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Book SynopsisHelen Maria Williams’s epic poem Peru, first published in 1784, movingly recounts the story of Francisco Pizarro’s brutal conquest and exploitation of the Incas and their subsequent revolt against Spain. Like William Wordsworth, who revised The Prelude over the course of his life, Williams revisited her epic several times within almost four decades, transforming it with each revision. It began as an ambitious poetic blueprint for revolution—in terms of politics, gender, religion, and genre. By the time it appeared in 1823, under the title “Peruvian Tales” in her last poetry collection, Williams’s voice had become more moderate, more restrained; in her words, her muse had become “timid,” reflecting the cultural shift that had taken place in England since the poem’s earliest publication.This edition includes both versions of the poem, along with extensive examples of Williams’s literary sources, other poetic works, and the many and varied critical responses from contemporary reviewers.Trade Review“Paula R. Feldman’s edition of Williams’ poem and related works is impeccably presented; the apparatus is erudite yet accessible. More important, Peru is a fascinating and satisfying read, worthy of the impressive treatment afforded it here. This edition makes available an important poem in the history of the epic and of European colonialism and provides a wealth of contextual material that shows just how necessary this book is for readers, students, and instructors of British Romanticism.” — Daniel Robinson, Homer C. Nearing Jr. Distinguished Professor of English at Widener University“Paula R. Feldman and her collaborators are to be congratulated for this exemplary edition of Helen Maria Williams’s Peru and Peruvian Tales. They have advanced our understanding of Romantic-period women writers, of the history of the epic, and of Frankenstein’s Creature’s wish to retire to the ‘vast wilds of South America.’” — Jeanne Moskal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Editor of the Keats-Shelley Journal“This new edition of two of Helen Maria Williams’s most interesting poems, Peru (1784; 1786) and ‘Peruvian Tales’ (her 1823 revision of Peru), does justice both to Williams’s originals and to the reputation of Broadview books for producing texts of high editorial quality which are useful to both students and teachers. As we have come to expect of Broadview’s editions, Paula Feldman’s volume includes not only highly-readable annotated primary texts, but a veritable cornucopia of secondary and contextual materials in four appendices.” — Kerri Andrews, The Byron JournalTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Helen Maria Williams: A Brief Chronology A Note on the Texts "Peru" "Peruvian Tales" Appendix A: Related Poetic Works by Helen Maria Williams 1. Helen Maria Williams, "An Ode on the Peace" (1783) 2. "A Poem on the Bill Lately Passed for Regulating the Slave Trade" (1788) Appendix B: Williams's Historical and Literary Sources 1. Joseph Warton, "The Dying Indian" (1744) and "The Revenge of America" (1755) 2.William Hayley, An Essay on Epic Poetry (1782) and translation of Alonso de Ercilla's La Arauncana (1782) 3. Françoise de Graffigny, Letters Written by a Peruvian Princess (1747) 4. Abbé Raynal, A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies (1776) 5. William Robertson, History of America (1777) 6. Jean-François Marmontel, The Incas; or, The Destruction of the Empire of Peru (1777) Appendix C: Poetic Responses to Helen Maria Williams 1. Anna Seward, "Sonnet to Miss Williams, on her Epic Poem Peru" (1784) 2. Eliza, "To Miss Helen Maria Williams: on her Poem of Peru" (1784) 3. E., "Sonnet to Miss Helen Maria Williams, on her Poem of Peru" (1786) 4. J. B-o, "Sonnet. To Miss Helena-Maria Williams" (1787) 5. William Wordsworth, "Sonnet on Seeing Miss Helen Maria Williams Weep at a Tale of Distress" (1787) 6. Richard Polewhele, from "The Unsex'd Females: A Poem" (1798) Appendix D: Contemporary Critical Reviews of "Peru" and of "Peruvian Tales" 1. From The New Annual Register (1784) 2. From The Critical Review (1784) 3. From The English Review (1784) 4. From the Monthly Review (1784); reprinted in the London Magazine (1784) 5. From Town and Country Magazine (1784) 6. From The English Review (1786) 7. From The European Magazine and London Review (1786) 8. From the Monthly Review (1786) 9. From the New Review (1786) 10. From the New Annual Register (1786) 11. From The English Lyceum (1787) 12. From The European Magazine and London Review (1823) 13. From The Literary Gazette (1823) 14. From The Monthly Review (1823) Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisRichard Brinsley Sheridan’s last play, an adaptation of August Von Kotzebue’s Die Spanier set in Peru and first performed in 1799, was one of the most popular of the entire century. Set during the Spanish Conquest of Peru, Pizarro dramatized English fears of invasion by Revolutionary France, but it is also surprisingly and critically engaged with Britain’s colonial exploits abroad. Pizarro is a play of firsts: the first use of music alongside action, the first collapsing set, the first production to inspire such celebratory ephemera as cartoons, portraits, postcards, even porcelain collector plates. Pizarro marks the end of eighteenth-century drama and the birth of a new theatrical culture.This edition features a comprehensive introduction and extensive appendices documenting the play’s first successful performances and global influence. It will appeal to students and scholars of Romantic literature, theatre history, post-colonialism, and Indigenous studies.Trade Review“This exemplary edition of Sheridan’s spectacular melodrama demonstrates how the play made history in multiple ways—theatrically, technically, nationally, and imperially. The editors expertly bring together source materials and stage history to revivify the original context of the play, its production, and its reception.” — Joseph Roach, Sterling Professor of Theater, Yale University“The new Broadview edition of Pizarro has thus the great merit of helping a modern-day readership to rediscover this classic hit of Romantic drama through an innovative commentary and appendices, including a wide selection of historical sources on the invasion of Peru and dramatical testimonies of the invasion of the Americas by the Spanish, along with contemporary reviews and criticism resulting from the play’s representation. This edition demonstrates once again that English Romantic drama, even when adapted from already existing texts, possessed an innovative momentum that can be recognized at different levels: technical, theatrical, and, last but not least, political.” — Carlotta Farese, European Romantic ReviewTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionRichard Brinsley Sheridan and Pizarro: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextPizarro: A Tragedy in Five ActsAppendix A: Deleted “Diego” SceneFrom Sheridan’s Original Manuscript Draft Adapted fromGerman TranslationAppendix B: Historical Sources on the Spanish Conquest ofPeru From Bartolomeo de Las Casas, Tears of the Indians (1656) From Abbé Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies (1770) From Jean-François Marmontel, The Incas: or, the Destruction of the Empire of Peru (1777) From William Robertson, The History of America (1777) Appendix C: The Spanish Invasion of Peru in British Theatre From William Davenant, The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru (1658) From John Thelwall, The Incas, or The Peruvian Virgin (1792) From Thomas Morton, Columbus, or, A World Discovered, an historical play (1792) Appendix D: Reviews of the First Production of Pizarro From “Theatre,” Morning Chronicle (25 May 1799) From “PIZARRO,” Morning Post and Gazetteer (25 May 1799) From “Theatre—Drury Lane,” General Evening Post (25 May 1799) From “Theatre,” Evening Mail (27 May 1799) From Account of Royal Command Performance, The Star (6 June 1799) From “The Theatre,” True Briton (6 June 1799) Appendix E: Critiques of Pizarro From [William Gifford], “Remarks on Kotzebue’s Pizarro,” The Anti-Jacobin Review (1799) From A Critique of the Tragedy of Pizarro (1799) From Samuel Bardsley, Critical Remarks on Pizarro (1800) From John Britton, Sheridan and Kotzebue … (1799) From “Mr. Sheridan,” Public Characters of 1799–1800 (1799) From [Frederic Reynolds], “Some Account of a Dreadful Disease Called the Kotzebue-Mania,” The Oracle Appendix F: Sheridan’s Speeches, Rolla’s Address, and the Address to the People From “Proceedings against Warren Hastings” (1788) From “Union of Ireland with Great Britain” (23 January 1799) “Mr. Sheridan’s Pizarro,” The Monthly Mirror (January 1800) Sheridan’s Address to the People (1803) From William Cobbett, “Letter IV,” Political Proteus (1804) Works Cited and Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisUpon opening their expensive new book in 1623, buyers of the folio collection of William Shakespeare’s plays were promised The Life of Henry the Fift. What they went on to read, however, was not a full “life” in the modern biographical sense. The battle of Agincourt is the play’s main event; every scene leads up to or follows directly from the climax of one of England’s most one-sided and famous victories. The play’s ambiguous portrayal of war has spurred critical debate for centuries, and its performances have reflected shifting political and cultural views.James D. Mardock’s Introduction provides an extensive discussion of Henry V’s critical and stage histories and explores the play’s complex relationship with other history plays (and with history itself). The appendices provide materials on the play’s historical background and sources, as well as documents on contemporary warfare. Additional materials, including an annotated text of the 1600 quarto (Q1) edition, are available on the Internet Shakespeare Editions website.A collaboration between Broadview Press and the Internet Shakespeare Editions project at the University of Victoria, the editions developed for this series have been comprehensively annotated and draw on the authoritative texts newly edited for the ISE. This innovative series allows readers to access extensive and reliable online resources linked to the print edition.Trade Review“This is an outstanding edition. Its clear, straightforward, and rich annotations make it eminently suitable for the classroom, as do the judiciously compiled appendices of historical documents (as carefully annotated as the play itself). However, it is James D. Mardock’s introduction that is the real gem here: although accessible enough for an undergraduate reader, it stands as a gracefully argued, learned, and remarkably acute major piece of criticism in its own right, a genuine contribution to the scholarly debates about Henry V.” — Holger Syme, University of Toronto“Once again the Broadview/Internet Shakespeare editors provide a wonderfully lucid and contextually rich scholarly text. The edition provides well-chosen primary sources to illustrate ideologies of warfare, English/French military practices, Salic law, and many of the interesting material references in the play. With these resources, the Broadview Henry V intelligently engages readers in the world of Shakespeare’s drama. An extensive and detailed introduction is particularly thorough on the play’s performance history (stage and screen) from its earliest productions to the early 21st century. The play-text itself is admirably set, with helpful glosses and restrained but useful footnotes. The whole edition is nicely balanced between a clean, clear text and a rich border of carefully curated historical information.” — Elizabeth Hodgson, University of British ColumbiaTable of ContentsFOREWORDACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTIONSHAKESPEARE’S LIFESHAKESPEARE’S THEATREWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND HENRY V:A BRIEF CHRONOLOGYA NOTE ON THE TEXTTHE LIFE OF HENRY THE FIFTHAPPENDIX A: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Historical Figures in Henry V Genealogy of the English Monarchy APPENDIX B: SOURCES AND LEGACIES From Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1587) From The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth (anonymous, c. 1585) From John Lyly, Euphues and His England (1580) Michael Drayton, “The Ballad of Agincourt” (1606/1619) APPENDIX C: SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ATTITUDES TO WAR From Stephen Gosson, The Trumpet of War: A Sermon Preached at Paul’s Cross the Seventh of May 1598 (1598) From Barnabe Rich, Alarm to England (1578) From Balthazar Ayala, Three Books on the Law of War (1582) From Richard Crompton, The Mansion of Magnanimity (1599) From Robert Barret, The Theoric and Practic of Modern Wars, Discoursed in Dialogue Wise (1598) Works Cited and Bibliography

