Marlow tells his friends of an experience in the British Congo where he once ran a river steamer for a trading company. He tells of the ivory traders' cruel exploitation of the natives there. Chief among these is a greedy and treacherous European named Kurtz, who has used savagery to obtain semi-divine power over the natives. While Marlow tries to get Kurtz back down the river, Kurtz tries to justify his actions, asserting that he has seen into the...

One of literature's most gripping ghost stories depicts the sinister transformation of two innocent children into flagrant liars and hypocrites. Elegantly told tale of unspoken horror and psychological terror creates what few stories in literature have been able to do -- a complete feeling of dread and uncertainty.

The twelve distinguished scholars who have contributed to this volume are: Alfred Harbage, G.K. Hunter, BerƠnard Beckerman, G.P.V. Akrigg, Clifford Leech, Joan Webber, Virgil Whitaker, Geoffrey Bullough, Maurice Charney, Robert Ornstein, Jonas Barish, and Eugene M. Waith. The essays, of general interest to readers of the drama, constitute a fitƠting tribute to two great teachers who for some forty years have lent academic brilliance to the Department...