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Now in paperback, the powerful selected work of Simon Armitage, the most distinctive poetic voice of contemporary Britain. Simon Armitage is arguably the leading British poet of the past twenty years. His knowledge of the English just as they are ("a gentleman farmer / living on reduced...

In 1927, the first production of Pygmalion was staged in Brazil. At the time, over 65 per cent of the adult Brazilian population was illiterate, which makes it all the more surprising that directors and producers dared to stage such a controversial playwright – a writer who had often been rejected...

Rarely has a playwright been so closely identified with his country and his people as Athol Fugard has with South Africa. Valley Song, is a work of healing and of envisioning the future. This coming-of-age story about a young girl seeking the courage to embrace the future while her grandfather searches for the wisdom to let go of the past .

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• These 20 exclusive new interviews collected were conducted specifically for the publication of Passwords Primeval. • Included poets are Billy Collins, Gerald Stern, Mark Doty, Dorianne Laux, Martin Espada, Carol Frost, Robert Gluck, Dara Weir, Michael Waters, Gary Young, Gary Soto, Patricia...

Coming After gathers critical pieces by acclaimed poet Alice Notley, author of Mysteries of Small Houses and Disobedience. Notley explores the work of second-generation New York School poets and their allies: Ted Berrigan, Anne Waldman, Joanne Kyger, Ron Padgett, Lorenzo Thomas, and others....

Single men are hard to come by in 1970s West Germany. So when Karin Maynard, a government secretary, meets the handsome Markus Richter, a single man who pursues her, she can hardly believe her luck. But with Markus continually away on business, thoughts of infidelity begin to consume Karin. Is her...

This in-depth analysis of Shakespeare's Roman plays, including Cymbeline, fully engages with the latest critical theory to relate these plays to the theatrical culture of their time. Innes works through each play individually, focusing on performance and critical reception to create a navigable guide, ideal for students of Shakespeare.

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Déjà connu comme scénariste et dialoguiste du film de Jean Renoir Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1935) et de nombreux films de Marcel Carné (Drôle de drame, 1937 ; Quai des brumes, 1938 ; Les Visiteurs du soir, 1942 ; Les...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis « Homère du Transsibérien » (Dos Passos), Frédéric Sauser dit Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961) n’a cessé de bourlinguer, depuis ses premières fugues pétersbourgeoises puis new-yorkaises (1902-1912), de trains en poèmes...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Le titre Les Amours désigne chez Ronsard une série de publications qui vont de ses débuts littéraires à la fin de sa vie. Célébrant Cassandre, Marie, puis Hélène, il invente un lyrisme qui renouvelle la poésie amoureuse. Une...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Œuvre-testament, poème cosmique de la chrétienté, ou, comme l’écrivait Paul Claudel (1868-1955) dans une lettre de 1920, « énorme pièce dans le style espagnol avec une multitude de scènes qui se passeront à tous...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Poète à New York fut écrit par Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), dans la ville de New York en 1929-1930. Certaines des pièces rassemblées sous ce titre, dans une édition posthume, étaient peut-être destinées à un...