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by Jessica Leed (Author), Leilani Dewindt (Editor) Number of Pages: 300 Dimensions: 0.67 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: December 02, 2024

The City and the Parish: Drama in York and Beyond: Shifting Paradigms in Early English Drama Studies - Paperback

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by Alexandra F. Johnston (Author), Edited By David N. Klausner (Editor)Collected Studies CS1062This volume brings together a selection of the major articles of Alexandra F. Johnston, which along with similar volumes by the late David Mills, Peter Meredith and Meg Twycross makes up a set of "Shifting Paradigms in Early English Drama Studies". Alexandra Johnston, the founding director of the research project, Records of Early English Drama, is one of these four key scholars whose work has had a...

Tragedy and Trauma in the Plays of Christopher Marlowe - Paperback

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by Mathew R. Martin (Author)Contending that criticism of Marlowe's plays has been limited by humanist conceptions of tragedy, this book engages with trauma theory, especially psychoanalytic trauma theory, to offer a fresh critical perspective within which to make sense of the tension in Marlowe's plays between the tragic and the traumatic. The author argues that tragedies are trauma narratives, narratives of wounding; however, in Marlowe's plays, a traumatic aesthetics disrupts the closure th...

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by Jonathan Reynolds (Author)RUBBERS and YANKS 3 DETROIT 0 TOP OF THE SEVENTH: "...they were undeniably funny... RUBBERS has a young woman member of the Assembly desperately trying to get a bill through that would require pharmacists to place contraceptives on public display. The response this receives from her fellow members is immediate, explosive and often very amusing. Mr Reynolds offers some whimsical caricatures of Assemblymen... In the second play, Mr Reynolds does keep rather closer ...

¿Como Llegaste a Tu Desierto?: Una publicación de Paredes de Amor - Paperback

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by Ruthie Velázquez-Paredes (Author)Ruth Merari Vel zquez Hern ndez, nacida en San Juan, Puerto Rico en el seno de un hogar cristiano. Sus padres, Miguel A. Vel zquez y Ana Elsie Hern ndez, fueron pastores en el pueblo de Las Piedras y en el a o 1974 se trasladaron a la cuidad de Tampa, Florida. Durante su ni ez form parte de un grupo musical junto a sus seis hermanos y dos hermanas. Tambi n form un d o junto a su hermana Vilma por varios a os. Mientras crec a, cantar y predicar la Palabra ...

Rome Italy: Coffee Table Photography Travel Picture Book Album Of An Italian Country And Ancient Vatican City In Southern Europe Large Size Photos Cov - Paperback

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by Amelia Boman (Author) Enjoy the beautiful curated photographs (in color) of Rome in Italy The photos captures the quintessential stunning landmarks, scenery and architectural buildings of the country and city from day to night without no words (texts) This full page picture book will make a great home coffee table decor accessory or as a gift for a loved one 8.5" x 11" / large size Glossy softcover Number of Pages: 32 Dimensions: 0.08 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: January 10, 2020

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by Ricardo de Leão (Author)Euphoria is based on a true story of an ambitious and hedonistic young playboy executive whose motivations involve money, expensive toys, and endless lust for beautiful women. Sebastian Kosta nearly has it all, but he wants more. He travels the world for business while accumulating an extensive album of intense sexual encounters and endless conquests. Seba wants nothing less than becoming a successful partner at the top of his prestigious company and millions to spe...

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by Katherine Scheil (Editor), Graham Holderness (Editor) From Shakespeare's religion to his wife to his competitors in the world of early modern theatre, biographers have approached the question of the Bard's life from numerous angles. Shakespeare & Biography offers a fresh look at the biographical questions connected with the famous playwright's life, through essays and reflections written by prominent international scholars and biographers.Author Biography Graham Holderness is the autho...

Archive Feelings: A Theory of Greek Tragedy - Hardcover

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by Mario Telò (Author)Do we take pleasure in reading ancient Greek tragedy despite the unsettling content or because of it? Does a safe aesthetic distance protect us from tragic suffering, or does the proximity to death tap into something more primal? Aristotle proposed catharsis, an emotional cleansing-or, in later interpretations, a sense of equilibrium-as tragedy's outcome, and Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan, grand theorists of the forces of anti-mastery in human and nonhuman existence, ...

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by Thomas Seltzer (Compiled by)Thomas Seltzer (February 22, 1875, Russia - September 11, 1943, New York City) was a Russian-American translator, editor and book publisher. Born in Russia, Thomas Seltzer moved to the United States with his family as a young child. He attended the University of Pennsylvania on scholarship and graduated in 1897, going on to do post-graduate work at Columbia University. In addition to speaking his native Russian, Seltzer was conversant in Polish, Italian, German,...

Psicología positiva: Aprende psicología para la vida diaria y resuelve bloqueos; Entiende y supera los miedos entendiendo a las personas y - Paperback

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by Max Krone (Author)Psicolog a positivaAprende psicolog a para la vida diaria y resuelve bloqueos; Entiende y supera los miedos entendiendo a las personas y reconociendo la manipulaci n Libro para principiantesLa psicolog a positiva...Psicolog a positiva, qu es? Es exactamente la palanca correcta para liberar los bloqueos que limitan su desarrollo. Es igualmente efectivo para superar los miedos y, finalmente, para abrir nuevos caminos. Con esta psicolog a positiva, aprendes a entenderte mu...

