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Commedia dell' Arte and the Mediterranean
Drawing on published collections and also manuscripts from Mantuan archives, Commedia dell' arte and the Mediterranean locates commedia dell' arte as a performance form reflective of its cultural crucible in the Mediterranean. The study provides a broad perspective on commedia dell’ arte as an expression of the various cultural, gender and language communities in Italy during the early-modern period, and explores the ways in which the art form offers a platform for reflection on power and cultural exchange. While highlighting the prevalence of Mediterranean crossings in the scenarios of commedia dell' arte, this book examines the way in which actors embodied characters from across the wide...
There's No Place Like My Own Home
Today is Alyssa's first day at Lee Ponder Intermediate School, and along with learning new names, faces, and classrooms, she has to maintain her secret. One that she doesn't want anyone to know, not even her new best friend, Onika. You see, Alyssa and her mom are homeless. When Alyssa has an assignment (to write a letter to a student in Alabama whose school and home have been destroyed by a tornado), she bears her soul. However, when the note is lost and believes the school's bully, Marcus has found it, that things drastically change for Alyssa and her mom. Readers have enjoyed this book as young as second grade, and the comments from parents, educators, children, counselors, and more may be...
Survivor
Betray your marital bed and maybe we’ll let you go. Agreeing would mean certain death for Susanna. Refusing would only make matters worse. In an age when women were stoned to death for such things, would the truth even matter? Susanna took a stand for what was right. Will it be enough when it’s her word against the pillars of her community? Betrayal is a bitter pill chased with forgiveness. The snow was falling, and Stephanie M. Freeman was dying. A brutal attack left her with a lifetime of heartbreak and scars. Trusting others with the unspeakable made her trauma worse. Februarys are hard for her, but a promise kept, and an unlikely group of strangers reminded her of a simple, yet profound truth. Two women on opposite ends of an ocean of time are travelers on the same path. Is the truth enough to carry them home?
