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First published in 1936, The Jacobean Drama is a brilliant
interpretation of the drama written between the last years of
Elizabeth I and the first years of Charles I. Professor Una Mary
Ellis-Fermor's book traces the evolution of thought and mood from
the end of Marlowe's career, through the works of Ben Jonson,
Marston, Chapman, Middleton, Tourneur, Webster, Greville, Beaumont
and Fletcher, and Ford. The author then discusses a culminating
phase in the plays of Shakespeare and the modifications of his
successors. She finally looks into the Jacobean stage and in her
Appendix considers the 'theatre war'.
First published in 1964, this arresting and original work is a
study of the relations between content and form in drama; the
conflict between and ultimate reconciliation of certain kinds of
material that life presents to the poet and the demands inherent in
dramatic form and technique. There are chapters on Shakespeare's
historical plays, on Troilus and Cressida, on Milton's Samson
Agonistes and on general dramatic problems.
First published in 1939, The Irish Dramatic Movement is a
critical study of the dramatic work of W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory,
Synge, their contemporaries and some of their successors. Professor
Ellis-Fermor relates each to the movement as a whole, discussing
the nature of poetic drama in the hands of Yeats and Synge, while
attempting to describe the remarkable contribution made by Irish
drama to the literature of the early twentieth century. In her
appendices, the author includes a chronological table of the main
events in the first years of the movement, a list of plays produced
in London in the last decade of the nineteenth century and a
subject index to some of the main critical opinions of W. B. Yeats
and Lady Gregory.
First published in 1930, in Tamburlaine the Great - in Two Parts,
Professor Ellis-Fermor discusses early editions of the work and
considers how far the spelling and punctuation of the 1590 octavo
should be retained in modern editions. The author discusses the
date that the play was written and its authorship and sources. She
then goes on to look at the stage history of Tamburlaine before
presenting the play itself in two parts. Professor Ellis-Fermor
retains the spelling of the majority of proper names. She also
keeps the old stage directions where they occur, as these are, she
says, picturesque and succinct, and there appears no reason to
discard them in favour of the more modern forms used by subsequent
editors. In her appendices, she includes extracts from other
accounts of Tamburlaine and looks at later editions of the work.
First published in 1927, this book aims to trace the development of
Christopher Marlowe's mind and art as these are revealed in the
surviving parts of his work, while portraying the personality thus
perceived. Professor Ellis-Fermor begins by looking at Marlowe's
life and early works, before making a more detailed study of
Tamburlaine, Faustus, The Plays of Policy, and finaly Hero and
Leander. She then goes on, in the appendix of this work, to
consider contention and true tragedy before concluding with a study
of Marlowe in the eyes of his contemporaries. The author has
followed the text of the Oxford Edition of Marlowe's works (1910),
except in a few quotations, where she has preferred the reading of
another early edition.
Travel writer Jill Curtis is drawn into a deadly blend of rivalry,
resentment and romance gone wrong when she stumbles into a bourbon
war between two Kentucky families in this first in an intoxicating
new cozy mystery series. Travel writer Jill Curtis loves her job,
but she desperately needs a break if she's to achieve her dream of
becoming an investigative reporter. Sent to Kentucky by her boss to
find out why thousands of tourists flock to Bourbon Country every
year, Jill's dream seems to be slipping further away. After all,
nothing interesting ever happens in small town America . . . does
it? Staying at an estranged relative's B&B, Jill's plan to
uncover what makes the state's bourbon tours so popular goes awry
when she trips over a body at one of the distilleries and quickly
becomes a suspect in a brutal murder. Can she navigate high-stakes
bourbon rivalries, centuries-old family feuds and ill-fated romance
to catch a killer and finally land the promotion she craves?
