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The comedy of errors
Par William Shakespeare. 1963
Late sixteenth-century farce. Egeon and Emilia name each of their twin sons Antipholus and hire twin attendants, each named Dromio.…
Shipwreck separates the family, dividing it in half. The son who lives with Egeon takes his Dromio in search of his mother and his twin and fails to return. Egeon goes to Ephesus, an unfriendly place for a man from Syracuse, to look for them, but a demand for ransom and mistaken identity complicates mattersE. M. Forster: a biography
Par Nicola Beauman. 1994
A literary biography examining the relationship between Forster's life and his novels, several of which have been made into movies.…
Beauman describes how Morgan Forster lived quietly for most of his life with his Edwardian mother, although the friends and foreign travel that he enjoyed influenced his writing during this period. In addition to connecting Forster's life with his fiction, Beauman notes the books that influenced the authorUnbearable weight: feminism, Western culture, and the body
Par Susan Bordo. 1993
Collection of essays examining eating disorders and body image in terms of contemporary culture, consumerism, and women's experiences in other…
areas. Bordo, a philosophy professor, backs up her analysis with the history of society's attitudes towards women's bodies from the ancient Greek philosophers through the Victorian ageMeasure for measure
Par William Shakespeare. 1991
Early seventeenth-century dramatic comedy. Vincentio, the duke of Vienna, has been lax about enforcing chastity laws. Fearing protests if he…
calls for reforms, he appoints Angelo to act as his deputy and pretends to leave town. Disguised as a friar, the duke observes the zealous prosecutor and becomes alarmed by the cruelty of his decisions. He must quickly reassume leadership to clear up entanglements and to save a young gentleman's lifeA collection of adverse statements that have been written, said, or reported about literary classics and their authors. For example,…
Aristophanes referred to Euripides as "a cliche anthologist ... and maker of ragamuffin manikins." The editor includes other writers' "further thoughts on the art of reviewing."The tragedy of Macbeth
Par William Shakespeare. 1959
An early seventeenth-century play. Three witches stir a prophetic brew as they await the return of the Scottish army. The…
victorious general Macbeth, spurred on by his ambitious wife, murders Duncan, the king, while he is a guest in Macbeth's castle. Once Macbeth sets himself upon this path, he must clear further obstacles. Eventually the desire for power, coupled with mistrust, fear, and anger, leads to one violent act after anotherAre you the one for me?: Knowing who's right & avoiding who's wrong
Par Barbara Angelis. 1992
Author of bestselling Secrets about Men Every Woman Should Know (RC 31291) questions our understanding of relationships. De Angelis identifies…
ten types of relationships that won't work, and six qualities to look for in a mate. Includes self-evaluation exercises based on the author's theories about sexual attraction, compatibility, and commitment levels. BestsellerThe mis-education of the Negro
Par Carter Woodson. 1990
Woodson's classic treatise on the education of African-Americans. Woodson views the education of black people as inadequate and designed to…
perpetuate feelings of racial inferiority. He calls for African-Americans to educate themselves in ways that will help solve their particular social problems. Woodson emphasizes the importance of historical knowledge in the education of black AmericansContinuing with the messages put forth in The Road Less Traveled (RC 17113, BR 5732), Peck lectures as both psychiatrist…
and spiritual guide. He stresses striving for self-love rather than self-esteem and proposes that being disillusioned and being confused are actually signs of mental health. Some strong language. BestsellerTwelfth night, or, What you will
Par William Shakespeare. 1960
Turn-of-the-seventeenth-century romantic comedy about fraternal twins, Viola and Sebastian, who are separated by shipwreck. Viola, obliged to masquerade as Cesario,…
a page in the service of Duke Orsino, acts as the duke's envoy of love to Countess Olivia, who in turn falls in love with Cesario. Meanwhile, Sebastian arrives and, not unhappily, consents to marry the countess. Mistaken identities and some complicated lovers' problems precede a happy reunionTroilus and Cressida
Par William Shakespeare. 1966
A tragedy about lovers during the Trojan Wars, first performed in 1602. Troilus, one of the king of Troy's five…
sons, is in love with Cressida, the daughter of Calchas, a Trojan priest siding with the Greeks. Calchas, knowing that Troy is about to fall to the Greeks, flees, leaving Cressida to be taken prisoner. Although Cressida vows to remain faithful to Troilus, he witnesses her betrayalA world waiting to be born: civility rediscovered
Par M. Peck. 1993
Peck believes that society is no longer civil in the workplace and within the family. He presents case histories of…
counseling sessions for individuals at home and at work, illustrating how people may become more aware of themselves and their effect on others--thus restoring civility to society. He suggests submission to a Higher Power through prayer, and looking at the broad picture. Some strong language. BestsellerThe tragedy of King Lear
Par William Shakespeare. 1992
First published early in the seventeenth century, this tragedy concerns a petulant monarch and his daughters Gonerill, Regan, and Cordelia.…
Amid much other, more political action, Lear is taken in by false avowals of love from Gonerill and Regan, and disinherits Cordelia because of her refusal to flatter him and to meet his unreasonable demandsThe tragedy of Richard the second
Par William Shakespeare. 1962
Historical tragedy and study of kingship first performed in the 1590s. Richard II, a weak and ineffectual king, settles a…
quarrel and exiles Henry Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, for ten years. He then seizes Henry's property to finance the Irish wars. Henry returns to claim his inheritance, murders the king's supporters, and imprisons Richard. Henry usurps the throne, but lives in fear until the deposed Richard is no moreAll's well that ends well
Par William Shakespeare. 1965
Early seventeenth-century dramatic comedy about a young woman who saves a king's life and is given her choice of husbands.…
The man she loves does not reciprocate her affection, and the play deals with her attempts to claim him legally if not amorouslyThat mighty sculptor, time
Par Marguerite Yourcenar. 1992
In the title essay, Yourcenar ponders the effects of time, nature, and human judgment on art. In others, the first…
woman to be elected to the Academie francaise expresses her opinions on topics such as the killing of fur-bearing animals, erotic and mystic themes in Indian myths, and the difficulty of finding the right tone in writing a historical novelLetters, 1905-1965
Par Albert Schweitzer. 1992
Letters selected from the vast correspondence of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning man from Lambarene. Schweitzer found time to write to…
friends and to respond to mail from around the world, in addition to working as author, physician, missionary, teacher, musician, scholar, and peace activist. Such letters create a record of his everyday life as well as his philosophy of "reverence for life."The Iliad
Par Homer. 1951
Richmond Lattimore's introduction and translation of the Greek poem written during the eighth century B.C. and attributed to the Ionian…
poet, Homer. Drawn from the legends of the final days of the Trojan War, the poem relates Achilleus's wrath against Agamemnon. Although Achilleus withdraws from the fight only temporarily, the campaign falters and the results are disastrousThis anthology of 140 essays, written over four centuries by American and English practitioners of the art, covers topics large…
and small-truth, getting up on cold mornings, wasps, the departure of a guest, being the right size, symmetry and repetition, Gandhi, and movies on television. And each somehow fits Dr. Johnson's definition of an essay as a "loose sally of the mind."Toward the radical center: a Karel C̈apek reader
Par Karel C̈apek. 1990
English translations of three plays and several short stories, essays, and assorted sketches on gardening and travel provide a sampling…
of the work of this prolific Czechoslovakian writer. The word "robot" from his 1922 play "R.U.R." ("Rossum's Universal Robots,") included here, has entered everday language