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Book SynopsisEnglish drama between the late fifteenth century and the late sixteenth centuries is as diverse as it is engaging; this anthology brings together eighteen of the most interesting and important dramatic works from the period. The plays have been chosen to give a broad view of the drama produced in Tudor England. They testify to the eclectic tastes of sixteenth-century audiences, ranging from morality plays (Mankind, Everyman), to comedies inspired by the Roman plays of Terence and Plautus (Ralph Roister Doister), to tragedies inspired by the plays of Seneca (Gorboduc, Cambises). In later plays, morality plots rub shoulders with slapstick comic business (The Longer Thou Livest The More Fool Thou Art, The Three Ladies of London), and classical gods intervene in the affairs of England’s regions (Gallathea). While some of the plays offer pure entertainment, others have a clear political agenda. King Johan is presented as a prototype for English resistance to Rome's Catholicism; Gorboduc's decision to abdicate and divide his kingdom highlights the vexed question of the English succession under a childless queen. Other plays comment more obliquely on contemporary events. Play of the Four Elements reflects on England's nascent maritime expeditions to the New World, while The Three Ladies of London comments topically on immigrant overcrowding in England's port towns, and the dangers of England's trade in the Mediterranean. Some plays push the boundaries of what the theatre can do in staging violence (Cambises) and questioning gender roles (Gallathea).Designed for undergraduate use, the anthology includes extensive explanatory annotations and a substantial introduction to each play; spelling and punctuation have been partially modernized in the interests of making the texts more accessible to students. In all this, the anthology follows principles similar to those developed for Christina M. Fitzgerald's and John T. Sebastian's Broadview Anthology of Medieval Drama; several of the plays from that anthology are also included here, while the rest have been newly edited for this volume, under the supervision of General Editor Alan Stewart.Trade Review“This is a superb teaching resource, opening up the study of Tudor drama through modernized, lightly annotated editions of eighteen well-chosen plays, ranging from the late fifteenth century to the late 1580s and encompassing a variety of genres (‘morality’, ‘interlude’, comedy, tragedy). Scholarly, but accessibly pitched, introductions situate each text, paying attention to performance and original audiences as well as textual and contextual issues. Notes on the texts, preceding each play, provide clear explanations of editorial policy and the source of the text on which the edition is based. The editors are also impressively attuned to shifts in pronunciation, using annotations to highlight where rhyme or meaning is obscured by changes to how words are sounded.” — Cathy Shrank, University of Sheffield“Interest in that curious creature, ‘Tudor literature,’ has grown enormously in the last several decades. But accessible and readable editions of Tudor writings have lagged behind. In the important case of drama, The Broadview Anthology of Tudor Drama completely changes the landscape. Alan Stewart and his excellent team of editors have put together an immensely readable collection, with brief and knowledgeable introductions, thorough glosses, and helpful explanatory notes, focused on a perfect selection of plays. The collection showcases the fascinating range, experimentalism, and vitality of Tudor drama: morality plays, humanist comedies, court farces, Protestant history places, Romanesque school comedies, political tragedies, coterie satire, and much more, from the household drama of Henry VII’s reign up to the foundational early playhouse drama of the Elizabethan years. This anthology will become the new standard. If you want to take up the pleasures of studying, teaching, or just reading Tudor drama, this collection is for you.” —Kent Cartwright, University of Maryland“The Broadview of Anthology of Tudor Drama is essential reading. Generously annotated and contextualized, it enriches our sense of performance culture in sixteenth-century England. Its contents demonstrate the eclecticism and variety of this performance culture; staples in theatre history (Mankind and Everyman) and plays that have garnered new scholarly interest (Gallathea and Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay) rub elbows with less well-known titles and examples of under-studied genres, including the proverb play. The result is a textual electricity that proves a dramatic companion to the conflicts and debates about government and society which typify Tudor England.” — Vin Nardizzi, University of British Columbia“A splendid anthology that shows the range and diversity of English drama from the late Middle Ages to the rise of the commercial theatres in London. This expertly edited work contains a variety of comedies, tragedies, moralities, allegorical plays, and interludes to give any reader a proper overview of English theatre during the transitional dynasty of the Tudors. There are relatively familiar plays such as Everyman and Gorboduc, as well as a number of lesser-known gems such as Like Will to Like and The Longer Thou Livest, The More Fool Thou Art as well as a vital work, The Three Ladies of London, by one of the first stars of the public theatre, Robert Wilson. The anthology will be a great asset for teachers and students, and also for general readers and scholars eager to have a readily available guide to the theatre of the long sixteenth century.” — Andrew Hadfield, University of Sussex“With its breadth of coverage, concise and informative introductions, and accessible texts, The Broadview Anthology of Tudor Drama makes an ideal textbook for teaching English drama from 1485-1603. This volume showcases a range of dramatic materials, from medieval morality plays to Elizabethan interludes, both highlighting and questioning their importance to the history of English drama. Alan Stewart and the contributing editors judiciously modernize spelling, offer helpful glosses and explanatory footnotes, and, in their introductions, synthesize scholarship to date while positioning the works in larger historical, cultural, religious, literary, and performance traditions. This volume is a valuable contribution to scholarship about Tudor Drama that will, in turn, surely precipitate further study.” — Laura Estill, St. Francis Xavier UniversityTable of Contents Mankind (c.1470) Everyman (late 15th century) Henry Medwall - Fulgens and Lucres (1497) The Interlude of Youth (early 16th century) John Rastell - The Four Elements (1519) John Skelton - Magnificence (late 1510s-early 1520s) John Heywood - The Play of the Weather (1533) John Bale - King Johan (1538) John Redford - The Play of Wit and Science (1544) Nicholas Udall – Ralph Roister Doister (1552) Gammer Gurton's Needle (1553) Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville - Gorboduc (1562) Ulpian Fulwell - Like Will to Like (1568) William Wager - The Longer Thou Livest The More Fool Thou Art (1569) Thomas Preston - Cambyses (1569) Robert Wilson - Three Ladies of London (1581) John Lyly - Gallathea (1584) Robert Greene - Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (1589)

