The Shaw Festival is the only theatre in the world specialising in the works of George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and his contemporaries. This comprehensive record charts the growth of the company from its inaugural season of two plays presented over four weekends in the summer of 1962, to its seven-month, ten-play season in 2007.

A quintessential depiction of the Byronic hero, Byron's poetic drama Manfred centres on the interior sufferings of its psychologically tortured title character, who is haunted by the death of his forbidden lover. This edition of Manfred is accompanied by a substantial selection of contextual materials.

This is a new edition of the second volume of an anthology that has been called "the new standard."

In all six of its volumes The Broadview Anthology of British Literature presents British literature in a truly distinctive light. Fully grounded in sound literary and historical scholarship, the anthology takes a fresh approach to many canonical authors, and includes a wide selection of work by lesser-known writers. The anthology also provides wide-ranging coverage of the worldwide connections of British literature, and it pays attention throughout to issues of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. It includes comprehensive introductions to each period, providing in each case an...