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Taylor & Francis Using Critical Theory
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Cambridge University Press Myth Literature and the Creation of the Topography of Thebes
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Cambridge University Press Seamus Heaney in Context
Book SynopsisThis book combines historicizing scholarship with analytical depth and insightful new readings of Heaney's work. The thematic sections offer different pathways to a deeper exploration of Heaney's writing without requiring specialist knowledge.Trade Review'Providing background and connections that will lead to epiphanies and enthusiasm for further Heaney exploration, this volume is required for any study of the poet … Essential.' V. A. Murrenus Pilmaier, Choice MagazineTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Mapping: 1. Scotland Patrick Crotty; 2. England John McAuliffe; 3. Eastern Europe Margaret Greaves; 4. America Sarah Bennett; Part II. Influences and Traditions: 5. Wordsworth and romanticism Matthew Campbell; 6. Thomas Hardy Ron Schuchard; 7. W. B. Yeats Meg Harper; 8. T. S. Eliot Stephen Regan; 9. Louis MacNeice Catriona Clutterbuck; Part III. Poetics: 10. Lyric form John Redmond; 11. Proper nouns Vona Groarke; 12. Language Bernard O'Donoghue; 13. Elegy Brendan Corcoran; 14. Music Simon B. Kress; Part IV. Publishing: 15. The Belfast group Heather Clarke; 16. In print Nathan Suhr-Sytsma; 17. Field day Marilynn Richtarik; 18. Translation Aidan O'Malley; Part V. Frameworks: 19. Catholicism Kieran Quinlan; 20. Classical roots Florence Impens; 21. Politics Jonathan Allison; 22. Education Rosie Lavan; 23. War and peace Richard Rankin Russell; Part VI. Critical Contexts: 24. The feminine Laura O'Connor; 25. The third phase Kevin Whelan; 26. Critical audiences Justin Quinn; 27. The postcolonial Deepika Bahri; 28. The Archipelago Nicholas Allen; Part VII. Legacy: 29. In public Fintan O'Toole; 30. Exhibiting Heaney Geraldine Higgins; 31. The archive Rand Brandes; 32. Legacy Chris Morash.
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Cambridge University Press Greek Elegy and Iambus
Book SynopsisElegy and iambus are major forms of Greek literature which are crucial to understanding the Archaic and early Classical periods in particular. This edition gathers work by ten poets: two iambic (Semonides and Hipponax), six elegiac (Callinus, Tyrtaeus, Mimnermus, Theognis, Xenophanes, Simonides), and two writing in both forms (Archilochus and Solon). It explores a representative sample of each poet''s surviving work, while also highlighting their variety, and provides an up-to-date commentary on major pieces, including recent discoveries such as Simonides'' Plataea elegy and Archilochus'' Telephus elegy. The wide-ranging Introduction discusses such issues as poet and persona, contexts of performance, and various cultural themes (expansion and contact with foreign cultures, social and political revolution, sexuality and gender, rationalism) as well as language, style, metre, and textual transmission. The volume will be of interest to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, as wTrade Review'Readers with WA's book in hand will be well equipped to deal with the riches of Greek elegy and iambus.' Krystyna Bartol, Exemplaria Classica'Allan's commentary is sensitive and well-edited and will offer good guidance to those who want to learn about, or embark on research on, aspects of the history of early Greek iambus and elegy.' Demetrios Yatromanolakes, EIRENE: Studia Graeca et LatinaTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Elegy and iambus as poetic forms; 2. Performance and mobility; 3. Poets and personae; 4. Society and culture; 5. Language, style, metre; 6. Transmission of the text; Greek elegy and Iambus: A Selection: Archilochus; Semonides; Callinus; Tyrtaeus; Mimnermus; Solon; Theognis; Xenophanes; Hipponax; Simonides; Commentary.
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Cambridge University Press Euripides Iphigenia in Tauris
Book SynopsisEuripides' Iphigeneia among the Taurians has been a popular and influential text from antiquity onwards. It is a suspenseful drama set on the Black Sea coast in what is now Crimea, which explores themes of family loyalty, Greeks and barbarians, and the nature of the gods. The plot combines an unrecognised meeting between Iphigeneia, now a priestess of Artemis among the Taurians, and her brother Orestes, who with his friend Pylades has been captured and brought to her for sacrifice, with an exciting escape attempt for all three, ultimately brought about by divine intervention. This edition includes a full Introduction to the literary and production aspects of the play, while the Commentary elucidates problems of language as well as interpretation. These combine to make the play fully accessible to intermediate-level undergraduates and graduate students wishing to read it in the original Greek.Trade Review'Any 'intermediate level undergraduate' who is tasked with studying IT should acquaint him/herself with K.'s edition, and consider him/herself very fortunate.' Colin Leach, Classics for AllTable of ContentsIntroduction; Sigla; ΕΥΡΙΠΙΔΟΥ ΙΦΙΓΕΝΕΙΑ Η ΕΝ ΤΑΥΡΟΙΣ; Commentary; Glossary; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index
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Cambridge University Press Songs of Ourselves Volume 1
Book SynopsisDiscover fully updated volumes of global poetry and short stories for use as set texts. Parts of Songs of Ourselves Volume 1 are set for study in Cambridge IGCSE, O Level and Cambridge International AS & A Level Literature in English syllabuses. The anthology includes work from over 100 poets, combining famous names ? such as William Wordsworth, Maya Angelou and Seamus Heaney ? with lesser-known voices. This helps students create fresh and interesting contrasts as they explore themes that range from love to death.