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of Homer’s epic poem is designed with the needs of undergraduate students in mind. The selections, totalling almost half the full work, include all the most famous and most frequently taught episodes. The edition features numerous explanatory footnotes, an illuminating introduction, a glossary of names (with a guide to pronunciation), maps, examples of scenes from the Odyssey depicted in ancient art, and a range of other background materials that help set Homer’s classic in its historical and literary context.Trade Review“This is a lovely translation—clear and accessible: it captures the flow of the Greek, it is accurate in handling subtle nuances of that language, and it gives the story a brisk and powerful pace. This significantly shortened edition conveys the essential elements of the story and should be especially welcome for some readers and classroom settings.” — Miles Beckwith, Iona College“Ian Johnston’s abridged version of his translation of Homer’s Odyssey is an accessible and highly convenient text for use on courses of many different kinds. Comprising forty per cent of the original poem, the text both captures the essential elements of the narrative and makes it manageable for courses with other texts. The introduction is both brief and mostly complete in its range, and is supported by an excellent glossary and collection of parallel literary texts.” — Murray McArthur, University of WaterlooTable of Contents Introduction The Gods Odysseus A Note on Poetic Form and on the Translation Map The Odyssey Book One: Athena Visits Ithaca Book Two: Telemachus Prepares for His Voyage Book Three: Telemachus Visits Nestor in Pylos Book Four: The Suitors Plan to Kill Telemachus Book Five: Odysseus Leaves Calypso's Island Book Six: Odysseus and Nausicaa Book Seven: Odysseus at the Court of Alcinous in Phaeacia Book Eight: Odysseus is Entertained in Phaeacia Book Nine: Ismarus, the Lotus Eaters, and the Cyclops Book Ten: Aeolus, the Laestrygonians, and Circe Book Eleven: Odysseus Meets the Shades of the Dead Book Twelve: The Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, the Cattle of the Sun Book Thirteen: Odysseus Leaves Phaeacia and Reaches Ithaca Book Fourteen: Odysseus Meets Eumaeus Book Fifteen: Telemachus Returns to Ithaca Book Sixteen: Odysseus Reveals Himself to Telemachus Book Seventeen: Odysseus Goes to the Palace as a Beggar Book Eighteen: Odysseus and Irus the Beggar Book Nineteen: Eurycleia Recognizes Odysseus Book Twenty: Odysseus Prepares for his Revenge Book Twenty-One: The Contest with Odysseus's Bow Book Twenty-Two: The Killing of the Suitors Book Twenty-Three: Odysseus and Penelope Book Twenty-Four: Zeus and Athena End the Fighting In Context Literary Contexts from Xenophanes, Fragments (c. fifth century bce) from Pindar, Nemean 7 (c. fifth century bce) from Plato, The Republic (c. 380 bce) from Aristotle, Poetics (c. 335 bce) from Longinus?, On the Sublime (c. 1st century ce) from Demetrius?, On Style (c. 1st century ce) The Odyssey in Ancient Art Maps Glossary

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Book SynopsisThe world that William Shakespeare creates in The Tempest has many features that make it recognizably like the world we live in. There are bad, self-seeking people; brothers fall out with brothers; people who have power are reluctant to give it up; people fall in love; children love their fathers but want to break free. But there are elements in The Tempest's world that are very unlike the world we live in. There is a fairy-spirit; there is music in the very air of the island; and there is a powerful magician who can command the elements and even, he tells us, bring the dead back to life. Combining reality and magic, Shakespeare creates an uncanny but morally coherent world through the play's genre, design, themes, and characters. This edition features a variety of interleaved materials that expand upon allusions in the play and explore elements of its stagecraft. Appendices offer excerpts from Shakespeare's key sources and inspirations, along with historical materials on exploration and colonialism.Trade Review“I heartily welcome the new Broadview Shakespeare edition of The Tempest, edited by Paul Yachnin and JF Bernard… While fully explicating the play’s historical context, sources, and afterlife, the editors engage deeply with the play’s ethical ambiguities. They reveal The Tempest as a canonical play that speaks powerfully to today’s social concerns about justice, memory, revenge, service, freedom, and power.” — Gail Kern Paster, Professor Emerita, Folger Shakespeare LibraryTable of Contents Appendices Appendix A: From John Dryden and William Davenant’s The Tempest, or, The Enchanted Island (1670) Appendix B: Medea’s speech from Ovid’s Metamorphoses (Bk 7, pp. 89-90). Trans. Arthur Golding (At London : Imprinted by Robert Walde-graue, 1587) Appendix C: From Bartholomew de las Cases’ The Spanish colonie (London : [By Thomas Dawson] for William Brome, 1583) Appendix D: The Strachey Letter, from Purchas his pilgrimes (London : Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Rose, 1625) Appendix E: From Aristotle’s discussion of “Natural Slaves” (The Politics, Book 1) Appendix F: From Michel de Montaigne’s “Of the Cannibals.” In The Essays of Montaigne. Trans. John Florio, (New York: Modern Library, 1933) Appendix G: From Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, from The Second Democrate; Or, The Just Causes of the War against the Indians (c. 1548)

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Book SynopsisFrom the heartland of Islam arise poems of fiery love and peace, composed by a modern-day female poet descended from a long line of Meccan (from Mecca) scholars. Reflecting the pulsing, indivisible bridge of the works of great Sufi mystics and poets to modern times, these spiritual pieces recall the beloved works of Rabi‘ah Al ‘Adawiyyah, Rumi and Hafiz. Drawing on a rich religious legacy and led by the Sufi tradition seeking Unity, the poems cover aspects related to spirituality and present-day challenges. The inspiring combination of the traditional and modern in these compositions will touch the inner souls and captivate the hearts of those interested in Higher Love in these turbulent times of transition and frantic search for peace

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Book Synopsis"In the Wake of the Day" is a book of memories and journeys; from the chaotic energy of urban life in modern Istanbul, where John Ash lives, to the ruins of vanished civilisations; from personal incident to the narratives and vacancies of cultures. Ash inhabits the fertile and ambiguous territory where East and West meet. We 'know and do not know' the past. In an 'imperial city without empire, place of paradox', time too becomes fluid. The ancient, half-imagined past of Ur, Alexandria, Cappadocia coexists with a contemporary world in which 'tank tracks are driven over Babylon'. At the centre of this collection are John Ash's versions of poems by the great Alexandrian C.P. Cavafy. Working with Cavafy's voice, Ash expresses his own urbane intelligence.

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Book SynopsisIn 2006 Tim Liardet's brother died at a young age in mysterious circumstances. The Storm House is a response to a mystery it knows can never be solved, a book-length elegy that is a grief-fugue and an exploration of the violent, loving, complex psychodrama of family. The two parts of the book form a powerful narrative of sorrow and anger, the events recollected in the first part retold, fragmented and illuminated by the sonnets of the second. Out of uncertainty, trauma and silence, the poet creates powerful poetry that finds catharsis in 'the spring and leap / of energy' of the creative life owed to the dead.

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Book SynopsisHugh MacDiarmid hailed William Dunbar (1461?-1520?) as "in many ways the most modern, as he is the most varied, of Scottish poets". His verve, wit, metrical skill, malice and elegiac power made him one of the great poets of the 15th century, and a defining Scottish poet of all time. Although he was a priest for most of his adult life, Dunbar saw himself as a professional writer and took an outspoken pride in his craft, never failing to remind the king, his employer, of the unwisdom of neglecting to reward poets. Close to the European traditions of Francois Villon and troubadour lyrics, and inheriting the vigorous rhythms of Piers Plowman, Dunbar revitalised the conventions of medieval poetry, excelling in his mastery of the short satirical and lyrical poem. He can be bawdy, savage and romantic. Above all, more than any other poet of his time, Dunbar speaks directly in a voice that is vivid and challenging. This fully annotated edition makes the richness of Dunbar's language accessible to the modern reader.

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Book SynopsisThe Old French Lancelot-Graal is an important but massive work, providing a place for King Arthur not only in the history of Britain but also in Christian history. This new translation of one section, the Quest of the Holy Grail, will be a flexible addition to courses on medieval literature or romance. The notes and guides are designed to help readers enjoy the text while appreciating its relationship to social and literary history. Appendices include translations of material from two of Chrétien de Troyes’s romances (Perceval and Yvain); translations from other parts of the Lancelot-Grail Cycle (the early history of the Grail and the conception of Galahad); and excerpts from apocryphal works (from French versions written at about the same time as the Quest).Trade Review“The Quest of the Holy Grail is a seminal work of medieval literature and still a constant source for allusion, quasi-proverbial citation, and even parody. The canonical version of the story is an early-thirteenth-century Old French prose romance, and Judith Shoaf provides a lucid and readable translation accompanied by an excellent learned introduction in which she situates the Quest in the history of medieval Arthurian romance and explains some of the key concepts of the romance for readers unfamiliar with medieval Arthurian romance and medieval Christian thought. This translation and introduction are clearly the best available for anglophone teachers of undergraduate (or high-school) courses in medieval romance, and scholars of Arthurian romance can learn much from both the introduction and the annotations to the text. This is a brilliant achievement that students and more advanced scholars alike can celebrate.” — Thomas D. Hill, Professor of English and Medieval Studies, Cornell University“Judith Shoaf’s new translation of the Quest of the Holy Grail is essential for anyone encountering the Quest either for the first time or after repeated study. Shoaf’s text surpasses earlier translations in accuracy and readability. Its explanatory notes, always illuminating, are helpfully placed at the bottom of the page rather than at the back of the book. Shoaf’s is the first English translation to include alternative conclusions found in manuscripts of the Quest. Her Introduction is as accessible as it is scholarly, guiding the reader expertly through the Quest, the chivalric and religious culture it portrays, and its place in the Vulgate Cycle and the Grail legend. The translation is richly supplemented with manuscript illustrations, an identification list of proper names, a genealogy of Galahad, and appendices featuring relevant passages from the Quest’s contexts in Arthurian legend and biblical apocrypha.” — Michael Twomey, Professor Emeritus, Ithaca CollegeTable of Contents The Round Table at Pentecost Galahad’s First Adventures Lancelot’s First Adventures Perceval’s Adventures Lancelot’s Adventures, Continued Lord Gawain’s Adventures Bors’s Adventures Galahad’s Adventures, Continued King Solomon’s Ship Galahad, Perceval, Bors, and Perceval’s Sister Lancelot Completes His Quest Galahad Completes His Quest Sarras Alternate Ending Appendix A: Chrétien de Troyes Perceval, or the Story of the Graal: The Three Grail Excerpts The Graal at the Fisher King’s Castle The Quest Is Declared Perceval and the Hermit Yvain, or the Knight of the Lion: Two Episodes Repurposed in the Quest The Serpent and the Lion The Two Daughters of the Lord of the Black Thorn Appendix B: Apocryphal Bible Stories From André de Coutances, The “Gospel of Nicodemus” Joseph of Arimathea after the Crucifixion The Harrowing of Hell The Tree of Mercy The History of the Holy Rood-Tree Jean Beleth’s Summary of the Legend of the Holy Cross Appendix C: Excerpts from the Lancelot-Grail Cycle History of the Holy Grail: The Nature of the Grail Object Joseph of Arimathea The Priesthood of Josephus Nascien and the Grail The Book of Lancelot du Lac: The Grail Procession and the Conception of Galahad Works Cited

