Author : Preston Jones
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 33,51 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780822206378
THE STORY: A fraternity of Bradleyville's good ole boys, which meets in the now decrepit Cattleman's Hotel, the Knights of the White Magnolia has long since lost sight of its espoused concern with patriotism and racial purity and has become an ex
Author : Kathy A. Perkins
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,65 MB
Release : 1990-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0253113660
"Fine reading and a superb resource." -- Ms. "Highly recommended." -- Library Journal "Perkins has chosen the plays well, and her issue-oriented introduction places the women and their works in a literary and historical context." -- Choice "As well as being centered on the black experience, the plays in Black Female Playwrights are centered on the female experience." -- Voice Literary Supplement "Perkins' anthology is valuable for a number of reasons... Perkins' book (which includes a bibliography of plays and pageants by black women before 1950 as well as a selected bibliography of critical works) is a major help in providing access to [the world of black drama]." -- Theatre Journal The need to acknowledge these works was the impetus behind this volume. Perkins has selected nineteen plays from seven writers who were among the major dramatizers of the black experience during this early period. As forerunners to the activist black theater of the 1950s and 1960s, these plays represent a critical stage in the development of black drama in the United States.
Author : James V. Hatch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 18,84 MB
Release : 1996-03
Category : Drama
ISBN : 068482308X
A collection of 51 plays that features previously unpublished works, contemporary plays by women, and the modern classics.
Author : John Crowne
Publisher :
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 21,99 MB
Release : 1873
Category :
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Author : Lazlo Ferran
Publisher : Lazlo Ferran
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 16,52 MB
Release : 2021-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
A thriller trapped within a fairy tale: Pippinthorne Sweet tends the last orange tree in post-apocalyptic Utah with his dog, Screwdriver. He barely remembers his family before the holocaust, but meticulously tending the tree keeps him from feeling lonely. When the orange tree sickens, he is lost. But the voice of a dead terrorist from Afghanistan enters his mind, offering help, and then he meets Pandora. "A race-horse of a Novel." - Peter Preston Categories: fiction, thriller, fairy tale, fantasy, paranormal, occult & supernatural, fun, psychic, adventure, romance, philosophy, war, politics, visionary, spy Radiation, Pandora, nuclear war, atomic bomb, fun, holocaust, dystopia, Afghanistan, Utah, adventure, Washington, spy, America apocalypse, congress, USA, psychic, terrorist, orange tree, paranormal, war, farm, cattle, romance, politics, thriller, racing, joust, White House, fairy tale, AK-47, visionary, uranium, strawman, politics, knight, thriller
Author : Ted Bradshaw
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,72 MB
Release : 2018-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1984564838
Bill Westover faced an unlooked for and unwelcome ministry. He was not prepared by background, by education or by previous ministry experience. And yet Christ called him, confirmed Bill in a tough inner-city ministry. He was caught between two warring gangs, threatened, shot at and beaten seriously. Through it all the Holy Spirit empowered Bill. With the support of Elaine who feared for her husband, Bill he returned each day to the Bawdy District to seek to snatch souls from the jaws of Hell. Walk with Bill on the sidewalks, stepping over the stoned or drunk, smelling the sour fumes pouring out of the bars, past the porno ships and the X-rated theaters, dodging the street walkers on the corners and trying to bring the light of Christ into very dark lives.
Author : S.J. Faerlind
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 15,15 MB
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1105863492
A world in trouble... A goddess determined to save it... An unlikely pair of souls suddenly find their lives inexplicably bound together. Seeking to escape their problems, they embark on an adventure that will remove the blindfolds isolation and ignorance have given them. Stripped of all illusions and forced to face the truth, they are challenged to accept a difficult task. Will they dare to fly on the winds of Destiny? Come take a journey from youthful innocence to adulthood, from ignorance to a sometimes-painful reality. Where do heroes come from? Find out, as you set your feet on the path of Prophecy!
Author : Honore de Balzac
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 15515 pages
File Size : 15,86 MB
Release : 2021-10-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. Balzac sought to present his characters as real people, neither fully good nor fully evil, but completely human. His labyrinthine city provided a literary model used later by English novelist Charles Dickens and Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.. An original illustration.
Author : Honoré de Balzac
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 5467 pages
File Size : 14,24 MB
Release : 2013-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1908909668
This comprehensive eBook presents the complete Human Comedy of Honoré de Balzac in English, with beautiful illustrations, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (28MB Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Balzac's life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other works * The COMPLETE 'La ComÈdie humaine' in English translation * The whole series is precisely organised into Balzac's plan * Includes Balzac's introduction AVANT-PROPOS * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Famous works such as FATHER GORIOT, COUSIN BETTY, THE MAGIC SKIN and many more are illustrated with their original artwork * Balzac's five plays * Criticism section, with seven essays by writers such as Henry James and Leslie Stephen, evaluating Balzac's contribution to literature * Features five biographies - discover in depth Balzac's literary life! * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * Special CHARACTERS resource, with information on all members of the cast 'La Comédie humaine', with references to the novels and stories they appear in Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse our range of exciting titles. CONTENTS: THE HUMAN COMEDY THE HISTORY OF 'LA COM…DIE HUMAINE' AVANT-PROPOS (PREFACE) THE COMPLETE HUMAN COMEDY - OVER 110 NOVELS AND STORIES (too many to list) The Short Stories DROLL STORIES THE NAPOLEON OF THE PEOPLE The Plays INTRODUCTION TO BALZAC'S DRAMAS by J. Walker McSpadden VAUTRIN THE RESOURCES OF QUINOLA PAMELA GIRAUD THE STEPMOTHER MERCADET RESOURCES The Criticism HONOR… DE BALZAC by Henry James A LETTER, 1883 by Robert Louis Stevenson BALZAC by John Cowper Powys BALZAC'S NOVELS by Leslie Stephen BALZAC by William Ernest Henley BALZAC AS A DRAMATIST by Epiphanius Wilson THE NOVEL by D. H. Lawrence The Biographies HONOR… DE BALZAC by Albert Keim and Louis Lumet HONOR… DE BALZAC, HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS by Mary F. Sandars BALZAC AND MADAME HANSKA by Elbert Hubbard BALZAC by Frederick Lawton WOMEN IN THE LIFE OF BALZAC by Juanita Helm Floyd Glossary of Characters in 'La ComÈdie humaine' Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to view the full list
Author : George Friel
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 38,51 MB
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 184767500X
Distinguished by irony, compassion and the author's own dry wit, these three novels paint a memorable picture of life in the streets, schools and tenements of Glasgow in the 1950s and 60s. With a unique vision of loneliness, old age, sexual longing, hot young blood and youth's casual cruelty, George Friel's books explore a dark comedy of tangled communication, human need and fading community. All these elements come together in the humorous parable of greed, religion and slum youth that is The Boy Who Wanted Peace; in the fate of old and disturbed Miss Partridge who is obsessed with the innocence of young Grace; and in the mental collapse of Mr Alfred, a middle-aged school teacher who is in love with one of his pupils. The humour, realism and moral concern of Friel's work clearly anticipate and stand alongside the novels of Alan Spence, Alasdair Gray, William McIlvanney and James Kelman.
