Mcfarland Company: 3 books

This is a collection of letters written by the nine African American defendants in the infamous March 1931 Scottsboro, Alabama, rape case. Though most of the defendants were barely literate and all were teenagers when incarcerated, over the course of almost two decades in prison they learned the rudiments...

Generally credited as the creator of Don Juan, one of the most famous characters in literature, Tirso de Molina (1580–1648) is largely unknown to English readers. He wrote within an extraordinary literary milieu (the Spanish Golden Age—Velázquez, Ribera, Cervantes…) and left his own mark. This...

Seventeen essays examine the career and films of director Stanley Kubrick from a variety of perspectives. Part I focuses on his early career, including his first newsreels, his photography for Look magazine, and his earliest films (Fear and Desire, Killer’s Kiss). Part II examines his major or most...