Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.

Presents full-text literary criticism on authors most frequently studied in schools, colleges, and universities. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including published journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, newspapers, pamphlets, and scholarly papers.

Critical studies of major children's authors since the seventeenth century. Entries include biographical information, critical analysis, and bibliographies of key primary and secondary works.

Covers some of the most influential works of British literature offering individual works of British fiction exploring the themes, characterization, use of language and other nuances. This volume includes coverage of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway", J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings", Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" and much more.

Profiles the most significant contemporary British and American writers of fantasy and horror. Entries cover all aspects of each writer's career.

Presents career biographies and criticism writers from Brazil. Also includes essays on tropicalismo, concrete poetry, and colonial literature.

"A comprehensive fifty-year history of the hip-hop genre"--