Provides a survey of the Western dramatic tradition. This title overviews Western drama from Ancient Greece to modern America. It includes chapters on great eras of drama, such as the Renaissance; national theatres, such as the theatres of Latin America, Ireland, and Poland; and important theatrical movements.

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Nicolas Tredell explores the critical material generated by these two works of modernist fiction. From the initially mixed critical responses to the novels in the early 1930s, the Guide follows the growth of interest in Faulkner's work across six decades.

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Albert Wendt is by far the most prolific and most influential contemporary Pacific Island writer. He has written four books of poetry, three collections of short stories, five novels and has edited three anthologies of Pacific writing. This is the first extended study of this writer.

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Over 250 world-changing speeches, from ancient history to the 21st century.

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It was a refreshing, old-fashioned pleasure to read Julie Scott Meisami's verse translation of, and introduction and notes to, this twelfth-century Persian allegorical romance. Orhan Pahmuk, in the Times Literary Supplement

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A selection of Granta editor John Freeman's very best conversations with the very best novelists of our time, including some revised and unpublished pieces. How To Read A Novelist is a companion for anyone who loves reading; an invaluable reference for writers; and a slap in the face to those who would argue that the novel is dead.

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Designed for teachers, this is a comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets and more.

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Designed for teachers, this is a comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets and more.

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Renowned critic and bestselling writer Clive James sets down his thoughts on the art form which matters to him most: poetry.

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A deep dive into Scandinavian crime fiction and Scandinavian culture at large

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In 1965, Graham Greene joined journalist Bernard Diederich in the Dominican Republic to embark on a tour of its border with Haiti, then ruled by 'Papa Doc' Duvalier. They were accompanied by an activist priest, Jean-Claude Bajeux. This new biography finally illuminates a pivotal episode in Greene's life and career, and a trip which inspired one of Greene's most significant works, 'The comedians.'

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Ultimately Lew's poems are devotional songs to the Goddess Gaia ...-Gary Snyder

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Baffle your friends with your erudite knowledge of Shakespearean English, all while casually insulting them. This deluxe collection of Shakespeare's most dazzling insults is neatly separated into sections for quick retrieval when a stinging retort is demanded. Become the master of your own villainy with creative insults that will show those rogues and ruffians who's in charge!

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Designed for teachers, this is a comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets and more.

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Designed for teachers, this is a comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets and more.

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This guide helps make Shakespeare's play more accessible. It contains a complete text of the original work, along with a line-by-line modernisation and plenty of helpful commentary.

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Clearly the work of a teenager, 'Volume the First' reveals the development of the unmistakable voice and style that would mark out Jane Austen as one of the most popular authors of all time. This is a unique opportunity to own a likeness of Jane Austen's hand in the form of a complete manuscript facsimile.

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'Fascinating. It blew my mind!' - Malcolm Gladwell

Wonderworks reveals that literature is among the mightiest technologiesthat humans have ever invented, precision-honed to give us what ourbrains most want and need.

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Designed for teachers, this is a comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets and more.

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This book takes a global perspective, tracing the development of children's literature from ancient stories such as Aesop's Fables and the Indian Panchatantra, to the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, to the highly collectable Ladybird books of the 20th century, and up to modern classics and bestsellers such as the Harry Potter series.