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Cambridge University Press Elizabeth Bishop in Context
Book SynopsisElizabeth Bishop is increasingly recognised as one of the twentieth century''s most original writers. Consisting of thirty-five ground-breaking essays by an international team of authors, including biographers, literary critics, poets and translators, this volume addresses the biographical and literary inception of Bishop''s originality, from her formative upbringing in New England and Nova Scotia to long residences in New York, France, Florida and Brazil. Her poetry, prose, letters, translations and visual art are analysed in turn, followed by detailed studies of literary movements such as surrealism and modernism that influenced her artistic development. Bishop''s encounters with nature, music, psychoanalysis and religion receive extended treatment, likewise her interest in dreams and humour. Essays also investigate the impact of twentieth-century history and politics on Bishop''s life writing, and what it means to read Bishop via eco-criticism, postcolonial theory and queer studies.Trade Review'With imagination and precision, this first-rate collection of essays explores the varied contexts – geographical, familial, historical, artistic, intellectual, social, cultural and political – that influenced Elizabeth Bishop's literary career. Read in such diverse contexts, Bishop's work emerges as more complex, multi-faceted, and surprising than even long-term readers might expect. This book is a must-read for readers new to Bishop and for those that thought they knew her.' Susan Rosenbaum, University of Georgia'Like Bishop's writing itself, this volume is a miracle of composition. Simultaneously intimate and vast, local and distant, formally precise and wildly inventive, Cleghorn and Ellis pull off a nearly impossible trick. Their collection really does provide a 'context' for one of the twentieth century's most purposefully unsettled poetic voices. Framing and reframing Bishop's work against dozens of different shifting backgrounds, the collection somehow manages to pull it 'all together' to make 'just one'. I guarantee: anyone who has ever appreciated Bishop will appreciate this.' Alexander MacLeod, Saint Mary's University'… is a groundbreaking, comprehensive collection of essays that penetrates and reveals numerous facts of Elizabeth Bishop's life and legacy …' Tristan Beach, The Elizabeth Bishop Blog'Carefully edited with thoughtful consideration given to readability, this volume will be of great value to literary students and scholars … Recommended.' R. M. Roberts, Choice ConnectTable of ContentsIntroduction Angus Cleghorn and Jonathan Ellis; Part I. Places: 1. Nova Scotia Sandra Barry; 2. New England Heather Treseler; 3. New York Jo Gill; 4. Paris, France Lisa Goldfarb; 5. Florida Sarah Kennedy; 6. Brazil Neil Besner; Part II. Forms: 7. Lyric poetry Gillian White; 8. Prose Vidyan Ravinthiran; 9. Letters Langdon Hammer; 10. Translation Mariana Machova; 11. Visual art Linda Anderson; 12. Archives Bethany Hicok; Part III. Literary Contexts: 13. Romantic and Victorian poetry Peter Swaab; 14. Surrealism and the Avant-Garde Andrew Epstein; 15. Modernism Philip McGowan; 16. Mid-Century Poetics Kamran Javadizadeh; 17. Brazilian literature Maria Lúcia Milléo Martins; Part IV. Politics, Society and Culture: 18. War Charles Berger; 19. The cold war Steven Axelrod; 20. Music Christopher Spaide; 21. Psychoanalysis Lorrie Goldensohn; 22. Religion Cheryl Walker; 23. Anthropology Barbara Page; 24. Travel Jeffrey Gray; Part V. Identity: 25. Dreams Bonnie Costello; 26. Humor Rachel Trousdale; 27. Gender Deryn Rees-Jones; 28. Queerness Michael Snediker; 29. Race Sandeep Parmar; 30. Nature Angus Cleghorn; 31. Animals Marianne MacRae; Part VI. Reception and Criticism: 32. Bishop studies Thomas Travisano; 33. Criticism and reviews Jonathan Ellis; 34. 'My saving grace': On editing Elizabeth Bishop Lloyd Schwartz; 35. Bishop's influence Stephanie Burt.
