English Books

An English rendering of Wang Guowei’s poetics of artistic experience.

The Rajah’s Diamond presents a focused classic of literature and cultural history.

The Story of a Lie presents a focused classic of literature and cultural history.

A Reformation-era historical novel of Mary, Queen of Scots, political loyalty and religious conflict.

A witty ghost story in which an ancient haunting meets an irreverent American family and the possibility of compassion.

A provocative history of Satan as Defoe examines temptation, evil, human responsibility and religious imagination.

An artistic coming-of-age novel about ambition, expatriate life, desire and the cost of genius.

Legends, travelers’ sketches and Moorish memories gathered around Granada’s palace-fortress.

A lively Bildungsroman of mistaken identity, theatrical ambition, family secrets and romantic pursuit.

A landmark collection of Yuan-dynasty drama about false accusation, filial duty, power and the demand for justice.

A major elegy tracing grief, doubt, memory, faith, and the slow return of hope.

Wang Yangming’s conversations and letters on conscience, knowledge, action, self-cultivation, and moral practice.

A dark revenge tragedy of secret marriage, dynastic control, surveillance, and defiance.

A Restoration comedy of disguise, desire, freedom, and negotiation during Carnival in Naples.

Eugene Aram explores scholarship, hidden crime, remorse, romance, and conscience.

King Lear explores family conflict, authority, madness, suffering, loyalty, and recognition.

Macbeth explores prophecy, ambition, guilt, tyranny, violence, and the price of power.

Micrographia explores microscopy, insects, plants, materials, and scientific observation.

Othello explores love, jealousy, manipulation, trust, reputation, and betrayal.

Pelham explores fashion, rivalry, manners, reputation, and sophisticated society.

Rienzi explores medieval Rome, political reform, popular power, and revolution.

The Lady of the Shroud explores veiled apparitions, Balkan politics, inheritance, romance, and suspense.

The Lair of the White Worm explores ancient evil, monstrous folklore, inheritance, and a cursed landscape.

The Poet at the Breakfast-Table explores poetry, science, medicine, friendship, memory, and conversation.