Drama History category: 1664 books
Poetry and Allegiance in the English Civil Wars
Marvell and the Cause of Wit
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2008
This book is about the things which could unite, rather than divide, poets during the English Civil Wars: friendship, patronage relations, literary admiration, and anti-clericalism. The central figure is Andrew Marvell, renowned for his 'ambivalent' allegiance in the late 1640s. Little is known about...
Colonial Consequences
Essays in Irish Literature and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1991
Colonial Consequences contains sixteen essays in Irish literature and culture by Belfast-born, Vancouver-based critic John Wilson Foster. The essays survey texts, genres and cultural backgrounds, from eighteenth-century landscape verse, the origins of Irish modernism, Yeats's great poem 'Easter 1916',...
by Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Quien mal anda mal acaba tiene un argumento recurrente en el teatro de la España del siglo XVII, el del monje tentado por el diablo, usado por Pedro Calderón de la Barca en El mágico prodigioso y por Mira de Amescua en El esclavo del demonio.
Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing
Living in the Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2018
The third book in Charles Bowden’s “accidental trilogy” that began with Blood Orchid and Blues for Cannibals, Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing attempts to resolve the overarching question: “How can a person live a moral life in a culture of death?” As humanity moves further into the...
by Anthony Hecht
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
Anthony Hecht, now in his eightieth year, has earned a place alongside such poets as W. H. Auden, Robert Frost, and Elizabeth Bishop. Here under one cover are his three most recent collections–The Transparent Man, Flight Among the Tombs, and The Darkness and the Light. The perfect companion to his...
Lilly's Album
Based on a true story
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2019
Lilly’s Album is a story based on the trials and tribulations of a Jewish family that takes place between the First and Second World Wars. The book was written by Holocaust survivor’s son, Lilly's nephew. This is a heart-rending tale of the journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of...
Beau Monde on Empire’s Edge
State and Stage in Soviet Ukraine
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
In Beau Monde on Empire’s Edge, Mayhill C. Fowler tells the story of the rise and fall of a group of men who created culture both Soviet and Ukrainian. This collective biography showcases new aspects of the politics of cultural production in the Soviet Union by focusing on theater and on the multi-ethnic...
by Martin Baggen
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
A young, rightful queen returns from exile to her homeland. Her mission is to reclaim her country from the grip of an oppressive foreign occupation. To achieve her goal, she must find a king.Her quest leads to a charismatic and gifted man who possesses the ability to help her lead a nation to freedom....
by Guillén de Castro y Bellvís
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016
El Narciso en su opinión traza un perfil que será después clásico de la literatura de la España del siglo XVII, el del galán presuntuoso, el petimetre cortesano, narcisista, pagado de sí mismo, algo provinciano pendiente siempre del espejo para exhibir su presunta capacidad de seducción.
by Tirso de Molina
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Tirso de Molina (Madrid, 1584-Almazán, 1648). España.Su verdadero nombre fue Gabriel Téllez, y nació hacia 1580-84 en Madrid. Se especula (con poca solidez) sobre la posibilidad de que fuera hijo ilegítimo del duque de Osuna, uno de los personajes más influyentes del momento. También se cree...
by Pierre de Nolhac
Language: French
Release Date: January 25, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: January 25, 2016
Grand spécialiste de l’histoire de Versailles, l’auteur nous présente ici le domaine de Trianon. Surtout connu comme ayant été le refuge de Marie-Antoinette, Trianon a en fait une longue histoire. Incorporé très tôt dans le périmètre du château, le petit village d’origine est vite devenu la maison de campagne des souverains – et il a beaucoup à raconter.
by Leo Deutsch
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Lev Grigorievich Deutsch, also known as Leo Deutsch was a Russian revolutionary who was an early member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and one of the leaders of that organization's Menshevik factions.
by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016
La primer flor del Carmelo pertenece al ciclo de autos sacramentales escritos por Calderón de la Barca. Los autos sacramentales son obras religiosas de carácter alegórico representadas sobre todo en España y Portugal durante el Corpus Christi. Este género ocupa un papel muy interesante en la...
by Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla (Toledo, 1607-Madrid, 1648). España.Hijo de un militar toledano de origen judío, nació el 4 de octubre de 1607. Estudió en Salamanca y luego se trasladó a Madrid, donde vivió el resto de su vida. Fue uno de los poetas más encumbrados de la corte de Felipe IV. Y en...