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Cambridge University Press Metamodernism and Contemporary British Poetry
Book SynopsisThis book discusses contemporary British poetry in the context of metamodernism. The author argues that the concept of metamodernist poetry helps to recalibrate the opposition between mainstream and innovative poetry, and he investigates whether a new generation of British poets can be accurately defined as metamodernist. Antony Rowland analyses the ways in which contemporary British poets such as Geoffrey Hill, J. H. Prynne, Geraldine Monk and Sandeep Parmarhaveresponded to the work of modernist writers as diverse as T. S. Eliot, H. D. and Antonin Artaud, and what Theodor Adorno describes as the overall enigma of modern art.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Contemporary British Poetry and Enigmaticalness; 2. Continuing 'Poetry Wars' in Twenty-First-Century British Poetry; 3. Committed and Autonomous Art; 4. Iconoclasm and Enigmatical Commitment; 5. The Double Consciousness of Modernism; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Greek Epitaphic Poetry
Book SynopsisThousands of Greek verse epitaphs, covering a millennium of history, survive inscribed or painted on stone. These largely anonymous poems shed rich light on areas such as ancient moral values, religious ideas, gender relations and attitudes, as well as on the transmission and reception of ''canonical'' poetry; many of these poems are of very high literary quality. This is the first modern commentary on a selection of these poems. Problems of syntax, metre and language are fully explained, accompanied by sophisticated literary discussion of the poems. There is a full introduction to the nature of these poems and to their context within Greek ideas of death and the afterlife. This comprehensive edition will be of interest to advanced undergraduates and graduate students studying Greek literature, as well as to scholars.Trade Review'… it represents extremely good value, and is strongly recommended.' Colin Leach, Classics for AllTable of ContentsIntroduction: 1. Funerary verse-inscriptions; 2. The style of Greek epitaphic verse; 3. Who wrote Greek verse-inscriptions?; 4. Ideas of death in Greek verse-inscriptions; 5. About this edition; Source Text: Greek Epitaphic Poetry. A Selection; Editorial Matter: Commentary.
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Cambridge University Press Can We Be Wrong The Problem of Textual Evidence
Book SynopsisThis Element tackles the problem of generalization with respect to text-based evidence in the field of literary studies. When working with texts, how can we move, reliably and credibly, from individual observations to more general beliefs about the world? The onset of computational methods has highlighted major shortcomings of traditional approaches to texts when it comes to working with small samples of evidence. This Element combines a machine learning-based approach to detect the prevalence and nature of generalization across tens of thousands of sentences from different disciplines alongside a robust discussion of potential solutions to the problem of the generalizability of textual evidence. It exemplifies the way mixed methods can be used in complementary fashion to develop nuanced, evidence-based arguments about complex disciplinary issues in a data-driven research environment.Table of ContentsIntroduction, or What's Wrong with Literary Studies?; Part I. Theory: 1. Probable Cause; Part II. Evidence Eve Kraicer, Nicholas King, Emma Ebowe, Matthew Hunter, Victoria Svaikovsky, and Sunyam Bagga; 2. Machine Learning as a Collaborative Process; 3. Results; Part III. Discussion: 4. Don't Generalize (from Case Studies): The Case for Open Generalization; 5. Don't Generalize (At All): The Case for the Open Mind; Conclusion: On the Mutuality of Method.
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Pearson Education Animal Farm York Notes for GCSE Workbook the
Book SynopsisOur brand-new York Notes for GCSE Workbooks offer a wide range of write-in tasks and exercises to boost your students’ knowledge of the text and help them practise for the new GCSE (9-1) English Literature exams. Table of Contents Part 1: Getting Started Part 2: Plot and Action Part 3: Characters Part 4: Key Contexts and Themes Part 5: Form, Structure and Language Part 6: Progress Booster
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Pearson Education Jane Eyre York Notes for GCSE Workbook The ideal
Book Synopsis Our brand-new York Notes for GCSE Workbooks offer a wide range of write-in tasks and exercises to boost your students’ knowledge of the text and help them practise for the new GCSE (9-1) English Literature exams.Table of Contents Part 1: Getting Started Part 2: Plot and Action Part 3: Characters Part 4: Key Contexts and Themes Part 5: Form, Structure and Language Part 6: Progress Booster
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Pearson Education Limited English Language and Literature Workbook York
Book SynopsisTest your knowledge, practise your skills and feel ready for 2021 assessments and 2022 exams. Enhance your learning with tasks, tests and activities that will sharpen your skills. Test your knowledge with write-in space to plan and write your answers. Perfect your responses with the Test your understanding'' assessment-style exercises. Build on your strengths and identify areas that need work using the quick Practise your skills'' tests and longer questions. For the first time, York Notes bring you a Workbook for the whole of your English Language and English Literature GCSE 9-1 courses. So whether you''re studying at home, online or in the classroom, York Notes is your best bet for the best grades. The biggest and most in-depth available, this English Language & Literature Workbook from York Notes is simple to use and will help you practise, improve and test all your skills and knowledge so you can bui
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Pearson Education A Christmas Carol AQA Practice Tests with answers
Book SynopsisThe only way to feel fully prepared for your English Literature exam is to practise, practise, practise. This York Notes Practice Tests with Answers book makes it easy and will give you the vital experience you need to properly test your skills, build your confidence and feel exam-ready.
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Pearson Education Limited The Sign of the Four York Notes for GCSE Workbook
Book SynopsisTest your knowledge, practise your skills and feel ready for 2021 assessments and 2022 exams. Test and build your knowledge of every part of the text with a huge range of questions, activities and exercises. Find out what you really know about key characters, themes, contexts and quotations before tests and assessments. Perfect your responses, practise writing great answers and find out how to score the best grades you can. Learn to apply what you''ve learned and get vital experience of test and assessment-style questions. York Notes are the long-established experts in English Literature, and we take your success seriously. So whether you''re studying The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle for GCSE at home, online or in the classroom, York Notes is your best bet for the best grades. The biggest and most in-depth available, this The Sign of the Four Workbook from York Notes is simple to use and will
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Cambridge University Press Modern British Nature Writing 17892020
Book SynopsisWhy has nature writing gained such popularity at a time of unprecedented ecological destruction? Guided by this question, this book offers an informed critical approach to modern British nature writing for specialist readers, as well as providing a valuable guide for general readers concerned by an increasingly diminished natural world.
