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  • Hester

    de Christopher W. E. Bigsby ...
    In his first novel, British scholar Christopher W.E. Bigsby provides a prequel to The Scarlet Letter, introducing readers to a younger Hester Prynne. He tells of her attempts to flee an oppressive marriage to Roger Chillingworth, her love affair with Arthur Dimmesdale, and her life in the New World. In the process, Bigsby condemns the obstacles and prejudices that strong, intelligent women faced ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Four Contemporary American Playwrights

    Exploring Identity

    de Christopher Bigsby ...
    The fourth in a series of books exploring the careers of 28 contemporary American playwrights, this book covers the work of four male writers, Lucas Hnath, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Stephen Karam and Tarell Alvin McCraney.The dramatic strategies of these award-winning playwrights range widely in styles and approach. Christopher Bigsby interweaves critical analysis of their work with biographical ... Leer más

    $93.99 USD

  • The Crucible

    de Arthur Miller ...
    A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural communityThe place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft—and then ... Leer más

    Antes $12.99 USD Ahora $7.99 USD

  • Death of a Salesman

    Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem

    de Arthur Miller ...
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy of a salesman’s deferred American dreamEver since it was first performed in 1949, Death of a Salesman has been recognized as a milestone of the American theater. In the person of Willy Loman, the aging, failing salesman who makes his living riding on a smile and a shoeshine, Arthur Miller redefined the tragic hero as a man whose dreams are at once insupportably ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • A New Introduction to American Studies

    de Howard Temperley, Christopher Bigsby ...
    A New Introduction to American Studies provides a coherent portrait of American history, literature, politics, culture and society, and also deals with some of the central themes and preoccupations of American life. It will provoke students into thinking about what it actually means to study a culture.Ideals such as the commitment to liberty, equality and material progress are fully examined and ... Leer más

    $98.99 USD

  • Twenty-First Century American Playwrights

    de Christopher Bigsby ...
    The early years of the twenty-first century saw several losses for the American theatre but also marked the emergence of a new generation of exciting playwrights. In this book, Christopher Bigsby explores the work of nine of these developing talents, and the importance of issues including race, gender and politics for their writing. Increasingly, these new figures are gaining their reputations not ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • Viewing America

    Twenty-First-Century Television Drama

    de Christopher Bigsby ...
    Something has happened in the world of television drama. For the last decade and a half America has assumed a dominant position. Novelists, screenwriters and journalists, who would once have had no interest in writing for television, indeed who often despised it, suddenly realised that it was where America could have a dialogue with itself. The new television drama was where writers could engage ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson

    de Christopher Bigsby ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    One of America's most powerful and original dramatists, August Wilson offered an alternative history of the twentieth century, as seen from the perspective of black Americans. He celebrated the lives of those seemingly pushed to the margins of national life, but who were simultaneously protagonists of their own drama and evidence of a vital and compelling community. Decade by decade, he told the ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • American Dramatists in the 21st Century

    Opening Doors

    de Christopher Bigsby ...
    In American Dramatists in the 21st Century: Opening Doors, Christopher Bigsby examines the careers of seven award-winning playwrights: David Adjmi, Julia Cho, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Will Eno, Martyna Majok, Dominique Morisseau and Anna Ziegler. In addition to covering all their plays, including several as yet unpublished, he notes their critical reception while drawing on their own commentary on ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

  • All My Sons

    de Arthur Miller ...
    A Penguin ClassicJoe Keller and Steve Deever, partners in a machine shop during World War II, turned out defective airplane parts, causing the deaths of many men. Deever was sent to prison while Keller escaped punishment and went back to business, making himself very wealthy in the ensuing years. In Miller’s work of tremendous power, a love affair between Keller's son, Chris, and Ann Deever, Steve ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • The Arthur Miller Tapes

    A Life In His Own Words

    Edición de Christopher Bigsby ...
    Christopher Bigsby and Arthur Miller shared a regular correspondence which stretched over nearly three decades of friendship. Their interaction and collaboration included a unique series of recorded interviews which now bring fresh and surprising perspectives to the life, thought and creative motivations of one of the greatest modern dramatists. The conversations range richly across topics such as ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller

    Edición de Christopher Bigsby ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Arthur Miller is regarded as one of the most important playwrights of the twentieth century, and his work continues to be widely performed and studied around the world. This updated Companion includes Miller's work since the publication of the first edition in 1997 - the plays Mr Peters' Connections, Resurrection Blues, and Finishing the Picture - and key productions of his plays since his death ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD