Literary Criticism

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New Women Dramatists in America, 1890-1920

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Report copyright infringementby S. Engle (Author)Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This study rediscovers the lives and notable accomplishments of five prominent, yet historically neglected women dramatists of the Progressive Era: Martha Morton, Madeleine Lucette Ryley, Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, Beulah Marie Dix, and Rida Johnson Young.Author BiographySHERRY ENG...

Flashlight On Drama and Film. A Drama for Situation Analysis Guide

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Report copyright infringementby Ekpe Inyang (Author)Flashlight on Drama and Film succinctly describes how to use drama to afford target audiences opportunities to analyse environmental situations, presented through drama, with a view to enabling them to make informed decisions and take responsible actions in similar situations in the real world. This constitutes the guiding principle of Drama for Situation Analysis (DRASA), with Flashlight on Drama and Film as its training guide.in the drama ...

Mendel's Theatre: Heredity, Eugenics, and Early Twentieth-Century American Drama

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Report copyright infringementby T. Wolff (Author)Mendel's Theatre offers a new way of thinking about early twentieth-century American drama by uncovering the rich convergence of heredity theory, the American eugenics movement, and innovative modern drama from the 1890s to 1930.Author BiographyTAMSEN WOLFF is Assistant Professor of English at Princeton University, USA. Number of Pages: 278 Dimensions: 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publ...

Shakespeare's Roman Plays and Their Background

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Report copyright infringementby Mungo William MacCallum (Author)Explore the enduring power of Shakespeare's engagement with Roman history in "Shakespeare's Roman Plays and Their Background" by Mungo William MacCallum. This volume delves into the historical context and literary artistry of Shakespeare's tragedies and historical dramas inspired by ancient Rome. MacCallum's study provides valuable literary criticism, examining Shakespeare's dramatic interpretations of Roman themes and their last...

Socialists, Socialites, and Sociopaths: Plays and Screenplays by Frank Tuttle

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Report copyright infringementby Frank Tuttle (Author), John Franceschina (Editor)Socialists, Socialites, and Sociopaths is a quartet of plays and screenplays written by Frank Tuttle between film directing assignments during the last twenty-five years of his life. Even more than his autobiography, They Started Talking, Tuttle's original plays reveal the wit and imagination that made him one of Hollywood's most sought after (if often underrated) directors of the 1920s and 30s. In addition the p...

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Report copyright infringementby A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley (Author)A cornerstone of Shakespearean criticism, A. C. Bradley's "Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth" offers profound insights into the Bard's most enduring works. This collection presents Bradley's meticulously crafted lectures, delving into the complexities of Shakespeare's tragedies and exploring the motivations and fates of his iconic characters. A timeless exploration of human nature, these ...

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Report copyright infringementby Henrik Ibsen (Author), R. Farquharson (Robert Farquha Sharp (Author)Henrik Ibsen's powerful drama, "An Enemy of the People," remains a timeless exploration of ethics and social responsibility. This classic Norwegian play delves into the complexities of whistleblowing and the consequences of challenging established power structures. At its heart, "An Enemy of the People" is a compelling social critique, dissecting the tensions between individual conscience and c...

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Report copyright infringementby Bertram Leon Joseph (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is import...

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Report copyright infringementby Anthony Munday (Author), Jack Stillinger (Editor)Anthony Munday's Zelauto: The Fountaine of Fame, 1580 is a play set in ancient Greece that explores themes of love, power, and fame. The play follows the story of Zelauto, a young man who becomes obsessed with gaining fame and fortune. He is willing to do anything to achieve his goal, including betraying his friends and manipulating those around him. Along the way, he falls in love with a woman named Emelia, but ...

Shakespeare's Language: Perspectives Past and Present

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Report copyright infringementby Keith Johnson (Author)In Shakespeare's Language, Keith Johnson offers an overview of the rich and dynamic history of the reception and study of Shakespeare's language from his death right up to the present.Author BiographyKeith Johnson is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Language Education at the University of Lancaster, UK. He is the author of The History of Early English (2016) and Shakespeare's English (2013). Number of Pages: 218 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Matthew Wright (Author), David Taylor (Editor)Presenting a new approach to Euripides' plays, this book explores the playwright's ancient tragedies in relation to quotation culture. Treating extant works and lost works side-by-side, Matthew Wright presents a selective survey of ways in which Euripidean tragedy was quoted within antiquity, both in social contexts (on the comic stage, at symposia, in law courts, in education) and in different literary genres (dram...

Elizabethan Drama V2: Dekker, Jonson, Beaumont, Fletcher, Webster, Massinger: V47 Harvard Classics

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Report copyright infringementby Charles W. Eliot (Editor)This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition. Number of Pages: 462 Dimensions: 0.93 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: March 30, 2014

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Raffield (Author)Through analysis of 5 plays by Shakespeare, Paul Raffield examines what it meant to be a 'stranger' to English law in the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean period. The numbers of strangers increased dramatically in the late sixteenth century, as refugees fled religious persecution in continental Europe and sought sanctuary in Protestant England. In the context of this book, strangers are not only persons ethnically or racially different ...

Shylock, the Roman: Unmasking Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Schneider (Author)It's also the most controversial attempt ever made to resolve one of the most emotionally-charged issues in Shakespeare criticism: the question of anti-Semitism in the characterization of Shylock, the Jewish money lender.This short book on The Merchant of Venice is a literary experiment, an exploration of an untested idea. It begins with a radically counter-intuitive approach: seeing Shylock -- the classic anti-Jewish stereotype -- in t...

Our American Republic: God Blessed America

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Report copyright infringementby William Burmer (Author) YOU EVER WONDER? Where did the original Inhabitants of America come from? Who named them Indians? Why the Pilgrims left their homes in Europe to come to America? How did America get its name? What is a Republic, or a Democracy? Why did our Founders begin the Preamble to the Constitution with "We the People...?" Why did the South secede from the Union? Was there more than just John W. Booth involved with Lincoln's assignation? Who actuall...

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Report copyright infringementby David Lindsay (Author)Ane Satire Of The Three Estates: In Commendation Of Virtue And Vituperation Of Vice (1602) is a play written by David Lindsay. It is a satirical work that critiques the political and social systems of 16th century Scotland. The play is divided into three parts, each representing one of the three estates: the clergy, the nobility, and the common people. The play is set in the court of King James V and features a variety of characters, inclu...

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Report copyright infringementby Matthew C. Farmer (Author), C. W. Marshall (Editor), Niall W. Slater (Editor)This is the first accessible volume exploring and analysing evidence for Greek Old Comedy through what remains only in the form of fragments of plays. Hundreds of comedies were written and performed in Athens during this period (roughly 486-386 BCE), but only eleven survive intact from this era; all eleven are by the same author, Aristophanes. We are fortunate, however, to possess a su...

Liberating Shakespeare: Adaptation and Empowerment for Young Adult Audiences

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Report copyright infringementby Jennifer Flaherty (Editor), Mark Thornton Burnett (Editor), Deborah Uman (Editor)The collective trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital shaming. Violence against women. Sexual bullying. Racial slurs and injustice. These are just some of the problems faced by today's young adults. Liberating Shakespeare explores how adaptations of Shakespeare's plays can be used to empower young audiences by addressing issues of oppression, trauma and resistance. Showcasing a w...

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Report copyright infringementby Miriam Chirico (Author), Jr. (Editor), Patrick Lonergan (Editor)The Theatre of Christopher Durang considers the works of one of the foremost comedic writers for the American stage. From Durang's early success with the controversial Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You (1974) to his recent Tony Award-winning play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2012), he has been an original theatrical voice in American theatre. Edith Oliver, long-time theatre crit...

Tragedy and Scepticism in Shakespeare's England

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Report copyright infringementby W. Hamlin (Author)Hamlin's study provides the first full-scale account of the reception and literary appropriation of ancient scepticism in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (c. 1570-1630). Offering abundant archival evidence as well as fresh treatments of Florio's Montaigne and Bacon's career-long struggle with the challenges of epistemological doubt, Hamlin's book explores the deep connections between scepticism and tragedy in plays ranging from Doctor Faustus...

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Report copyright infringementby Nigel Wood (Author), Evelyn Gajowski (Editor)Arden Shakespeare and Theory provides a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical developments that have dominated Shakespeare studies in recent years, as well as those that are emerging at the present moment. Each volume provides: - a clear definition of a particular theory;- a survey of its major theorists and critics;- an analysis of its significance in Shakespeare studies;- a summary of relevant political, social...

Is Shylock Jewish?: Citing Scripture and the Moral Agency of Shakespeare's Jews

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Report copyright infringementby Sara Coodin (Author)A detailed exploration of the significance of Hebrew Biblical stories in The Merchant of VeniceWhat happens when we consider Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice as a play with 'real' Jewish characters who are not mere ciphers for anti-Semitic Elizabethan stereotypes? Is Shylock Jewish studies Shakespeare's extensive use of stories from the Hebrew Bible in The Merchant of Venice, and argues that Shylock and his daughter Jessica draw on recog...

Victorian Classical Burlesques: A Critical Anthology

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Report copyright infringementby Laura Monros-Gaspar (Author)The Victorian classical burlesque was a popular theatrical genre of the mid-19th century. It parodied ancient tragedies with music, melodrama, pastiche, merciless satire and gender reversal. Immensely popular in its day, the genre was also intensely metatheatrical and carries significance for reception studies, the role and perception of women in Victorian society and the culture of artistic censorship. This anthology contains the an...

Representative Plays by American Dramatists, Volume 1

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Report copyright infringementby Montrose Jonas Moses (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the ...

Performing Transversally: Reimagining Shakespeare and the Critical Future

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Report copyright infringementby Kenneth A. Loparo (Author)Performing Transversally expands on Bryan Reynolds' controversial transversal theory in exciting ways while offering groundbreaking analyses of Shakespeare's plays - Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, Taming of the Shrew, Titus Andronicus, Henry V, The Tempest, and Coriolanus - and textual, filmic, and theatrical adaptations of them. With his collaborators, Reynolds challenges traditional readings of Shakespeare, re-evaluating the critical meth...

Comedy Matters: From Shakespeare to Stoppard

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Report copyright infringementby W. Demastes (Author)Comedy Matters traces the long tradition of the expansive comic embrace of cultural difference and diversity that manages to survive even in some of mankind s darkest moments. Demastes argues that comedy has a hard-nosed, pragmatic dimension that can be mobilized against belligerent cultural forces. Drawing from the works of Shakespeare, Stoppard, and a number of other comic masters, Comedy Matters demonstrates how comedy continues to work a...

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Report copyright infringementby Sheik Nefzawi (Author), Richard F. Burton (Author)The Perfumed Garden Of The Shaykh Nefzawi is a classic Arabic erotic literature written by Sheik Nefzawi. It is a detailed guidebook on the art of love, sex, and seduction. The book is divided into 21 chapters covering various aspects of sexual behavior, including foreplay, positions, and techniques for enhancing pleasure. The book also includes discussions on topics such as homosexuality, masturbation, and cont...

Praying with Jane Eyre: Reflections on Reading as a Sacred Practice - Paperback

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by Vanessa Zoltan (Author)"In these soaring, open-hearted essays, Vanessa Zoltan writes with fierce brilliance about suffering, survival, and the kind of meaning in life that can withstand real scrutiny."--John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and The Anthropocene Reviewed A deeply felt exploration of the ways our favorite books can shape and heal us, from the host of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. Our favorite reads keep us company, give us hope, and help us find meanin...

sin título. operaciones de lo visual en 2666 de Roberto Bolaño - Paperback

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by Anna Kraus (Author)En vez de una distancia racionalista ante el objeto de su estudio, este libro ensaya ciertos procedimientos formales que se alan una toma de posici n. Aqu no se trata de las im genes en 2666 m s bien, se interrogan las dimensiones subyacentes a lo visual -su car cter sist mico, su din mica deformadora, su infiltraci n en la materia textual- intuyendo en ello el locus de una subversi n suave frente a la representaci n mim tica, arraigada en el pensamiento jer rquico de l...

Capital-in-Crisis, Trade Unionism and the Question of Revolutionary Agency

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Report copyright infringementby Shaun May (Author)The entry of the capital relation into its epoch of structural crisis forms the basis for the development of the author's conception of revolutionary agency. Drawing on the work of Karl Marx and István Mészáros, May relates the emergence and deepening of this crisis to the decline and growing historic outmodedness of trade unionism.Author BiographyShaun May was born in Hull, England in 1960 into a working-class family. He read Biochemistry and...

Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative - Paperback

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by Jane Alison (Author)"How lovely to discover a book on the craft of writing that is also fun to read . . . Alison asserts that the best stories follow patterns in nature, and by defining these new styles she offers writers the freedom to explore but with enough guidance to thrive." ―Maris Kreizman, Vulture A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019 A Poets & Writers Best Books for Writers As Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writin...

Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind - Paperback

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by Alan Jacobs (Author)"At a time when many Americans . . . are engaged in deep reflection about the meaning of the nation's history [this] is an exceptionally useful companion for those who want to do so with honesty and integrity." --Shelf Awareness From the author of How to Think and The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, a literary guide to engaging with the voices of the past to stay sane in the present W. H. Auden once wrote that "art is our chief means of breaking bread wit...