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  The York Corpus Christi Play: Selected Pageants

  The York Corpus Christi Play as we know it consists of 47 surviving individual plays or “pageants,” 27 of which are included in this volume;…

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  Hamlet

  In the introduction to this new edition, David Bevington explores some key dilemmas and puzzles in this most famous of Shakespeare’s tragedies. What is the…

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  In a Glass Darkly

  From the predatory same-sex desire in “Carmilla” to the ghostly hallucinations in “Green Tea,” the five supernatural stories in In a Glass Darkly reflect a…

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  Quest of the Holy Grail

  The Old French Lancelot-Graal is an important but massive work, providing a place for King Arthur not only in the history of Britain but also…

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  The Piazza Tales

  Herman Melville’s The Piazza Tales is the only collection of short fiction that he published in his lifetime, and it includes his two most famous…

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  Business Ethics: The Big Picture

  Business Ethics: The Big Picture asks students to focus on the assumptions underlying the activity of business. Why does society provide special protections for businesses?…

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  Bringing Biology to Life

  Bringing Biology to Life is a guided tour of the philosophy of biology, canvassing three broad areas: the early history of biology, from Aristotle to Darwin;…

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  Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure

  John Cleland’s Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure has been described as the first erotic novel in English and is perhaps the greatest example of…

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  Technology and Society: A Philosophical Guide

  Technology and Society provides an up-to-date introduction to the basic issues that have come to define the philosophy of technology: What is “technology”? Does technology…

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  Folk and Fairy Tales – Fifth Edition

  This bestselling anthology of folk and fairy tales brings together 54 stories, 9 critical articles, and 24 color illustrations from a range of historical and…

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  The World is a Text: Writing About Visual and Popular Culture

  Wherever we look today, popular culture greets us with “texts” that make implicit arguments; this book helps students to think and write critically about these…

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  Edgar Huntly

  Edgar Huntly is a compelling tale of sleepwalking, murder, and frontier violence set in rural Pennsylvania in the 1780s. His memory and wits shaken by…