A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers
Lee A. Jacobus is professor emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut and the author/editor of popular English and drama textbooks, among them the full and compact versions ofThe Bedford Introduction to Drama, Sixth Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009); andThe Longman Anthology of American Drama. He has written scholarly books onParadise Lost, on the works of John Cleveland, and on the works of Shakespeare, includingShakespeare and the Dialectic of Certainty. He is also a playwright and author of fiction. Two of his plays —Fair WarningandLong Division— were produced in New York by the American Theater of Actors, andDance Therapy, three one-act plays, was produced in New York at Where Eagles Dare Theatre.  He has recently written a book of short stories,Volcanic Jesus, which is set in Hawaii.