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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
Written by Himself
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...
The Souls of Black Folk
"Jonathan Holloway introduces W. E. B. Du Bois' 1903 classic for our time, when visions of a 'post-racial' America clash with the enduring centrality of what Du Bois termed 'the problem of the color-line.' We need Du Bois...
The White-Haired Girl
Volume One, Supplementary Reading Series for Intermediate Chinese Reader
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...
The Taming of the Shrew
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...
Henry the Fourth, Part One
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...
Julius Caesar
The first tragedy to be played in the new Globe Theatre, Julius Caesar is set at a crucial turning point in Roman history, as the Republican gives way to the imperial. Safely removed in time and place from Shakespeare...
The Tempest
First Edition
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...
Othello
"A drama . . . get[s] Yale’s red-carpet treatment."—Library JournalOne of the most powerful dramas ever written for the stage, Othello is a story of revenge, illusion, passion, mistrust,...
Utopia
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....
Dan Graham
The Roof Garden Commission
The artist Dan Graham (b. 1942) has a wide-ranging practice that encompasses writing, performance art, installation, video, photography, and architecture. Throughout his career, Graham has examined the symbiosis between...