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Book SynopsisFelicia Hemans was the most widely read woman poet in the nineteenth-century English-speaking world. Broadview’s edition shows why she was one of the few standard poets to be found in middle-class homes on both sides of the Atlantic, despite being routinely disparaged as a “merely” feminine poet. Included here is poetry representative of her entire career, from often-anthologized works, such as “The Homes of England” and “Casabianca,” to several long poems in their entirety, such as “The Forest Sanctuary.” Also included are selections of her prose and letters, a comprehensive introduction, and selections of views and reviews showing her changing and controversial place in culture into the twentieth century. All selections are edited, annotated, and introduced.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbout this EditionIntroductionFelicia Hemans: A Brief ChronologySelected Poems, Prose, and LettersFrom Poems (1808)“To the Muse”“A Tribute to the Genius of Robert Burns”“The Farewell”From England and Spain; or, Valour and Patriotism (1808)From The Domestic Affections, and Other Poems (1812)“Sonnet To Italy”“War Song of the Spanish Patriots”“The Domestic Affections”From The Restoration of the Works of Art to Italy (1816)From Modern Greece (1817)From Translations from Camoens and other Poets (1818)from Camoens: Sonnet 282: “Wrapt in sad musings”from other poets: Vincenzo da Filicaja: Italia! Italia! O tu cui diè la sortefrom Original Poetry: “Guerilla Song”From Tales and Historic Scenes (1819)“The Widow of Crescentius”“The Wife of Asdrubal”From A Selection of Welsh Airs (1822)“The Rock of Cader-Idris”From The Siege of Valencia … with Other Poems (1823)from The Siege of Valenciafrom Other Poems“Songs of the Cid”“The Cid’s Departure into Exile”“The Cid’s Death-bed”“The Cid’s Funeral Procession”“The Cid’s Rising”from Greek Songs“The Voice of Scio”“The Spartan’s March”“The Tombs of Platæa”“England’s Dead”“The Voice of Spring”From The Vespers of Palermo (1823)From The Forest Sanctuary; with Other Poemsfrom the first edition (1825): “The Forest Sanctuary”from Miscellaneous Pieces: “The Treasures of the Deep”from the second edition (1829):“Casabianca”“Evening Prayer at a Girls’ School”“The Lost Pleiad”“The Breeze from Shore”From Records of Woman: with Other Poems (1828)from Records of Woman“Arabella Stuart”“The Switzer’s Wife”“Properzia Rossi”“Pauline”“The Grave of a Poetess”from Miscellaneous Pieces:“The Homes of England”“To Wordsworth”“Körner and His Sister”“The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England”“The Palm-tree”“The Child’s Last Sleep”“The Illuminated City”“The Graves of a Household”“The Image in Lava”From The Amulet (1829)“Woman and Fame”From Songs of the Affections, with Other Poems (1830)from Songs of the Affections: “Woman on the Field of Battle”from Miscellaneous Poems“Corinne at the Capitol”“The Ruin”“The Song of Night”“The Diver”“The Requiem of Genius”“Second Sight”From Hymns on Nature, for the Use of Children (1833)“To a Younger Child”From the New Monthly Magazine (1834)from “Scenes and Passages from the Tasso’ of Goethe”From Scenes and Hymns of Life, with Other Religious Poems (1834)Prefacefrom “Scenes and Hymns of Life”: “Prisoners’ Evening Service”from “Miscellaneous Poems”:from “Female Characters of Scripture”:“I. Invocation”“II. Invocation Continued”“IV. Ruth”“VII. The Annunciation”“IX. The Penitent Anointing Christ’s Feet”“XV. Mary Magdalene bearing Tidings of the Resurrection”“Communings with Thought”from “Sonnets, Devotional and Memorial”“I. The Sacred Harp”“Elysium”From National Lyrics, and Songs for Music (1834)from “National Lyrics”:“Introductory Stanzas: The Themes of Song”“Rhine Song of the German Soldiers after Victory”from “Miscellaneous Poems”:“Books and Flowers”“Scene in a Dalecarlian Mine”From the New Monthly Magazine (1835)from “Thoughts During Sickness”:“Intellectual Powers”“Sickness like Night”“The Recovery”From Poetical Remains (1836)from “Records of the Spring of 1834”:“V. A Thought of the Sea”“XII. A Remembrance of Grasmere”“XIII. On Reading Paul and Virginia in Childhood”from “Records of the Autumn of 1834”:“I. The Return to Poetry”“II. On Reading Coleridge’s Epitaph Written by Himself”“VII. Design and Performance”“IX. To Silvio Pellico, on Reading his Prigione’”“X. To the Same, Released”“To the Mountain Winds”“Sabbath Sonnet”Appendix A: Selected LettersAppendix B: Views and ReviewsSelect Bibliography

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Book SynopsisLaon and Cythna is one of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s most celebrated, and most controversial, literary works. At once philosophical treatise and love story, it follows the adventures of a pair of siblings who lead a political uprising based on socialist, feminist, and ecological ideals, only to be executed for treason. In its own time Shelley’s poem was condemned by some for promoting sedition, atheism, promiscuity, and incest, while others praised its beauty and radical vision. Although it inspired a generation of writers and activists, today Laon and Cythna is hardly read except by scholars. This edition seeks to correct that oversight and to introduce new audiences to this important and powerful text.Historical appendices provide context for Shelley’s political and philosophical ideas, contemporary feminism, and the treatment of Asia and the Middle East in Romantic literature.Trade Review“With its illuminating appendices and compellingly argued introduction, Anahid Nersessian’s edition of Laon and Cythna; Or, the Revolution of the Golden City richly contextualizes and enlivens one of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s most understudied poems. This edition will become essential reading for students, scholars, or anyone studying Romantic literature’s engagement with the French Revolution and its aftermath, orientalist aesthetics, feminist thought, and utopian philosophy. Indispensable for those working with the poem’s later incarnation—the revised and retitled The Revolt of Islam—Nersessian’s edition also makes the original censored poem and its literary and historical contexts easily accessible for the first time.” — Michele Speitz, Furman University“This new edition of Laon and Cythna makes Shelley’s epic revolutionary romance widely available in a scholarly yet accessible form for the first time. Anahid Nersessian’s highly engaging and wide-ranging introduction makes a compelling case for the centrality of the text’s preoccupations to Shelley’s work and thought more widely, in particular, how Shelley’s reflection on the nature and means of sociopolitical reform shapes the trajectory of the poem. The introduction and supplementary material provide a rich range of historical, political, and literary contexts for the poem. Nersessian demonstrates how the poem participates in contemporary debates about women’s rights, the possibilities of non-violent revolution, and the desirability of vegetarianism, and discusses the poem’s contribution to ideas of Romantic orientalism. This superb new edition is an invaluable resource for new readers and experienced scholars alike and is a timely contribution to Shelley studies more broadly.” — Sally West, University of ChesterTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPercy Bysshe Shelley: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextLaon and Cythna; or, The Revolution of the Golden CityAppendix A: Shelley’s Political and Philosophical Prose From A Vindication of Natural Diet (1813) From “On Love” (1818) From “A Philosophical View of Reform” (1819–20) Appendix B: Correspondence about Laon and Cythna Shelley to an unknown publisher (13 October 1817) From Shelley to Charles Ollier (3 December 1817) From Shelley to William Godwin (11 December 1817) Shelley to Charles Ollier (11 December 1817) From Shelley to Thomas Moore (16 December 1817) From Shelley to Charles Ollier (22 January 1818) Appendix C: Contemporary Reviews of The Revolt of Islam From Leigh Hunt, “Literary Notices, No. 39,” The Examiner (1 February 1818) From Leigh Hunt, “Literary Notices, No. 41,” The Examiner (1 March 1818) From [John Gibson Lockhart,] “Observations on the Revolt of Islam,” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (January 1819) From [John Taylor Coleridge,] “Shelley’s Revolt of Islam,” Quarterly Review (April 1819) From Leigh Hunt, “The Quarterly Review and the Revolt of Islam,” The Examiner (10 October 1819) Appendix D: Revising the Romance From Richard Hurd, Letters on Chivalry and Romance (1762) From Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) From Helen Maria Williams, Letters from France (1792) From William Wordsworth, “The Female Vagrant” (1798) From Lord Byron, Canto II of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812) Appendix E: The Rights of Women From Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) From William Godwin, Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, 3rd ed. (1798) From James Lawrence, The Empire of the Nairs (1811) Appendix F: Romantic Orientalism From Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, Persian Letters (1721) From Constantin-François Chasseboeuf, Comte de Volney, The Ruins: or a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires (1791) From Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer (1801) From Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan), The Missionary (1811) From Lord Byron, The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale (1813) From Thomas Love Peacock, Ahrimanes (c. 1815) Appendix G: Mary Shelley’s “Note on The Revolt of Islam” (1839)From Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, “Note on The Revolt of Islam” (1839)Works Cited and Select Bibliography

