Bayley John. Shakespeare and Tragedy. Routledge and Kegan Paul: Boston, 1981.
Critical analysis of the most important themes presented in various Shakespearean palys.
Beers, Kylene. When Kids Can't Read What Teachers Can Do. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2003.
An effective text with strategies for struggling readers.
Bloom, Harold. eds. Macbeth. Yale University Press: 2005.
An annotated text with a valuable critical essay that analyzes the hero and themes in comparison to other Shakespearean plays.
Bloom, Harold. eds. Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Chelsea House Publishers: New Haven, 1987.
Valuable collection of critical essays analyzing different themes of Hardy's novel.
Booth, Stephen. King Lear, Macbeth, Indefinition, and Tragedy. Cybereditions: Christchurch, 2001.
Interesting study of the tragedy as enduring manifestations of the fact that nothing in human experience can be definite.
Bradley, A.C. Shakespearean Tragedy. St. Martin's Press: New York, 1992.
Interesting collection of lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear , and Macbeth together with a valuable analysis of the substance of a Shakespearean tragedy.
Brown, John R. A.C. Bradley on Shakespeare's Tragedies. Palgrave Macmillan: New York, 2007.
A concise version of the A.C. Bradley's text with an easier approach to the interpretation of the inner psychological tensions and uncertainties of Shakespeare's palys.
Casagrande, Peter J. Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Twayne Publishers: New York, 1992.
Valuable evaluation of specific biographical and environmental factors affecting the main character.
Draper, R.P. Hardy. The tragic Novels. The Macmillan Press: New York: 1982.
Interesting study of T. Hardy's life and of the social conditions in Dorsetshire together various authors' critical views.
Farstrup, Alan E.,Samuels S. Jay. eds. What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction. Newark: International Reading Association, 2002.
Duke, Nell K., Pearson P. David. Effective Practices for Developing Reading Comprehension. Farstrup and Samuels 205-236.
A compelling chapter where the authors analyze, compare and contrast the validity of various strategies teachers use for an effective reading comprehension.
Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the D'Urvervilles. Airmont Books: New York, 1965.
The tragic tale of a beautiful and innocent peasant girl, and also of the people she encounters.
Hardy, Thomas. Tess of the D'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman. Macmillan: London, 1975.
Thomas Hardy's novel with a useful introduction by P.N. Furbank.
Jorgensen, Paul A. Our Naked Frailties. Sensational Art and Meaning in Macbeth. University of California Press: Los Angeles, 1971.
Valuable study of the major thematic components in Shakespeare's tragedy.
Mowat, Barbara, Werstine P. eds. Macbeth. Washington Square Press: New York, 1992.
Accurate edition of Shakespeare's text with scene-by-scene summaries and explanatory notes to clarify the meaning of the language. The text has an interesting introduction on language, Shakespeare's life, and theater.
Widdowson, Peter. eds. Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Macmillan: Houndsmills, 1993.
Collection of essays about Hardy and his social background, the purity of the main character, the literary conventions
Woolfolk, Anita. Educational Psychology. Allyn and Bacon: Boston, 20001.
An essential text in educational psychology based on the theories of some of the most important scholars like J. Piaget and L. Vygotsky. It prepares for teaching, counseling, speech therapy, or psychology.
Zunshine, Lisa. Why we Read Fiction: Theory of Mind and the Novel. Columbus: Ohio State, 2006.
Valuable study about the theory of mind or mind reading ability and its interactions with literary text.