Mouth Full of Blood: Essays, Speeches, Meditations

Toni Morrison

A vital new non-fiction collection from one of the most celebrated and revered writers of our time. 'We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.' - The Nobel Lecture in Literature, 1993 The power of language, discussed beautifully in Toni Morrison's...

The Portrait of a Lady

Henry James; Brandon Taylor (Foreword by)

This Norton Critical Edition includes: * The New York Edition of the novel, accompanied by Michael Gorra's introduction and explanatory footnotes. * Background and contextual materials centering on James as a writer, The Portrait of a Lady in revision, and reviews of the novel by James's contemporar...