Reclaiming Greek Drama for Diverse Audiences: An Anthology of Adaptations and Interviews - Paperback

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by Melinda Powers (Editor)Reclaiming Greek Drama for Diverse Audiences features the work of Native-American, African-American, Asian-American, Latinx, and LGBTQ theatre artists who engage with social justice issues in seven adaptations of Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Trojan Women, Hippolytus, Bacchae, Alcestis, and Aristophanes' Frogs, as well as a work inspired by the myth of the Fates. Performed between 1989 and 2017 in small theatres across the US, these contemporary works raise aware...

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by James Joyce (Author), Keri Walsh (Editor)'That is my fear. That I stand between her and any moments of life that should be hers...' Set against the backdrop of the Home Rule Crisis of 1912, Exiles is James Joyce's only surviving play. It tells the story of writer Richard Rowan and his common-law wife Bertha, characters drawn from Joyce's own life with Nora Barnacle. After a decade of absence from Dublin, Richard and Bertha have returned home from Rome, still unmarried, with their young son...

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by Henrik Ibsen (Author), R. Farquharson Sharp (Translator)First performed in 1882, "Ghosts" is the controversial and tragic play by the famed Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It is the story of Helen Alving, a wealthy widow who was unhappily married to her unfaithful husband. Helen has tried to shelter her son, Oswald, from the corrupting influence of his father's immoral behavior and has sent him away only to discover that he is suffering from syphilis inherited from his father. Oswald ha...

Spanish Phrase Book for Beginners: Language Lessons and Simple Phrases for Travelers - Paperback

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by Miguel Martinez (Author)21 million students learn Spanish around the world. Discover how to become one of them. Do you love the sound of "Despacito" except you don t even know what the words you are singing actually mean? It might be less innocent than you think. Did you know: With 329 million native speakers, according to Ethnologue, Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language in the world after English. By 2050, the U.S. will be the largest Spanish speaking country, accordin...

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by Euripides (Author), Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)Euripides, along was Sophocles, and Aeschylus, is largely responsible for the rise of Greek tragedy. It was in the 5th Century BC, during the height of Greece's cultural bloom, that Euripides lived and worked. Of his roughly ninety-two plays, only seventeen tragedies survive. Both ridiculed and lauded during his life, Euripides now stands as an innovator of the Greek drama. Collected here are six of Euripides' tragedies in prose translati...

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by Sa'id Salaam (Author)To understand her future we need to explore her past. In this first installment of the DOPE GIRL saga we travel back literally and figuratively to Longs, Mississippi.Monsters aren't born, they're developed. Witness the events that shaped the mind of this beautiful yet deadly girl. Experience the childhood trauma that the whole world would one day feel. Once Tywanna meets the original DOPE BOY she is forever changed. Changed for the better or worse depends on which side...

Dope Girl 2: Just Like Daddy - Paperback

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by Sa'id Salaam (Author)Cameisha is back in part two to the dope girl series. After seeing so much death and destruction she swears off selling drugs in favor of school.Her and roommate, the notorious Jackie, from Jack and ILL get off to a rocky start but soon become best of friends. The allure of the game starts calling her name but will she be strong enough to resist? Or will she become JUST LIKE DADDY? Number of Pages: 166 Dimensions: 0.38 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: March 19, 2020

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by Sa'id Salaam (Author)The Bad Cop series concludes with this explosive finale. Megan finally realized her dream of becoming a police officer, but she quickly finds out it's not all cracked up to be. She still has to deal with family drama at home as well as on the job. She excels through the ranks and finds herself in an elite drug task force. Megan has some difficult choic s to make in order to prove her case as an old enemy comes back to threaten everything she's built. She soon finds out...

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by Sa'id Salaam (Author)Cameron Forrest had the mind of a mathematician, the heart of a lion, and the soul of a hustler. If he had been raised across town in one of Atlanta's affluent areas, he would probably have been a doctor or lawyer...maybe even president. Instead, he grew up in one of Atlanta's most depressed ghetto. Can was a natural born leader, so it was no surprise that he rose to the top of the drug trade. He ran the notorious B.C.Bs with an iron fist. As a result, he was a million...

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by Sa'id Salaam (Author)Your girl Shyne is back in this spinoff of your favorite family. Follow her as she deals with adulthood and marriage. A few dangerous goes emerge and she's chosen to step into her famous parents' shoes to protect them.Shyne is a funny, sexy, and sassy tale sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. Turn the page and enjoy Shyne because she's all grown up. Number of Pages: 222 Dimensions: 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: March 22, 2020

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by Sa'id Salaam (Author)The YOLO series ends as violently as it began. Killa has made his choice, but Sincerity has vowed to kill YOLO before she allows them to be a happy family. To make matters worse a dangerous new threat comes in the form of Murda and Malice. The wannabe thugs want to be the killer couple. New York isn't big enough for the two couples, so one of them must die. You Only Live Once and YOLO has vowed "Til death does us " Number of Pages: 246 Dimensions: 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN P...