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WW Norton & Co Link Hud Heroes by a Hair
Book SynopsisMeet Link and Hudbrothers causing chaos in the first of a new series for eight-to-12-year-olds from real-life brothers Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey
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WW Norton & Co The Diaspora Sonnets
Book SynopsisLonglisted for the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry For fans of Diane Seuss and Victoria Chang, a coruscating collection that eloquently invokes the perseverance and myth of the Filipino diaspora in America
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Palgrave Macmillan Henry James
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Poetry Toolkit
Book SynopsisNow thoroughly revamped with a diverse selection of poetic voices from the last fifty years, this third edition of Rhian Williams's bestselling book, The Poetry Toolkit guides readers through key terms, genres and concepts that help them to develop a richer, more sophisticated approach to reading, thinking and writing about poetry. Combining an easy-to-use reference format with in-depth practice readings and further exercises, the book helps students master the study of poetry for themselves. As well as featuring more contemporary voices, the 3rd edition of The Poetry Toolkit includes an expanded practical section giving guidance on close reading, comparative reading and advice on writing critically about poetry. In addition, the book is accompanied by a companion website offering audio recordings of poetry readings, weblinks and overviews of key theoretical approaches to support advanced study. Head to bloomsbury.com/Williams-the-poetry-toolkit for a host of Trade ReviewThis is an inspirational guide to studying poetry, exciting for beginners and experienced readers alike. A tour de force of succinctness, clarity, and adroit cross referencing, it is not only a tour through every conceivable feature a reader could need - from the sonnet form to synloepha, from sesta rima to syllepsis - but an imaginative and arresting exposition of the way poets have used them, whether Dante or David Jones, Sappho or E E Cummings, Milton or Deryn Rees-Jones. Rhian Williams aims to set readers free by building confidence with genre and form, metre and rhyme, demystifying technicalities and terminology, providing follow up reading, and appealing to curiosity and the sense of experiment. She urges readers to read poems aloud, to listen to sounds, mark rhythms, and imagine themselves inside the poem before moving out to its history and context. After reading this book newcomers to poetry will learn to love reading and writing about it. -- Isobel Armstrong, FBA and Emeritus Professor of English at Birkbeck, University of London, UKWhether you're a new-comer to poetry or a longtime reader, Rhian Williams' The Poetry Toolkit offers welcomed guidance. The book ranges from the introductory (what does "stress" mean?) to the sophisticated and complex. Throughout, the author provides clear frameworks for interpreting how poetry's formal structures participate in the work of meaning-making. This book will relieve students' anxiety and deepen their understanding. -- Dr Jason R. Rudy. Assistant Professor of English University of Maryland, College Park, USAThe Poetry Toolkit will be a valued for many readers, both academic and ‘general'. Every reader will learn something from it - it is rare to have riches such as this in a single textbook. -- WordPlayHow does one get started in the world of poetry, either as the consumer or the producer? The Poetry Toolkit: the Essential Guide to Studying Poetry hopes to educate and inspire readers to better understand the world of poetry. Chapters cover the eccentricities of truly understanding poetry from a reader's perspective. Packed with advice and tips for poetry appreciation, The Poetry Toolkit is an intriguing introductory dive in the world of the poet. The Poetry Toolkit is just what some people need to break that daunting poetry wall. -- Midwest Book ReviewThe Poetry Toolkit conveys Williams's genuine enthusiasm for the genre's expressive and descriptive possibilities - an excitement that the volume's accessible style and layout make it easy for students to share. I have tried many "introduction to poetry" volumes during the ten-plus years I've been teaching such classes; in The Poetry Toolkit, I've finally found one that I happily foresee using for many years to come. -- Evan Gottlieb, Associate Professor of English, Oregon State University, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgements Copyright Acknowledgements Preface to the Third Edition Part I: Introducing Poetry Introduction How to Use This Book 1. Types and Traditions Part II: Technical Vocabulary 2. Form 2.1 Variable Forms 2.2 Fixed Forms 2.3 Visual Forms 2.4 Hybrid Forms 2.5 'Formless' Forms 3. Prosody 3.1 Stress 3.2 Metre 3.3 Feet 3.4 Metrical Lines 4. Rhyme 4.1 Perfect Rhymes 4.2 Imperfect Rhymes 4.3 Sight and Sound Effects 4.4 Rhyme Schemes 5. Stanza 5.1 One-line Stanzas and Refrains 5.2 Two-line Stanzas (Couplets) 5.3 Three-line Stanzas (Tercets) 5.4 Four-line Stanzas (Quatrains) 6. Wordplay 6.1 Tropes 6.2 Schemes Part III: Practical 7. Close Readings 8. Comparisons 9. Suggested Exercises 10. Writing About Poetry Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading Guide to the Companion Website Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Tacitus Annals IV A Selection
Book SynopsisThis is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Tacitus'' Annals IV, sections 14 ( non adversus habebatur), 712, and 3941, and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of sections 5254, 5760, 6771 and 7475, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed sections to be read in English for A Level.It is AD 23 and we are in the ninth year of the reign of Rome's second emperor, Tiberius. Increasingly he has come to rely on the assistance of the Praetorian Prefect, Lucius Aelius Sejanus, in the running of Rome. But Sejanus has ambitions beyond being a mere assistant, extending even as far as the imperial throne itself. Tacitus vividly portrays the machinations of Sejanus as he attempts to manoeuvre himself into a position to assume the ultimate authority, characterising the period as one dominated by villainy, betrayal and deceit.Resources are available on the CompaTrade ReviewSets a new and entertaining standard in student-facing commentaries ... A truly exceptional teaching resource. * Classics for All *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Text Commentary Notes Vocabulary