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Book Synopsis"This exciting new edition of Edward II is indeed reader friendly. Of particular distinction are the introductory sections which include a thorough account of Marlowe's biography, a fresh critical examination of the play, plus a bibliography for further reading; a wise consideration of the date and text; and extensive annotations, especially helpful to students who have difficulties with the language. Of special value to both students and scholars are the Related Texts that follow the text of the play: three sections of documentary evidence on historical sources; power and politics; and love, friendship, and homoeroticism--all vital to an understanding of the play. No previous edition of the play manages to encompass so much." --Robert A. Logan, University of HartfordTrade Review"Marlowe's Edward II has received quite a bit of attention lately, both by scholars and theatre companies. The play's treatment of sexuality, its importance in the development of the history play in English drama, and its beautiful verse have helped to raise it to a status equal to Marlowe's other great plays. Lynch's excellent edition of the play therefore comes at a very fortuitous time. "Lynch has made the play extremely accessible to beginning readers of Marlowe. The text is laid out attractively on the page, with mostly complete names for speech prefixes and a hanging indent for multiline speeches. Implied stage directions are written out clearly, but not intrusively. Marginal glosses are often quite useful for the inexperienced reader. . . . Spelling, in both the play text and in the accompanying historical texts, is modernized, and the text is indeed a pleasure to read. "The introduction to the play is also extremely useful. . . . Sections of the introduction mention themes such as 'unruly nobles' and 'friendship and love,' but, again, the final interpretation is left to the reader; the last section of the introduction is headed 'Royal Sodomite or Saintly Martyr?' "Perhaps the most impressive aspect of this volume comes at the end, where the 'Related Texts' are gathered. The inclusion of the relevant passages from Holinshed's Chronicles is useful. . . . It was a pleasant surprise to see some of the classical texts with which Marlowe was familiar, such as Plato's Symposium and Cicero's Of Friendship.” "[F]or undergraduates and for the general public (especially with the accessible price of the paperback edition) this edition of Edward II should remain a valuable resource of many years." —Joseph F. Stephenson, Abilene Christian University, in Sixteenth Century Journal"Throughout his helpful Introduction, Lynch directs his readers to portions of the 'Related Texts' included later in the volume. Lynch puts his view of the text into practice in a thoroughly annotated, modernized edition of the tragedy. The final portion of the Lynch's edition offers fifty pages of very helpful contextual materials that fall under three headings: 'Historical Sources,' 'Power and Politics,' and 'Love, Friendship, and Homoeroticism.' Taken together, these supplemental readings should help undergraduates get a sense of the cultural stakes of the charged political atmosphere in Marlowe's tragedy and his treatment of Edward’s love of Galveston. A good option for teachers who want to give their undergraduates an affordable paperback edition of Marlowe's tragedy." —Andrew Fleck, University of Texas, El Paso, in Comitatus"This exciting new edition of Edward II is indeed reader friendly. Of particular distinction are the introductory sections which include a thorough account of Marlowe's biography, a fresh critical examination of the play, plus a bibliography for further reading; a wise consideration of the date and text; and extensive annotations, especially helpful to students who have difficulties with the language. Of special value to both students and scholars are the Related Texts that follow the text of the play: three sections of documentary evidence on historical sources; power and politics; and love, friendship, and homoeroticism—all vital to an understanding of the play. No previous edition of the play manages to encompass so much." —Robert A. Logan, University of Hartford

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Book SynopsisEscaping from the evils of the modern world into the vivid colours of a bird's plumage, Michael Trussler's 10:10 plunges into the mystery and horror of living at the beginning of the Anthropocene. How can there be both terrible violence and extraordinary beauty in the world? How can birdwatching coexist with genocide? How can nature be loved and destroyed all at once? Trussler's poetic voice is delightfully fluid: moments and images from movies, aesthetic theory, and animal life collide in each poem, sometimes in a single line. From lyrics to prose, high art to emails, Trussler sifts through the shards of society to seek refuge in the beauty and strangeness of words, the beguiling richness of images, the intensity of the natural world.

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Book SynopsisIn his second book of poems, David Martin digs deep into an examination of the world using the lens of geology. With lyrically experimental poems expanding and retracting, this collection finds sonic and conceptual energy from the perspective of deep time and the geological forces that have shaped and continue to shape the Earth. Enacting seismic shifts, catastrophes, and erosions throughout the natural and cultural worlds, Martin''s poetic practice pushes forward to contend with the contemporary environmental changes and the structure of the Anthropocene that affect how we live in the twenty-first century. The collection veers from the Rocky Mountains and explorations of "fossilized" towns to family histories and myth-soaked theories, all while seeking a balance between disruptive poetic techniques and the centred lyrical voice.

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Book SynopsisThis long-awaited poetry collection from award-winning Pasifika poet Karlo Mila spans work written over a decade. The poems are both personal and political. They trace the effect of defining issues such as racism, poverty, violence, climate change and power on Pasifika peoples, Aotearoa and beyond. They also focus on the internal and micro issues - the ending of a marriage, the hope of new relationships, and the daily politics of being a partner, woman and mother. The collection meditates on love and relationships and explores identity, culture, community and belonging with a voice that does not shy away from the difficult.