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by Sa'id Salaam (Author)Dolla & Dyme grew up loveless and lonely in the mean streets of Brooklyn, New York. After searching for love in all the wrong places, a chance encounter brings them together. The couple becomes inseparable, coming up with a plan to come up. Their actions in Brooklyn run them hot, so they go on the run. The city of Atlanta beckons and they pick up right where they left off. Their goal is to get rich or die trying. Sometimes in life when you want something bad enough...

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by Angela Foxworth (Author)Everybody has a story to tell, but there can only be ONE "A. Fox "-Vicariously walk through the life and lessons learned from Angela Foxworth- Mrs. Georgia Woman US Majesty 2020, Media personality, author, and Red-Carpet host extraordinaire Glean, grow, and glow as she shares her intimate truths to the pain behind the smile.You think you know- but you have no idea To God be the Glory Forever Number of Pages: 100 Dimensions: 0.21 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: ...

In the Footsteps of Harlequin and Pulcinella: Cultural Mobility and Localness of Theatre - Hardcover

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by Jan Burzyński (Editor), Miroslaw Kocur (Other), Ewa Bal (Author)The author takes readers on a journey in the footsteps of Harlequin and Pulcinella, two well-known commedia dell'arte masks, to show the historically fluctuating way in which they participated in building "Italianness" in the eyes of foreign theatre audiences (the history of the Harlequin mask in France, Italy and Poland in the XVII and XVIII century) and local ones (the history of the Pulcinella mask, or the Italian dialect t...

Jack Benny's Lost Radio Broadcasts Volume One: May 2 - July 27, 1932 - Paperback

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by Jack Benny (Author), Harry Conn (Author), Kathryn Fuller-Seeley (Editor)For the first time in almost 90 years, we can experience the origins of Jack Benny's radio comedy genius. Jack Benny's Lost Radio Broadcasts, brought up from Benny's subterranean vault or the UCLA archives, almost as difficult to access ] finally share scripts of his earliest live radio programs--for which no recordings exist.See how the soon-to-be-king of radio comedy moved from his vaudeville stand-up comedy backgro...

Jack Benny's Lost Radio Broadcasts Volume One: May 2 - July 27, 1932 (hardback) - Hardcover

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by Jack Benny (Author), Harry Conn (Author), Kathryn Fuller-Seeley (Editor)This is the hardback version.For the first time in almost 90 years, we can experience the origins of Jack Benny's radio comedy genius. Jack Benny's Lost Radio Broadcasts, brought up from Benny's subterranean vault or the UCLA archives, almost as difficult to access ] finally share scripts of his earliest live radio programs--for which no recordings exist. See how the soon-to-be-king of radio comedy moved from his vaud...

Fifty More Professional Scenes and Monologs for Student Actors: A Collection of Short One-And Two-Person Scenes - Hardcover

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by Garry Michael Kluger (Author)The success of Fifty Professional Scenes for Student Actors prompted us to offer a sequel of winning audition material this time including monologues The emphasis of these monologues and scenes is on believable characters, not caricatures. Designed for a Number of Pages: 200 Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: April 01, 2004

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by Edna St Vincent Millay (Author)Edna St. Vincent Millay was born on 22nd February 1892 in Rockland, Maine, the eldest of three daughters. Her early years were tinted with much difficulty; divorced parents, poverty and a constant change of location. Despite this once settled in Camden, Maine Edna developed her literary talents at a furious rate. By 15, she had published her poetry in the popular children's magazine St. Nicholas, the Camden Herald, and the high-profile anthology Current Liter...

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by Mark Wheeller (Author)Game Over tells the harrowing story of teenager Breck Bednar, who was groomed over the internet and brutally murdered on 17 February 2014 by someone he met online.Author BiographyMark Wheeller began writing whilst a student at Marlwood Comprehensive School, Bristol. After teaching drama for thirty-six years he retired in July 2015 to concentrate on writing and delivering Drama/Theatre workshops to students and teachers across the world. Mark is one of the most-perform...

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by Peter Szondi (Author)Theory of the Modern Drama is a brilliant analysis of the emergence and development of modern drama from the Renaissance to the present day. Szondi shows how the rise of modern drama was linked to broader social processes and expressed some of the beliefs characteristic of early modern Europe. This was manifested in the convention that form was ahistorical and it simply required the appropriate subject matter to do justice to the form. But in the late nineteenth centur...

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by Elfriede Jelinek (Author), Gitta Honegger (Translator)Originally written as a libretto for the Berlin State Opera, Elfriede Jelinek's rein GOLD reconstructs the events of Wagner's epic Ring cycle and extends them into the present day. Brünnhilde diagnoses Wotan, father of the gods, to be a victim of capitalism because he, too, has fallen into the trap of wanting to own a castle he cannot afford. In a series of monologues, Brünnhilde and Wotan chart the evolution of capitalism from the Nibe...