First published in 1936, The Jacobean Drama is a brilliant
interpretation of the drama written between the last years of
Elizabeth I and the first years of Charles I. Professor Una Mary
Ellis-Fermor's book traces the evolution of thought and mood from
the end of Marlowe's career, through the works of Ben Jonson,
Marston, Chapman, Middleton, Tourneur, Webster, Greville, Beaumont
and Fletcher, and Ford. The author then discusses a culminating
phase in the plays of Shakespeare and the modifications of his
successors. She finally looks into the Jacobean stage and in her
Appendix considers the 'theatre war'.
First published in 1964, this arresting and original work is a
study of the relations between content and form in drama; the
conflict between and ultimate reconciliation of certain kinds of
material that life presents to the poet and the demands inherent in
dramatic form and technique. There are chapters on Shakespeare's
historical plays, on Troilus and Cressida, on Milton's Samson
Agonistes and on general dramatic problems.
First published in 1939, The Irish Dramatic Movement is a critical
study of the dramatic work of W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, Synge,
their contemporaries and some of their successors. Professor
Ellis-Fermor relates each to the movement as a whole, discussing
the nature of poetic drama in the hands of Yeats and Synge, while
attempting to describe the remarkable contribution made by Irish
drama to the literature of the early twentieth century. In her
appendices, the author includes a chronological table of the main
events in the first years of the movement, a list of plays produced
in London in the last decade of the nineteenth century and a
subject index to some of the main critical opinions of W. B. Yeats
and Lady Gregory.
First published in 1930, in Tamburlaine the Great - in Two Parts,
Professor Ellis-Fermor discusses early editions of the work and
considers how far the spelling and punctuation of the 1590 octavo
should be retained in modern editions. The author discusses the
date that the play was written and its authorship and sources. She
then goes on to look at the stage history of Tamburlaine before
presenting the play itself in two parts. Professor Ellis-Fermor
retains the spelling of the majority of proper names. She also
keeps the old stage directions where they occur, as these are, she
says, picturesque and succinct, and there appears no reason to
discard them in favour of the more modern forms used by subsequent
editors. In her appendices, she includes extracts from other
accounts of Tamburlaine and looks at later editions of the work.
First published in 1927, this book aims to trace the development of
Christopher Marlowe's mind and art as these are revealed in the
surviving parts of his work, while portraying the personality thus
perceived. Professor Ellis-Fermor begins by looking at Marlowe's
life and early works, before making a more detailed study of
Tamburlaine, Faustus, The Plays of Policy, and finaly Hero and
Leander. She then goes on, in the appendix of this work, to
consider contention and true tragedy before concluding with a study
of Marlowe in the eyes of his contemporaries. The author has
followed the text of the Oxford Edition of Marlowe's works (1910),
except in a few quotations, where she has preferred the reading of
another early edition.
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Mari Ellis Dunning
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In these poems, women raise their voices and subvert the age-old
tales told on their behalf: Roman goddess Salacia explores her
tumultuous relationship with Neptune; Gwen Ellis, the first woman
hanged for witchcraft in Wales, reflects on her impending fate; a
Queen bee is usurped by her daughter and depression visits in the
emaciated form of an old and forgotten friend.
A new historical approach to Indian English literature Mary Ellis
Gibson shows that poetry, not fiction, was the dominant literary
genre of Indian writing in English until 1860 and that poetry
written in colonial situations can tell us as much or even more
about figuration, multilingual literacies, and histories of
nationalism than novels can. Gibson re-creates the historical webs
of affiliation and resistance that were experienced by writers in
colonial India—writers of British, Indian, and mixed ethnicities.
Advancing new theoretical and historical paradigms for reading
colonial literatures, Indian Angles makes accessible many writers
heretofore neglected or virtually unknown. Gibson recovers texts by
British women, by nonelite British men, and by persons who would,
in the nineteenth century, have been called Eurasian. Her work
traces the mutually constitutive history of English-language poets
from Sir William Jones to Toru Dutt and Rabindranath Tagore.
Drawing on contemporary postcolonial theory, her work also provides
new ways of thinking about British internal colonialism as its
results were exported to South Asia. In lucid and accessible prose,
Gibson presents a new theoretical approach to colonial and
postcolonial literatures.