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Great Wave
Book SynopsisOn a Japanese beach, teenage sisters Hanako and Reiko are caught up in a storm. Reiko survives while Hanako is lost to the sea. Their mother, however, can't shake the feeling her missing daughter is still alive, and soon family tragedy takes on a global political dimension.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Greeks and Romans on the Latin American Stage
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive treatment in English of the rich and varied afterlife of classical drama across Latin America, this volume explores the myriad ways in which ancient Greek and Roman texts have been adapted, invoked and re-worked in notable modern theatrical works across North and South America and the Caribbean, while also paying particular attention to the national and local context of each play. A comprehensive introduction provides a critical overview of the varying issues and complexities that arise when studying the afterlife of the European classics in the theatrical stages across this diverse and vast region. Fourteen chapters, divided into three general geographical sub-regions (Southern Cone, Brazil and the Caribbean and North America) present a strong connection to an ancient dramatic source text as well as comment upon important socio-political crises in the modern history of Latin America. The diversity and expertise of the voices in this volume translate into a muTrade ReviewGreeks and Romans on the Latin American Stage is a fine addition to Bloomsbury’s Studies in Classical Reception collection … It shows that Latin America is a region that Anglophone scholarship can no longer afford to overlook, and throws down an impressive gauntlet for scholars in the field to begin wrestling with the reception of antiquity on the Latin American stage. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *[A] volume that brings to light little-known adaptations from a variety of countries in the area addressing many of its present conflicts and recent past turmoil, is extremely valuable. Moreover, the fact that the book starts by highlighting the need to redefine certain terms taken for granted to examine reception in 'Latin America' and to acknowledge that this is not a homogeneous area but a highly diverse region that cannot be studied as a single unit, is certainly refreshing, reassuring, and a step in the right direction. * Classics for All *The editors provide an introduction fizzing with helpful social and historical contextualization for a readership less familiar with the issues and complexities surrounding these diverse ‘Latin’ American receptions. The methodological and theoretical discussion is recommended for anyone interested in twentieth-century and postcolonial receptions. * Greece & Rome *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors 1. Staging the European Classical in ‘Latin’ America: An Introduction Rosa Andújar, King's College London, UK and Konstantinos Nikoloutsos, Saint Joseph’s University, USA I. Southern Cone 2. From Epic to Tragedy: Theatre and Politics in Juan Cruz Varela’s Dido Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos, Saint Joseph’s University, USA 3. Leopoldo Marechal’s Antígona Vélez: Rewriting Greek Tragedy as a Foundation Myth in Peronist Argentina Brenda López Saiz, University of Chile, Chile 4. Juan Radrigán’s Medea Mapuche: Recreating Euripides’ Revenge Tragedy in an Indigenous Chilean Context Irmtrud König, University of Chile, Chile 5. Philoctetes and Medea in Contemporary Chilean Theatre Carolina Brncic, University of Chile, Chile II. Brazil 6. A God Slept Here by Guilherme Figueiredo: A Radical Modernist Amphitruo from Brazil Rodrigo Tadeu Gonçalves, University of Paraná, Brazil 7. Guilherme Figueiredo, Amphitryon, and the Widow of Ephesus: Linking Plautus and Petronius Tiziana Ragno, University of Foggia, Italy 8. Electra’s Turn to the Dark Side: Nelson Rodrigues’ Senhora dos Afogados Anastasia Bakogianni, Massey University, New Zealand 9. Becoming Antigone: The Classics as a Model of Resistance in Jorge Andrade’s Pedreira das Almas Seth A. Jeppesen, Brigham Young University, USA III. The Caribbean and North America 10. Distorting the Lysistrata Paradigm in Puerto Rico: Francisco Arriví’s Club de Solteros Rosa Andújar, King's College London, UK 11. Challenging the Canon in the Dominican Republic: Lisístrata odia la política by Franklin Domínguez Katherine Ford, East Carolina University, USA 12. Aeschylus and the Cuban Counter-Revolution Jacques Bromberg, University of Pittsburgh, USA 13. The Contest between Créolité and Classics in Patrick Chamoiseau’s Stage Plays Justine McConnell, King's College London, UK 14. Dismantling the Anthropological Machine: Feliks Moriso-Lewa’s Antigòn and Luis Alfaro’s Electricidad Tom Hawkins, Ohio State University, USA 15. Antigone Undead: Tragedy and Biopolitics in Perla de la Rosa’s Antígona: las voces que incendian el desierto Jesse Weiner, Hamilton College, USA Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Simon Stephens Plays 5
Book SynopsisStephens writes dramas set in uncaring, uncompromising worlds, whose characters speak in a language at once naturalistic and yet artificially pared-down and whose uncertain attempts to assert their own identities sometimes lead to gratuitous and brutal acts of violence. - Financial TimesA fifth collection of plays by one of Britain''s most prolific contemporary playwrights, Simon Stephens, charting his work from 2011-2016, ranging from London''s Royal Court Theatre, Manchester''s Royal Exchange and Broadway. Wastwater (2011) Metaphoric, allusive, and thoroughly disturbing in its evocation of suspicion and uncertainty, Wastwater is a thought-provoking play whose quiet intensity stays with you for days its effect is like that of a ugly stone dropped into a pool, which results in constant ripples of dirty water lapping at your subconscious (Aleks Sierz)Birdland (2014) Mega-fame and limitless cash can turn a man into a monster, and Simon Stephens''s new playTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Wastwater; 3. Birdland; 4. Blindsided; 5. Song From Far Away; 6. Heisenberg
