the Chinese Revolution. This text is the first volume designed to supplement the Intermediate Chinese Reader by John DeFrancis. It is presented in...

March 11, 1976, Paper, $8.95

The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare; Fully annotated, with an Introduction by Burton Raffel; With an Essay by Harold Bloom

In one of Shakespeare’s bawdier comedies, contemporary audiences still take great pleasure in the rapid-fire verbal battles between the shrewish Katharina and the canny Petruchio, determined to subdue Katharina’s legendary...

November 1, 2005, Paper, $8.95

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare; Fully Annotated, with an Introduction, by Burton Raffel; With an Essay by Harold Bloom

The Annotated Shakespeare Series allowsreaders to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world’s greatest dramatistThe first tragedy to be played in the new Globe Theatre, Julius...

September 27, 2006, Paper, $8.95

Othello

William Shakespeare; Fully annotated, with an Introduction by Burton Raffel; With an Essay by Harold Bloom

The Annotated Shakespeare Series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world’s greatest dramatist"A drama . . . get[s] Yale’s red-carpet treatment."—Library Journal...

November 1, 2005, Paper, $8.95

Henry the Fourth, Part One

William Shakespeare; Fully annotated, with an Introduction, by Burton Raffel; With an essay by Harold Bloom

While England is threatened by the Earl of Northumberland, Young Prince Hal cavorts in London's taverns, accompanied by the dissolute, entertaining Falstaff and his band of rogues. Much of this play's tension involves Prince...

April 20, 2006, Paper, $8.95

The Tempest

First Edition

William Shakespeare; Fully annotated, with an Introduction, by Burton Raffel; With an essay by Harold Bloom

Shakespeare's valedictory play is also one of his most poetical and magical. The story involves the spirit Ariel, the savage Caliban, and Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island who uses...

April 20, 2006, Paper, $8.95

Utopia

Thomas More; Translated and Introduced by Clarence H. Miller; With a New Afterword by Jerry Harp

Saint Thomas More’s Utopia is one of the most important works of European humanism and serves as a key text in survey courses on Western intellectual history, the Renaissance, political theory, and many other subjects....

February 25, 2014, Paper, $8.95

The Souls of Black Folk

W. E. B. Du Bois; With an Introduction and Chronology by Jonathan Scott Holloway

W. E. B. Du Bois' insightful commentary on Black history, racism, and the struggles of Black Americans following emancipation—a masterpiece in the African-American canon"Jonathan Holloway introduces W. E...

June 30, 2015, Paper, $7.95

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave

Written by Himself

Frederick Douglass; Edited by John W. Blassingame, John R. McKivigan, and Peter P. Hinks; Gerald Fulkerson, Textual Editor; James H. Cook, Victoria C. Gruber, and C. Jane Holtan, Editorial Assistants

The powerful story of slavery that has become a classic of American autobiography, in an authoritative edition“This edition is the most valuable teaching tool on slavery and abolition available...

February 8, 2001, Paper, $7.95

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