The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based, with typesetting errors corrected, on the first United States edition (1876), the most authoritative of the editions published in Mark Twain's lifetime. The backgrounds and contexts section provides students with the source materials cited by critic[...]

Reissue. October 21st 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of Jack Kerouac's death. Jack remains the most famous and culturally enduring writer of the Beat Generation. His work - and the hedonism and heartbreak of the life that inspired it - continues to thrill and fascinate a huge global readership. Thi[...]

This book investigates the causes and consequences of congressional attacks on the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the extent of public support for judicial independence constitutes the practical limit of judicial independence. First, the book presents a historical overview of Court-curbing proposa[...]