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Lungs
Book SynopsisI could fly to New York and back every day for seven years and still not leave a carbon footprint as big as if I have a child. Ten thousand tonnes of CO2. That's the weight of the Eiffel Tower. I'd be giving birth to the Eiffel Tower.'In a time of global anxiety, terrorism, erratic weather and political unrest, a young couple want a child but are running out of time. If they over think it, they'll never do it. But if they rush, it could be a disaster.They want to have a child for the right reasons. Except, what exactly are the right reasons? And what will be the first to destruct the planet or the relationship?Trade Review“Duncan Macmillan’s distinctive, off-kilter love story is brutally honest, funny, edgy and current. It gives voice to a generation for whom uncertainty is a way of life… bravely written, startlingly structured” * Guardian *Macmillan’s play is at once harrowing and blisteringly funny, bleak and redemptive...It combines hyper-real dialogue with a quirky form that expands and contracts time before our eyes, creating the almost physical sensation of being hurtled towards an uncertain future. The piece’s furious pace lives up to its title, leaving audience, and no doubt actors, feeling the need to pause for breath in a world that does not allow it. * What's On Stage *“Both uproariously funny … and unbearably poignant… an engaging and poignant piece" * Exeunt Magazine *Duncan Macmillan’s distinctive, off-kilter love story is brutally honest, funny, edgy and current. It gives voice to a generation for whom uncertainty is a way of life… bravely written, startlingly structured” -- Lyn Gardner * Guardian *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Duncan Macmillan Plays One
Book SynopsisThis is the first collection from critically acclaimed playwright Duncan Macmillan, containing the plays Monster, Lungs, 2071, Every Brilliant Thing and People, Places and Things.Trade ReviewDuncan Macmillan’s cracking play is a timely and gripping dissection of parenting and responsibility… This is a play that tests your liberal instincts to the limits. * The Guardian, on Monster *An honest, original and pretty much irresistible tearjerker. * The New York Times ArtsBeat, on People, Places and Things *A woundingly intense two-hander. It is the most beautiful, quietly shattering play of the year. * The Express, on Lungs *If we look to theatre to increase our awareness of the human condition, the evening succeeds on all counts. [...] This talk, which deserves wide dissemination, is better than good: it is necessary. * The Guardian, on 2071 *Heart-wrenching, hilarious... one of the funniest plays you’ll ever see about depression – and possibly one of the funniest plays you’ll ever see, full stop. * The Guardian, on Every Brilliant Thing *The writing is exquisitely painful. At times it feels like Macmillan has taken one of those little spoons, the ones with the serrated edge, for grapefruit, and scooped something out of you. * The Stage, on People, Places and Things *It is a rigorous but impassioned cri de coeur [...] conveyed in a single voice, founded on a lifetime's experience of the workings of the planet, it has real power. * New Scientist, on 2071 *Duncan Macmillans cracking play is a timely and gripping dissection of parenting and responsibility This is a play that tests your liberal instincts to the limits. * The Guardian on Monster *If we look to theatre to increase our awareness of the human condition, the evening succeeds on all counts. This talk, which deserves wide dissemination, is better than good: it is necessary. * The Guardian on 2071 *It is a rigorous but impassioned cri de coeur [ ] conveyed in a single voice, founded on a lifetime's experience of the workings of the planet, it has real power. * New Scientist on 2071 *Heart-wrenching, hilarious... one of the funniest plays youll ever see about depression and possibly one of the funniest plays you'll ever see, full stop. * The Guardian on Every Brilliant Thing *Duncan Macmillan's cracking play is a timely and gripping dissection of parenting and responsibility. This is a play that tests your liberal instincts to the limits. * The Guardian on Monster *One of the most powerful and painfully funny plays I've ever seen. * New York Times on People, Places and Things *Table of Contents1. Monster 2. Lungs 3. 2071 4. Every Brilliant Thing 5. People, Places And Things
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Arthur Miller Plays 4
Book SynopsisListen to the dialogue: no other American dramatist has this feel for the ordinary talk of ordinary people, or the knowledge of what they do. This is more than a writer''s craft, it is a psychological and moral openness to humanity, an act not of imitating, but of sharing. Sunday TimesThis fourth anthology features Arthur Miller''s two early plays, The Golden Years, a historical tragedy about Montezuma''s destruction at the hands of Cortez, and The Man Who Had All the Luck, a fable about human freedom and individual responsibility, are brought together in this volume. It also features two of his contemporary shorter plays, I Can''t Remember Anything and Clara, first presented on a double bill as Danger! Memory. The latter focus on the importance and dangers of remembering the past, while the early plays, written at the time of the Second World War, mark the emergence of a drama in which public issues are rooted in private anxieties and c
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Blanket Ban
Book SynopsisWinner of New Diorama, Underbelly and Methuen Drama's Untapped Award 2022Finalist for Best Performance Piece at the Offies Awards 2024 Sometimes I'm afraid of this play.Malta: Catholic kitsch, golden sun, deep blue sea, Eurovision and a blanket ban on abortion.Propelled by three years of interviews with anonymous contributors and their own lived experience, actors and activists Marta and Davinia interrogate Malta's restrictions on the freedom of women.What does it mean for your home to boast the world's most progressive LGBTQIA+ rights, leading transgender laws and a population that is almost unanimously anti-choice?Blanket Ban is a rallying cry from award-winning Chalk Line Theatre. This edition was published to coincide with the production at Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh, in August 2022.
