Being Reflected Upon is a memoir in verse from one of America's legendary poets. Alice Notley delivers a collection that serves as a window into the sources of her telepathic and visionary poetics. The book is a reflective journey through Notley's Paris-based life between 2000 and 2017, a period that encapsulates her experiences with illness and recovery following her first breast cancer treatment.

As Notley penned these poems, she discovered connections between events of this period and those from previous decades. The narrative moves from reminiscences of her mother and childhood in California to meditations on illness and recovery. It also encompasses various poetic adventures in cities like Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, and Edinburgh.

The collection is deeply concerned with the mysteries of consciousness and the connection between the living and the dead. The term "stream-of-consciousness" is not just a stylistic description but also teases out a lived physics or philosophy that Notley explores through her work.

Mrs. Dalloway is often heralded as Virginia Woolf's greatest novel, presenting a vivid portrait of a single day in a woman's life. Clarissa Dalloway is much more than a perfect society hostess—she is a character of depth and complexity, as she prepares her house for a party and is simultaneously flooded with memories of the past.

The narrative explores the inner experiences of Clarissa, as well as other characters, through Woolf's pioneering use of stream of consciousness. This technique illuminates the enormity found within everyday moments and insists that a life filled with errands and social obligations can be as significant a subject as any grand adventure.

With some of the most beautiful, complex, and idiosyncratic sentences ever written in English, Mrs. Dalloway is recognized as a revolutionary work of art that has influenced the novel as a literary form. It is a moving exploration of life's fleeting beauty, the passage of time, and the inner workings of human consciousness.

As I Lay Dying is Faulkner's harrowing account of the Bundren family's odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Narrated in turn by each of the family members -- including Addie herself -- as well as others; the novel ranges in mood, from dark comedy to the deepest pathos.

Considered one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama, As I Lay Dying is a true 20th-century classic.

This edition reproduces the corrected text of As I Lay Dying as established in 1985 by Noel Polk.