A biographical masterpiece and a compelling narrative, James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson overflows with an extravagant wealth of personal anecdotes, social commentary, witty conversation, and profound psychological analysis. Two centuries after its creation, Boswell's vivid and intimate portrait of his friend continues to fascinate the scholar, the critic, and the common reader alike.

A collection of eight critical essays on Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" arranged in chronological order of publication from 1951 to the present.

Presents twentieth-century critical essays on Charles Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

Essays to help you understand and appreciate Defoe's novel, Moll Flanders.

A collection of eleven critical essays on Hemingway's novel "The Sun Also Rises" arranged in chronological order of publication.

A selection of critical essays on Franz Kafka's novel "The Trial."

Brings together the best criticism yet devoted to The Portrait of a Lady--analyzes James's high mode of comedy, explores the Portrait's relation to Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter, examines the thematic changes brought about by James's 1908 revision, and presents an acute and advanced rehetorical analysis of the novel's allegories.