Stage Mothers: Women, Work, and the Theater, 1660-1830
Laura Engel and Elaine M. McGirr
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Stage Mothers explores the connections between motherhood and the theater both on and off stage...
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives
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Lajos Egri examines a play from the inside out, starting with the heart of any drama: its...
The Historical Uncanny: Disability, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Holocaust Memory
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The Historical Uncanny explores how certain memories become inscribed into the heritage of a country...
The Oxford Book of Essays
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The essay is one of the richest of literary forms. Its most obvious characteristics are freedom,...
The Story of Manu
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Manucaritramu, or The Story of Manu, by the early sixteenth-century poet Allasani Peddana, is the...
Three Traveling Women Writers: Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Brazil, Patagonia, and the U.S., 1859-79
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This book presents an alternative framework for reading nineteenth century women's travel narratives...
Ulysses
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Ulysses, one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, has had a profound influence on modern...
Writing & Selling Short Stories & Personal Essays: The Essential Guide to Getting Your Work Published
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Write It Short, Sell It Now Short stories and personal essays have never been hotter--or more...
Adonis: Selected Poems
Adonis and Khaled Mattawa
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Born in Syria in 1930, Adonis is one of the most celebrated poets of the Arabic-speaking world. His...
Air Raid
Alexander Kluge, Martin Chalmers and W.G. Sebald
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On April 8, 1945, several American bomber squadrons were informed that their German targets were...