£13.10
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Royal Traditions and the Consolidation of Power
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Cultural History of Disability in Antiquity
Book SynopsisThough there was not even a word for, or a concept of, disability in Antiquity, a considerable part of the population experienced physical or mental conditions that put them at a disadvantage. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, from literary texts and legal sources to archaeological and iconographical evidence as well as comparative anthropology, this volume uniquely examines contexts and conditions of disability in the ancient world. An essential resource for researchers, scholars and students of history, literature, culture and education, A Cultural History of Disability in Antiquity explores such themes and topics as: atypical bodies; mobility impairment; chronic pain and illness; blindness; deafness; speech; learning difficulties; and mental health.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Women Creating Classics
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Greek Tragedies for Contemporary Times
Book SynopsisThree electrifying, fresh takes on Greek Tragedies, each the culmination of the Lyric Hammersmith's Springboard development programme for under-represented young people.
£15.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC All Is But Fantasy
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£14.24
Amberley Publishing The Shakespeare Ladies Club
Book SynopsisThe story of the women who saved William Shakespeare from obscurity.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Book Lovers Guide to London
Book SynopsisIt gives a well researched, fascinating and entertaining insight to the stories behind the stories of London's literature.
£12.34
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Real Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Book SynopsisIn this fascinating study of the life of the creator of one of the greatest detectives of all time, Dr Andrew Norman traces the origin of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's strange beliefs.
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Orion Publishing Co The Official Dune Colouring Book
Book SynopsisThe first official colouring book based on Frank Herbert''s Dune - one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time.Visit Arrakis in a whole new way as you colour in your favourite characters and scenes from Frank Herbert''s enduring and beloved classic novel. Dune tells the unforgettable story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable desert planet, and his journey to a mythic destiny that will bring to fruition humankind''s most ancient and unattainable dream. This intricate, beautifully wrought colouring book will include forty-four original illustrations, featuring character studies, locations, and scenes inspired by Dune, the profound and triumphant novel adored by millions of readers around the world.
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John Murray Press Everyday Shakespeare
Book SynopsisAn absolutely joyous, gasp-out-loud achievement. - Stephen FryA cathedral of consciousness - Shakespeare''s uncanny insight into human nature finds us, unearthed here. - LionHeart, artist, poet, and BBC Radio London presenterShakespeare had an ear and hand that was able to capture our everyday thoughts and emotions, pin them to a page, and express them so well that still today they can make us feel stunned to be seen.''Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.''''Make not your thoughts your prisons.''''Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.''''And I have heard it said, unbidden guests are often welcomest when they''re gone.'' With a quote for every day of the year, this beautiful book gathers the finest lines from the lesser-known corners of Shakespeare''s plays and poems. While you may not be familiar with these 400-year-old phrases, you will be surprised by the immediate, easy resonance they have Trade ReviewA cathedral of consciousness - Shakespeare's uncanny insight into human nature finds us, unearthed here. -- LionHeart, artist, poet, and BBC Radio London presenter
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Pearson Education Limited Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy York Notes
Book SynopsisPacked full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel. You'll learn all about the historical context of the piece; find detailed discussions of key passages and characters; learn interesting facts about the text; and discover structures, patterns and themes that you may never have known existed. In the Advanced Notes, specific sections on critical thinking, and advice on how to read critically yourself, enable you to engage with the text in new and different ways. Full glossaries, self-test questions and suggested reading lists will help you fully prepare for your exam, while internet links and references to film, TV, theatre and the arts combine to fully immerse you in your chosen text. York Notes offer an exciting and accessible key to your text, enabling you to develop your ideas and transform your stuTable of Contents Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The poems Part 3: Critical approachs Part 4: Critical perspectives Part 5: Background Further Reading Literacy Terms
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Penguin Books Ltd The Scandal of the Century
