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The Comic Matrix of Shakespeare's Tragedies
Comic elements in Shakespeare's tragedies have often been noted, but while most critics have tended to concentrate on humorous interludes or on a single play, Susan Snyder seeks a more comprehensive understanding of how Shakespeare used the conventions, structures, and assumptions of comedy in his tragic writing. She argues that Shakespeare's early mastery of romantic comedy deeply influenced his tragedies both in dramaturgy and in the expression and development of his tragic vision. From this perspective she sheds new light on Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. The author shows Shakespeare's tragic vision evolving as he moves through three possibilities: comedy and tragedy fu...
Home Care
Amy Dawson, a single nurse at 50, is forced out of the hospital workforce and begins working as a home care nurse. Laugh, cry, and be inspired by her home care visits. Fall in love with her Border Collie Matty and her newly acquired cat Toby the Redhead. Amy a person of faith, envisions a lonely future until Liza, a young woman living in her car, and Nolan, a widowed school teacher, invade her life. These three "confront the past and leap into the future".
Shot Down
Shot Down is about author Steve Snyder¿s father, Howard Snyder, the ten man crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth, and the unique experiences of each man after their plane was knocked out of the sky by German fighters over the French/Belgium border on February 8, 1944. Some men died. Some were captured and became prisoners of war. Some evaded the Germans for awhile but were betrayed, captured, and shot. Some men evaded capture and were missing in action for seven months. The stories are all different and are all remarkable. Through personal letters, oral and written accounts, military records, and interviews ¿ all from people who took part of the events that happened 70 years ago, the stories of the...
Finding Harmony
Living, loving, and working in Los Angeles, thirty-three-year-old Sydney Roberts is struggling against the confining security of sameness. The only solution she can settle on is change-of the life-altering variety-and so, setting her sights on New York City, she breaks up with her boyfriend, sells her belongings, and packs a few essentials into a motorhome. But just a few days into her cross-country jaunt, her beast of a vehicle breaks down and she's forced to bide her time in the strange town of Harmony, Utah, while the local slow-as-molasses mechanic repairs it. But while Harmony may be small, Sydney quickly discovers it's brimming with drama, much of which seems tied to the neighboring polygamists. From a cold case involving two missing girls from the polygamist compound to an unexpected romantic encounter with a strikingly sexy rancher, Finding Harmony tells a truly unique tale of love, laughter, courage, and perseverance. Introducing a vivid cast of characters whose unforgettable stories weave together to create a plot that constantly surprises, you'll feel like a Dusty's Diner regular by the time you read the last page.
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare
This book offers a comprehensive, readable and authoritative introduction to the study of Shakespeare, by means of nineteen newly commissioned essays. An international team of prominent scholars provide a broadly cultural approach to the chief literary, performative and historical aspects of Shakespeare's work. They bring the latest scholarship to bear on traditional subjects of Shakespeare study, such as biography, the transmission of the texts, the main dramatic and poetic genres, the stage in Shakespeare's time and the history of criticism and performance. In addition, authors engage with more recently defined topics: gender and sexuality, Shakespeare on film, the presence of foreigners in Shakespeare's England and his impact on other cultures. Helpful reference features include chronologies of the life and works, illustrations, detailed reading lists and a bibliographical essay.
Macbeth
Originally published: Washington, D.C.: Folger Library, 1992.
The Roots of Educational Inequality
"Through a fresh, longitudinal analysis that investigates daily events rather than focusing solely on key turning points, this study challenges conventional, declension narratives that suggest that American high schools have moved steadily from pillars of success to institutions of failures. Instead, this work demonstrates that educational inequality has been embedded in our nation's urban high schools since their founding. This book argues that public school have never been funded adequately, and instead, that so-called success of public schools is often tied to an influx of private funding and resources from families and communities that subsidizes inadequate public aid"--
Death and Dying
Some of the greatest works of literature have wrestled with the task of illuminating the human experience of death. This new title discusses the role of death and dying in works such as Beloved, A Farewell to Arms, Lord of the Flies, Paradise Lost, and many others. Featuring approximately 20 essays, Death and Dying provides valuable insights on this recurring theme in literature.
Othello
Originally published in 1988. Selections here are organised chronologically looking at both theatrical commentary and literary criticism. The organisation brings out the shifts in emphasis as each generation reinvents Shakespeare, and Othello, by the questions asked, those not asked, and the answers given. Chapters cover the theme of heroic action, Iago’s motivation, guilt and jealousy, and obsession. Some entries from the world of theatre delve into the portrayal of the Moor, Desdemona and Iago from the 1940s on. Authors include A. C. Bradley, William Hazlitt, Ellen Terry, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Helen Gardner and Edward A. Snow.
Dark Faith
Presents a collection of horror tales by such authors as Brian Keene, Tom Piccirilli, Ekaterina Sedia, Jay Lake, and Mary Robinette Kowal.
