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From the domains of contemporary Middle Eastern literature, this book stages a conversation on questions of cruelty, evil, rage, vengeance, madness, and deception. It forms a record of voices, movements, and thought - experiments drawn from the inner circles of the Middle Eastern region.

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This important collection of essays focuses on the place of Roman Catholicism in early modern England, bringing new perspectives to bear on whether Shakespeare himself was Catholic. -- .

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This wide-ranging look at the state of contemporary theatre practice, economics, and issues related to identity, politics, and technology contains a snapshot dissection of where theatre is, where it has been and where it might be going.

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Each chapter cites works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.

Each chapter discusses the biblical significance of the theme, provides scriptural citations and quotations, and relates the theme to frequently read literary works.

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The uniquely thematic approach of this resource will help teachers and librarians identify pertinent works of modern drama for students, and will enhance readers' understanding of these works.

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This text sets out to illuminate all the central themes of Roman satire. It offers a synchronic assessment of different aspects of the work of Lucilius, Horace, Persius and Juvenal: their aims; their styles; and their views on freedom of speech, class patronage, Greeks and sex.

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A work which discusses Storm's significance and artistic stature as a champion of democratic humanitarian traditions and aspirations in 19th century Germany. It highlights his critique of Christianity, his vision of capitalism and his analysis of class relationships.

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"This theological reading of canonical texts of the 19th-century Gothic posits the religious themes of the Gothic as essential to understanding the form as a whole"--

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"This theological reading of canonical texts of the 19th-century Gothic posits the religious themes of the Gothic as essential to understanding the form as a whole"--

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An analysis that concentrates in particular on problems of genesis and intertextuality, and highlights the thematic continuity of the aspect of Theophile Gautier's work.

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This edited collection gathers together leading commentators on the work of douard Glissant in order to theorize the philosophical significance of his work.

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This edited collection gathers together leading commentators on the work of douard Glissant in order to theorize the philosophical significance of his work.

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This collection of essays explores classic detective fiction from a variety of contemporary viewpoints. Among the diverse perspectives are those which interrogate how the genre reflects social and cultural attitudes and interpret the role of the detective as arbiter of "truth".

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In this stimulating survey of the entire field of modern English verse drama, William Butler Yeats and T.S. Eliot are regarded as the key figures. Shorter studies are included of Christopher Fry, E.E. Cummings, W.H. Auden, Archibald MacLeish, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, and Richard Eberhart. Differing from some contemporary critics, Mr. Donoghue

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This reference serves as a "companion" to Third World women's literatures in English and in English translation by presenting entries on works, writers and themes. Entries are chosen to present a balance of well-known writers and emerging ones, contemporary, as well as historical writers.

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When in his "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" Pope referred to "this long disease, my life," his statement was quite literally true, since Pope, in addition to being a dwarf and a hunchback, suffered from many diseases during his lifetime. With technical advice from several physicians, the authors present the first medical case history of the poet. Drawin

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