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Book SynopsisPlayful, funny, and fiercely emotional, Killebrew's acclaimed play explores what it means to be a father - or a daughter. It's not easy putting on a play. It's even harder when your dad is the lead character, he's playing himself, and even though you're the professional playwright and he's the emergency surgeon, he keeps trying to rewrite your script. After Hurricane Katrina swept through her home town, Boo was determined to write a play about it. But she never imagined it would be this hard...Trade ReviewCRITIC'S PICK! "Memory, storytelling, playwriting and time travel intersect with a lovely kind of epic intimacy [...] The Play About My Dad gradually takes you into its spell. Don't be surprised if, by the end, your own emotional floodgates have been tested." * Time Out New York *"[...] a poignant and very personal attempt to heal the larger and more private wounds of Hurricane Katrina [...]" * The Huffington Post *

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Book SynopsisThe texts and images presented here are part of Blossom, a collaboration between the artist Thomas Demand and writer Ben Lerner. The images relate to a detail from a photograph of Katherine Russell, widow of Tamerlan Anzorovich Tsarnaev leaving her home in Boston, that first appeared in the New York Times on 4 May 2013. Thomas Demand’s work lures the viewer into a reality that is not what it appears to be. Carefully contrived from paper, these imaginary worlds are sculpted, photographed and destroyed. The traces which remain are events in which the protagonist is removed, scenes that are both familiar and out of reach. Demand’s work has been shown extensively across the world and is included in most of the significant private and institutional collections. Recent books include The Dallies (MACK, 2012) and Model Studies (Ivory Press, 2011). Ben Lerner is the author of three books of poetry: The Lichtenberg Figures, Angle of Yaw and Mean Free Path, all published by Copper Canyon Press. He is the author of two novels, Leaving the Atocha Station, published by Coffee House Press, and 10:04, out this year from Faber / FSG. His recent writing on art and literature can be found in Art in America, Frieze, Harper’s, and The London Review of Books. He has been a finalist for the National Book Award and has received Fulbright, Howard, and Guggenheim Fellowships, among other honors.

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Book SynopsisDuring the Covid-19 pandemic, eighteen thousand uncrossable kilometres lay between poet Majella Cullinane in Aotearoa New Zealand and her mother in Ireland, a distance unbridgeable even by phone as Cullinane's mother's language was lost to dementia. Meantime calls and keens across this terrible distance.With attentiveness, tenderness and extraordinary vulnerability, these poems speak directly to personal experience while also addressing a wider world shadowed and altered by illness, where everything once familiar and coherent is disintegrating, in flux, uncertain and strange.These poems are works of vigil and devotion, breathed into existence by a daughter who could not be at the bedside of her beloved, dying parent. Personal and universal in its themes, the poems in Meantime possess a gravitas born of sorrow, steeped in love.A warm and loving conversation about memory and forgetting, and a celebration of the power of voice to connect and heal, this is a collect

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Book SynopsisWhen Dame Beatrice is given a mink stole by her maid, she is reminded of the maid''s shady past and immediately suspects that it was stolen from the the next flat. A former army officer and other lodgers endeavour to return the stole. The plan is devised with care and all of them take such delight in the secretive scheme that they wonder why they don''t do this more often.-5 women, 3 men

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Book SynopsisThe Middle East. In an attic room a group of terrorists hold a young girl, Naomi, and wait while the Government decides whether or not to pay the ransom. The building is surrounded by troops and there can be no escape for the kidnappers - but still they hold their prisoner. The tension between the two terrorists heightens and Brother Luis tries to intervene: inevitably, tragedy overtakes them.2 women, 2 men

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Book SynopsisHolly collects dolls. Holly is a born-again Christian. Holly is a fifteen-year-old, brainy, outspoken, spoiled, tyrannical brat. She''s also pregnant. During her nine-month odyssey, she must find a way to move forward with the new life she''s landed in or remain forever hidden in her own special heaven...of talking dolls. A dark comedy about navigating the treacherous terrain from child to adult.

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Book SynopsisChekhov's treatment of theatre and love against the background of a magical lake attempts to define the role of the artist in the modern world. Plays for Performance Series.Trade ReviewAttractively printed with brightly colored covers..... Whatever is currently on your library's shelves, these adaptations would be an exciting addition. * Kliatt *

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Book SynopsisThe thirteenth-century Tuscan poet Guido Cavalcanti helped to create a new poetry that belonged to the city rather than the court, and through his use of Tuscan vernacular gave an extraordinary intensity and craft to his explorations of the social and psychological dimensions of love. Peter Hughes has taken Cavalcanti's groundbreaking poems and used them as springboards for his own creative versions. Following in the footsteps of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who translated Cavalcanti for the nineteenth century, and Ezra Pound, who translated him for the twentieth, Peter Hughes invites us to consider Cavalcanti's lustrous Tuscan songs afresh.Trade Review'Peter Hughes's vulgar eloquence fuses earthy, contemporary imagery with Cavalcanti's "elevated" elusive themes, converting his verses to an utterly original contemporary language ... and affording exquisite, tactile pleasure.' lou rowan; What an erotic and libidinous bonanza ... These are the songs my ears are still ringing to, tinnitus the price of love.' Simon Smith; 'enough vim and versatility to launch a thousand poems, let alone fifty-two. Purists will object vigorously to this version; impurists will object vigorously to any other.' Rod Mengham; 'This coruscating and athletic detournement of the Italian is an audacious and seductive display that leaves us wanting more.' John James

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Book SynopsisOwen McCafferty''s second collection includes plays that span from the sinking of the Titanic to the lingering aftermath of the Troubles in twenty-first-century Belfast.Absence of WomenA fine example of theatre at its small-scale best.' Evening StandardTitanicOwen McCafferty''s rigorous verbatim play provides an antidote to Titanic fatigue... Two months of hearings from 97 witnesses are whittled down to nine... What remains, even after a century, is a disturbing sense of moral ambiguity: 1, 517 dead and no one to blame.' GuardianQuietlyVibrates with a violent tension so taut that if you were a bystander... you'd hardly dare to breathe.'' New York TimesRemarkable inspired The piece packs sweeping questions about forgiveness and accountability into a tightly plotted encounter.' Daily TelegraphThe most powerful theatrical production I have had the privilege of seeing... McCaffert

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