Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Shakespearean stage, 1574-1642 The Shakespearean stage, 1574-1642 Andrew Gurr "For almost forty years The Shakespearean Stage has been considered the liveliest, most reliable and most entertaining overview of Shakespearean theatre in its own time. It is the only authoritative … OL102630W
Romney Romney Owen Wister "Even in its incomplete state - nearly fifty thousand words - Romney is Wister's longest piece of fiction after The Virginian and Lady Baltimore. Writing at the express command of his friend Theodore… OL106148W
Poetry for students Poetry for students Sara Constantakis Features discussion and analysis of poems of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Provides an overview of the poem and discussion of its principal themes, images, form and construction. OL16953334W
Teen ink Teen ink Stephanie H. Meyer,John Meyer A collection of poetry, fiction, photography, and art by teenagers, exploring their experiences of what it means to be a teenager. OL18005172W
The feminine "no!" The feminine "no!" Todd McGowan "The Feminine "No!" sheds new light on the recent culture wars and debates about changes to the literary canon. Todd McGowan argues that the dynamics of canon change, rather than being the isolated c… OL18317547W
Writing Liverpool Writing Liverpool Michael Murphy,Deryn Rees-Jones Roger McGough, Levi Tafari, Willy Russell, Terence Davies, James Hanley, George Garrett, J.G. Farrell, Brian Patten, Adrian Henri, Beryl Bainbridge, Jimmy McGovern, Alan Bleasdale, Helen Forrester, L… OL20620258W
Of Cops & Robbers Of Cops & Robbers Mike Nicol PI Fish Pescado is surfing. To Fish this is paradise. Except, he has no work, and a diminishing bank balance. Until a young surfer paddles up:?Hey, Fish, there's a pretty chick looking for you.' The … OL20941624W
Treasure Island Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality — as se… OL24034W
Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets] Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets] William Shakespeare Contains 44 works: PLAYS (37) All's well that ends well Antony and Cleopatra As you like it Comedy of errors Coriolanus Cymbeline [Hamlet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15203981W/Hamlet) … OL259028W
Writing prejudices Writing prejudices Robert Samuels "Writing Prejudices addresses critical attempts to undermine prejudice through education in general, and literary studies in particular. Robert Samuels argues that these attempts often fail because t… OL2620586W
This stubborn self This stubborn self Bert Almon "According to Bert Almon, Texas autobiographies reveal as much about the state as about their authors, recording geography and history, economic, social and religious practices. A. sense of place dis… OL2724858W
Disturbing the universe Disturbing the universe Roberta Seelinger Trites "Trites argues that the development of the genre over the past thirty years is an out-growth of postmodernism, since YA novels are, by definition, texts that interrogate the social construction of in… OL3360481W
Literary Darwinism Literary Darwinism Joseph Carroll In Literary Darwinism, Carroll presents a comprehensive survey of this new movement with a collection of his most important previously published work, along with three new essays. The essays and rev… OL3384916W
Performing Chekhov Performing Chekhov Allen, David Performing Chekhov is a unique guide to Chekhov's plays in performance. Drawing on extensive interviews with actors, directors, and designers, it offers in-depth case studies of a number of significa… OL455100W
West of the American dream West of the American dream Paul Christensen "Like many a pioneer exiting the eastern forests, Paul Christensen felt the strangeness of an alien landscape when he first arrived in Texas in 1974. Schooled in the cool colors of life and poetry in… OL4614688W
Talking With Texas Writers Talking With Texas Writers Patrick Bennett Texas writer, some native born and Texas raised and some immigrants to the state. They run the full range of literature from poets and playwrights to newspaperman and novelists. OL5091339W
R.U.R R.U.R Karel Čapek,David Wyllie,Karel C apek,Karel apek "In 1920 Čapek wrote what was to become his most famous work, the play 'R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)', a meditation on the themes of humanity and subjugation that introduced the 'robot'. He was… OL575637W
Holding patterns Holding patterns Daniel Matthew McGuiness "Holding Patterns provides a sympathetic criticism of poems, one that avoids the appliance of criticism and that self-consciously persists in close readings of texts as the directing force of its arg… OL7797626W
The art of memory in exile The art of memory in exile Hana Píchová "In The Art of Memory in Exile, Hana Pichova explores the themes of memory and exile in selected novels of Vladimir Nabokov and Milan Kundera. Both writers, Pichova argues, stress how personal and cu… OL7797955W