Product Description: Shakespeare's vibrant history plays, including Richard III, Henry V, and the two parts of Henry IV, spring to life with all the drama of the feuds, rivalries, and epic battles on which they were based. While Shakespeare was aware of the historical past and a keen observer of his own times, his true genius lies in the timeless universality he lends to the lives of these legendary royals and the schemers and dreamers who made up their worlds...read more

Product Description: This series presents a selection of the finest classic criticism on the authors most commonly studied today, to demonstrate how a work was received in its own era.

Product Description: Serves as a study guide to Shakespeare's Othello. This work contains a selection of criticism on Othello, from the critiques of even 17th and 18th centuries. It also includes an introduction by Harold Bloom, a summary, analysis of key passages, a list of characters, and, a biography of Shakespeare...read more

Product Description: The most striking difference between Othello and Shakespeare's other tragedies is its more intimate scale. Since the play focuses on personal rather than public life, Othello's private descent into jealous obsession is especially chilling to behold...read more