From the author of The Arctic Fox and Lily Dragon, a moving and
exciting new novel set in Africa about a child with a special
relationship with elephants. Roaring Good Reads: For Confident
Readers 7 - 10 Shola was five when she was found by scientists in
the Bakuli National Park in Africa. Exhausted and half-starved, she
had been kept safe by a family of elephants who had treated her as
one of their young. Shola goes to live with the scientists and
their son, Leo, who is thrilled to have an older sister. But when
Leo's parents are killed in a plane crash, Leo is sent back to live
in England. Returning to Africa some years later, Leo is shocked to
find that Shola hasn't spoken since the tragic accident and that a
growing number of the elephants are being killed for ivory. He and
Shola set off to find 'their' elephants, despite the danger of the
poachers, and along with their favourite elephant Shola also finds
her voice. This is Shola's story, told by Leo , about the idyllic
life they lead in Africa surrounded by wildlife - elephants in
particular - an idyllic life that is cut short by danger and death
. It's a novel of adventure and family ties crossing two cultures -
African and European - and two kingdoms, human and animal. A third
novel from Mary Ellis, that is both lyrical and exciting; thrilling
and moving.
Pearl and Bone explores the complexities of the first year in the
life of a pandemic mother, with the stories of other mothers
interwoven amongst the author's intimate moments, from pregnancy to
childbirth and beyond. These poems showcase the lost voices of
women through history - in the throes of labour, Mary paces the
stable; in a dim Soho studio, Christine Keeler poses for the
infamous Lewis Morley photographs; while above us, the moon laments
the number of feet that have stormed her surface. Beautiful,
emotional and richly imagistic, Mari Ellis Dunning presents mothers
in many forms: those experienced, chosen, unwitting, and presumed,
asking us to consider the true nuances of motherhood - delicate as
pearl, durable as bone.
Pour yourself a strong shot of rivalry, romance, and murder. Travel
writer Jill Curtis is in Louisville, Kentucky, on the next stop of
her bourbon tour assignment, and is looking forward to exploring
the distilleries on the state's tour circuit with her videographer,
Michael Erickson - especially since her new beau, Detective Nick
Atkins, lives in the city. But the night before Jill's first tour
at Parker's Distillery, she is shocked to learn that the master
distiller, William Scott, has died suddenly of a heart attack - and
even more shocked when she discovers William's daughter, Alexis,
suspects foul play. Is there more to William's death than meets the
eye? Jill is soon drawn into a deadly blend of rivalry, jealously,
and cold-blooded murder as she attempts to uncover the truth behind
William's unexpected demise.
Private investigator Kate Weller knows her co-workers are in
serious trouble when she is unable to reach them in the third
enthralling Marked for Retribution mystery. Kate Weller's boss,
Nate Price, has some exciting news: Julian Frazier, a friend of one
of the agency's wealthy clients, has invited the Nate Price
Investigations team and their partners on a trip of a lifetime to
his home on Elysian Island, an exclusive retreat off the Georgian
coast. But there's a catch. Frazier has written his own murder
mystery script, and the PIs must work out whodunnit. As they're
about to discover, though, the murder Frazier wants them to solve
is a real cold case, and there's a killer twist that isn't in the
script . . . Unable to reach Elysian Island and her co-workers,
Kate is sure that someone wants her to stay away. Can she stop a
ruthless killer and uncover the truth behind a deadly game?
When a wealthy socialite is found dead on her luxury yacht, her
daughter Lainey hires Kate Weller to investigate. Agnes Westin
created plenty of enemies during her climb to the top of society,
many with a taste for revenge - but did any of them feel strongly
enough to kill her? But Kate has another reason altogether for
returning to Pensacola, Florida, the only town she has ever called
home. Her brother Liam has spent the past sixteen years in jail for
his part in a robbery homicide - and unless Kate uncovers the truth
of what really happened that day, she will never be safe. Now
someone wants to make sure her repressed memories stay buried. Can
Kate clear her brother's name before the real killer silences them
both forever?
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