Book SynopsisThis is The Scandal of the Century, the true story of the author Aphra Behn, who used a shocking love affair to create the first English novel . . .''Gloriously mind-boggling . . .This is a lively book, full of saucy millennial-type analogies'' SpectatorLondon, 1682. When Lady Henrietta Berkeley elopes with her sister's husband, her subsequent capture and the lawsuit that follows tears through Restoration England as the scandal of the century. But it also proves inspiration to one Aphra Behn already condemned as a scarlet woman of loose morals who pens a searing and outrageous bestseller based on Henrietta's shocking affair. The story of how and why Henrietta acted as she did, and how and why Behn came to write it becomes, in Lisa Hilton's hands, a stunning portrait of two women attempting to smash the shackles enslaving their sex.PRAISE FOR THE SCANDAL OF THE CENTURY''A landmark book, a sweeping, scintillatingly original, exciting and game changing exploration of writer, spy, power player, lover Aphra Behn. Thrilling, scholarly, powerfully researched, this is Aphra as she's never been seen before'' Kate Williams, historian and author of Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots''The Scandal of the Century allows Hilton to showcase her skill for both historical and detective work and compelling, evocative writing . . . compelling to read [and] refreshingly transparent . . . Her fresh ideas could open up exciting paths for future scholars' BBC History Magazine''An enjoyable read . . . challenging - but always entertaining'' Literary Review''Engaging, ingenious, lively . . . Hilton skilfully narrates background material of the Restoration'' TLS
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Scholastic Macbeth
Book SynopsisStep-by-step essay plans to help achieve higher grades in the closedbook AQA English Literature examination. With hints and tipsto plan and structure 'great answers' this title will help studentsto see how a great answer meets the required Assessment Objectivesand to perfect their own technique.
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Pearson Education The Kite Runner York Notes Advanced everything
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Pearson Education Market Leader ESP Book Marketing
Book SynopsisThe Market Leader specialist titles extends the scope of the Market Leader series and allows teachers to focus on the reading skills and vocabulary development required for specific areas of business.
£16.39
Spark The Comedy of Errors
Book SynopsisNo Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of The Comedy of Errors on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.
£7.99
Union Square & Co. Twelfth Night No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student
Book SynopsisAge range 14+ Shakespeare everyone can understand - now in new DELUXE editions!
£9.49
Johns Hopkins University Press Downward Mobility
Book SynopsisHow do the stories we tell about money shape our economies?Beginning in the late eighteenth century, as constant growth became the economic norm throughout Europe, fictional stories involving money were overwhelmingly about loss. Novel after novel tells the tale of bankruptcy and financial failure, of people losing everything and ending up in debtor's prison, of inheritances lost and daughters left orphaned and poor. In Downward Mobility, Katherine Binhammer argues that these stories of ruin are not simple tales about the losers of capitalism but narratives that help manage speculation of capital's inevitable collapse. Bringing together contemporary critical finance studies with eighteenth-century literary history, Binhammer demonstrates the centrality of the myth of downward mobility to the cultural history of capitalismand to the emergence of the novel in Britain. Deftly weaving economic history and formal analysis, Binhammer reveals how capitalism requires the novel's complex techTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Fictitious Capital and the Social History of Debt 2. Leveraging Fiction: When Debt Becomes Equity 3. Narrative Exchange: The Value of Stories-within-Stories 4. The Plot of Capital I: Cecilia and Risk Management 5. The Plot of Capital II: Camilla, Closure, and the Realization of Capital Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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Union Square & Co. The Odyssey Barnes Noble Collectible Editions
Book SynopsisThe Odyssey reveals a universal order where gods intercede in the destinies of men, heroes are both deceitful and brave and a sea voyage becomes a test of human ingenuity and endurance. Following the fall of Troy, Odysseus sets sail for home.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Course Notes Constitutional and Administrative
Book SynopsisCourse Notes is designed to help you succeed in your law examinations and assessments. Each guide supports revision of an undergraduate and conversion GDL/CPE law degree module by demonstrating good practice in creating and maintaining ideal notes. Course Notes will support you in actively and effectively learning the material by guiding you through the demands of compiling the information you need. Written by expert lecturers who understand your needs with examination requirements in mind Covers key cases, legislation and principles clearly and concisely so you can recall information confidently Contains easy to use diagrams, definition boxes and work points to help you understand difficult concepts Provides self test opportunities throughout for you to check your understanding Illustrates how to compile the ideal set of revision notes Covers the essential modules of study for undergraduate llb aTable of ContentsChapter 1: Initial Matters Chapter 2: The UK Constitution Chapter 3: Constitutional Conventions Chapter 4: Responsible Government and Accountability Chapter 5: Separation of Powers and Judicial Independence Chapter 6: Parliament and Supremacy Chapter 7: Monarchy and Prerogative Chapter 8: The Rule of Law Chapter 9: The European Union Chapter 10: Judicial Review 1: Introduction and Procedure Chapter 11: Judicial Review 2: Grounds for Judicial Review Chapter 12: The Convention and the Human Rights Act 1998 Chapter 13: Freedom of Expression
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