Andrew Sanders

Isobel Grundy

Claire Lamont

John Anthony Burrow

John Pitcher

Brian Vickers

Bernard Bergonzi

Martin Dodsworth

Traces the development of English literature from Anglo-Saxon poetry to the present day, covering such prominent authors as Shakespeare, Milton, Eliot, Spark, and Heaney.

The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature

A major interpretative account of Shakespeare's play, this is a close scrutiny which will engage readers directly with the text and perfomance of the work. The Renaissance code of honor is seen to be of central importance to the character of the hero, his actions, and to the play as a whole; and, viewed in this light, there is fresh revelation of the character of Hamlet himslef and of the dramatic world of which he is a part. Mr. Dodsworth challenges the conventional and traditional reading of Hamlet at many points. But he enforces no single overall meaning and readers are encouraged to remain sensiive to their own individual understanding and response.

Hamlet Closely Observed

Robert Burton

The first volume of an edition which collates the six authoritative 17th century editions, this book takes as its copy-text the edition of 1623. It contains "Democritus Junior to the Reader" and the definition, causes and symptoms of melancholy.

Robert Burton: The Anatomy of Melancholy: Volume VI: Commentary on the Third Partition, Together with Biobibliographical and Topical Indexes

J. B. Bamborough

This volume contains commentary on the text from Partition 1, Section 2, Member 4, Subsection 1 to the end of the second Partition. It thus concludes Burton's account of the causes, symptoms, and prognosis of melancholy, and his examination of remedies, spiritual and medical. As before, the commentary elucidates Burton's meaning (as well as translating all passages in Latin) and identifies the sources of his many quotations from and references to other authors.

Robert Burton: The Anatomy of Melancholy: Volume V: Commentary from Part. 1, Sect. 2, Memb. 4, Subs. 1 to the End of the Second Partition

Commentary up to part. 1, sect. 2, memb. 3, subs. 15, 'Misery of Schollers'

Robert Burton's the Anatomy of Melancholy

Martin Dodsworth

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