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A scholarly, modern-spelling critical edition of John Fords 1633 play, Tis Pity Shes a Whore.

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The second edition of Friedman's stage history of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus adds an examination of twelve major theatrical productions and one film that appeared in the years 1989-2009, identifying four lines of descent in the recent performance history of the play: the stylised, realistic, darkly comic, and political approaches. -- .

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Keeping track of prolific authors who write fiction series was quite challenging for even the most ardent fan until To Be Continueddebuted in 1995.

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Hamlet's 'To be or not to be' soliloquy is quoted more often than almost any other passage in Shakespeare. Part of the "Shakespeare Now!" series, this title takes this famous speech and looks at it's meaning to reveal the questions and problems it raises. It reads the individual words, phrases and sentences of Hamlet's speech in 'slow motion'.

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Hamlet's 'To be or not to be' soliloquy is quoted more often than almost any other passage in Shakespeare. Part of the "Shakespeare Now!" series, this title takes this famous speech and looks at it's meaning to reveal the questions and problems it raises. It reads the individual words, phrases and sentences of Hamlet's speech in 'slow motion'.

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Examines Donne's reading of the body as sign and sacrament.

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The Catholic literary revival in America refers both to the impact of the modern resurgence in European Catholic thought and letters upon the American Church between 1920 and 1960, and to efforts by American Catholic educational and literary leaders to induce a similar flowering of Catholic life and culture in their own country.

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This interdisciplinary collection examines Tokyo in the cultural imagination. The contributors analyze how Tokyo has been perceived and experienced through such cultural lenses as novels, poetry, short stories, and films created in Japan since the 1980s.

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This interdisciplinary collection examines Tokyo in the cultural imagination. The contributors analyze how Tokyo has been perceived and experienced through such cultural lenses as novels, poetry, short stories, and films created in Japan since the 1980s.

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Based loosely on a successful radio series, this title discusses twenty great works of modern literature as both texts and objects. It includes essays that give a publishing biography of each book, together with comments about the author's involvement with first editions of the works. It is suitable for those who love books.

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Sheds new light on J.R.R. Tolkien's fictive mythology and gives scholars and lay readers an increased understanding of the scope and philosophical background of his major works.

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This collection demonstrates how to achieve more comprehensive scholarship on J. R. R. Tolkien, connecting Tolkien studies with other literary periods and cultural contexts.

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A guide to Tolstoy's literary and philosophical writings, focusing on aspects of his work that students find most difficult. It offers students an introduction to Tolstoy's literary works from his major novels to the shorter novels and texts, including "Hadji Murat" and "The Death of Ivan Ilyich".

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Offers students an introduction to Tolstoy's literary works from his major novels to the shorter novels and texts, including "Hadji Murat" and "The Death of Ivan Ilyich". This guide also covers major themes including sex, death, authority and evil and offers an overview of Tolstoy's religious and philosophical thought.

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In Clancy's eight novels, discussed and analyzed in separate chapters, we see both the emerging hero and the changing author.

Garson provides close examination of each of Clancy's eight novels, helping the reader with explication of Clancy's wide-ranging and often difficult subject matter.

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A study of the popular novelist Tom Robbins. Hoyser and Stookey show how Robbins deftly uses style and humour to depict the absurdities and injustices of our world. His novels constantly challenge perceptions of the world that people automatically label as normal.

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With its engaging alteration between past and present "Arcadia" offers a comedic and entertaining exploration of chaos theory, entropy, the Second Law of thermodynamics, iterated algorithms, fractals, and other concepts culled the realms of math and science. This guide provides students a comprehensive critical introduction to the play.

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Tom Stoppard is widely regarded as one of the leading contemporary British playwrights. "Arcadia" is considered by many critics to be Stoppard's masterpiece, a work that weds his early career love for words and ideas with his later career emphasis on storytelling and emotional engagement. This guide provides an introduction to the play.

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The famous tale from the Brothers Grimm included in this book is only one of the stories from around the world about a very diminutive but resourceful character trying to earn his or her place in the world.

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While The Right Stuff and The Bonfire of the Vanities remain perhaps his best-known works, Tom Wolfe's journalism and fiction continues to enjoy a large audience, perhaps chiefly because of the variety of his subjects and his controversial approach to them.

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"Explores a crucial but elusive aspect of writing, tone, across fiction, creative non-fiction, and electronically-generated prose"--

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"Explores a crucial but elusive aspect of writing, tone, across fiction, creative non-fiction, and electronically-generated prose"--

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