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The Subjectivity Effect in Western Literary Tradition: Essays toward the Release of Shakespeare's WillCombining formidable learning with theoretical sophistication that is at once philosophical, linguistic, and psychoanalytical, Fineman draws from the most familiar work verbal details that lead to startling new interpretations, challenging Freud or making original applications of Lacan.Author: Joel FinemanPublisher: MIT PressPublished: 04/01/1991Pages: 256Binding Type:...
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Major BarbaraFirst performed in 1905 and published in 1907, "Major Barbara" is a dramatic play by the famed Irish playwright and activist George Bernard Shaw. The story centers around its title character who, as an officer in the Salvation Army, becomes disenchanted by the increasing...
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Yes So I Said YesIt's harder to kill people when there's a peace process on. Ulster Loyalist Alan Black is kept awake every night by his neighbour McCorrick's dog barking. To add to his difficulties, McCorrick refuses to acknowledge that he even owns a dog, let alone one...
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Drama From Ibsen to EliotThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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The Antelope Party"[THE ANTELOPE PARTY] uses a classic movie thriller structure to explore the potential real-world dangers of wish-fulfillment fantasy groups... By taking various precautions-part childish desire to protect their cool little club, part survival response to actual danger-the group believes itself impervious to outside forces....
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And the Gods LaughedThe book "" And the Gods Laughed, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This...
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Shadows of the Enlightenment: Tragic Drama During Europe's Age of ReasonTo refer to Enlightenment tragedy is to teeter on the brink of paradox. The eighteenth century is famous for its celebration and deployment of ideals such as optimism, reason, and human progress--ideals seemingly contradicted by the pessimism and passion of much classical tragedy. Moreover,...
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Shakespeare / Sex: Contemporary Readings in Gender and SexualityShakespeare / Sex interrogates the relationship between Shakespeare and sex by challenging readers to consider Shakespeare's texts in light of the most recent theoretical approaches to gender and sexuality studies. It takes as its premise that gender and sexuality studies are key to any...
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The American Pipe Dream: Performance of Drug Addiction, 1890-1940The American Pipe Dream examines the many iterations of addiction as it was performed over the first half of the twentieth century, working from a massive archive of previously ignored material. Because the stage-addict became the primary way the U.S. public learned about addiction...
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Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven"A masterpiece of deft, taut, economical writing. Hardy introduces, defines and develops characters with laser-like precision, creating sympathetic, likable folks the audience can't help caring about and a fast-moving and engaging story with a good dose of humor."Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Showrunners take note. Hardy...takes...
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Oyinbo Pepe White Face: My African Story"YOU WILL TRAVEL OVER THREE OCEANS, LIVE ON THREE DIFFERENT CONTINENTS, AND YOU WILL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL." PREDICTED THE FORTUNE TELLERAt that time, this prediction sounded ridiculous, and yet, this is exactly what happened.My destiny was written in the stars.Life is a great and...
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Hedda GablerAuthor: Henrik IbsenPublisher: Methuen DramaPublished: 04/07/2022Pages: 144Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 7.84h x 5.26w x 0.39dISBN: 9781350110069About the AuthorHenrik Ibsen (1828-1906) was a Norwegian playwright and poet whose realistic, symbolic and often controversial plays revolutionised European theatre. He is widely regarded as the father of...
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Three More Plays by Aristophanes: Staging PoliticsThis volume provides modern, uncensored translations of Aristophanes' Acharnians, Knights, and Wasps. These plays, originally a series, are the world's earliest political satires, and are made available here for the first time in one volume, augmented by full introductions and notes.In these three works,...
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Shakespeare's Contested Nations: Race, Gender, and Multicultural Britain in Performances of the History PlaysShakespeare's Contested Nations argues that performances of Shakespearean history at British institutional venues between 2000 and 2016 manifest a post-imperial nostalgia that fails to tell the nation's story in ways that account for the agential impact of women and people of color, thus foreclosing...
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In What World?: Twelve Ten-Minute Plays: Jaunts Rather Off The Beaten TrackIn What World, exactly, would you find...Neptunians moving in next door and trying really hard to assimilate;A couple on a first date accompanied by their cynical alter egos;A woman with a checkered (to say the least) history with men, finally getting smart and purchasing...
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Rubies in the Rubble: From Pain to Prominence, From Abuse to AbsolutionThere are many different paths in life that we can choose to follow. There are also circumstances where life imposes the only choice of acceptance. Rubies in the Rubble is the story of one woman's courage and commitment to accept her lot in life...
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The Agon in Classical Literature: Studies in Honour of Professor Chris CareyA collection of essays on the topical concept of agon in Greek literature. The papers collected in this volume are offered by colleagues and former students in honor of Chris Carey, emeritus professor of Greek at University College London. The multifaceted topic of the...
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HarmWhen an unhappy estate agent sells a house to Alice, a charismatic social media influencer, the two strike up an unlikely friendship. But as her obsession with Alice's seemingly perfect world intensifies, the lines between online and reality become dangerously blurred. A thrilling, twisted...
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Black LoveLove freely. Love freedom. Love. Meet Aurora and Orion: Sister and Brother. Constellations in time. More than blood. More than just fam. They look after each other in their small London flat, filled with the memories of their parents' Black Love. When that love...
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...CakeIt's one of those hot April evenings that feel like summer, and the heat is stifling in Sissy's London flat as she dances, unrestrained, beautiful, alive... But when sixteen-year-old Eshe arrives, powerful emotions come to the surface - and the two women are locked...
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