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Aiasby Sophocles, Richard Pevear, Herbert GolderISBN 0195128192 (0-19-512819-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Alcestis and Other Plays - Alcestis/Medea/Children of Heracles/Hippolytusby Euripides, John Davie, Richard RutherfordISBN 0140446435 (0-14-044643-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alcestis and Other Plays - Alcestis/Medea/Children of Heracles/Hippolytus'Book summary:Euripides' tragedies proved highly controversial even in his own lifetime, presenting his audience with unexpected twists of plot and violently extreme emotions; for many of today's readers and spectators, he seems almost uncannily modern in his insights. Euripides was the key figure in transforming the familiar figures of Greek mythology from awe-inspiring but remote heroes into recognizable, fallible human beings. His characters, all superbly eloquent, draw on fierce contemporary debates about the nature of justice, politics and religion. His women are perhaps the most sympathetically and powerfully presented in ancient literature. Alcestis, the dramatist's first surviving work, is less harrowing than the others, almost a tragicomedy. The Children of Heracles examines the conflict between might and right, while Hippolytus and Medea, two of his greatest plays, reveal his profound understanding of destructive passion. This new translation into dignified English prose makes one of the greatest of Greek writers accessible once again to a wide public. [via]
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Andromacheby Richard Wilbur, Jean RacineISBN 0156075105 (0-15-607510-5)
Softcover, Harcourt on Demand
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Andromache/Britannicus/Bereniceby Jean RacineISBN 0140441956 (0-14-044195-6)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Aristophanes Birdsby Nan DunbarISBN 0198150830 (0-19-815083-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Aristophanes CloudsISBN 0199120099 (0-19-912009-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:This new translation of the play Clouds examines the two versions of the play, the history of the text, an analysis of Right and Wrong, the purpose of the chorus, and explanations of certain previously unexamined sexualjokes referred to in the play. Dover also includes notes on metrical analysis, a full commentary, and indexes. [via]
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Aristophanes Cloudsby Aristophanes, K.J. DoverISBN 0198143958 (0-19-814395-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristophanes Clouds'Book summary:This new paperback edition of Aristophanes' popular play includes the complete Greek text and extensive notes and commentary. Dover examines the two versions of the play, recounts the history of the text, and analyzes a number of problems surrounding the play's interpretation, including the Greek notion of right and wrong, the purpose of the chorus, and Aristophanes' sexual jokes. [via]
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Barber of Seville and the Marriage of Figaroby BeaumarchaisISBN 0140441336 (0-14-044133-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Bedbug [a Play] and Selected Poetryby Vladimir MayakovskyISBN 0253311306 (0-253-31130-6)
Hardcover, Indiana University Press
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The Bedbug and Selected Poetryby Vladimir MayakovskyISBN 0253201896 (0-253-20189-6)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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Best Christmas Pageant Ever: Library Editionby Barbara Robinson, Judith Gwyn BrownISBN 0064402754 (0-06-440275-4)
Softcover, Trophy Pr
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Buried Childby Sam ShepardISBN 0307274977 (0-307-27497-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Chekhov, Five Major Playsby Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Ronald HingleyISBN 0195022505 (0-19-502250-5)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Cloudsby Aristophanes, Kenneth J. DoverISBN 0198141742 (0-19-814174-2)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Complete Poems and Playsby T. S. EliotISBN 015121185X (0-15-121185-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Poems and Plays'Book summary:Eliot's poetry ranges from the massively magisterial ( The Waste Land), to the playfully pleasant ( Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats). This volume of Eliot's poetry and plays offers the complete text of these and most all of Eliot's poetry, including the full text of Four Quartets. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Eliot exerted a profound influence on his contemporaries in the arts generally and this collection makes his genius clear. [via]
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Confidential Clerk: A Playby T. S. EliotISBN 0156220156 (0-15-622015-6)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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Danton's Death, Leonce and Lena, Woyzeckby Georg Buchner, Victor PriceISBN 0192836501 (0-19-283650-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Danton's Death, Leonce and Lena, Woyzeck'Book summary:A collection of Buchner's three plays with an introduction by Price and a new chronology of the author. The revised translations attempt to reflect discoveries about Buchner's intentions. The German writer, Georg Buchner, died in 1837 at the age of 23 and left only three works for the theatre, one a fragment. "Danton's Death", his play about the French Revolution was written in five weeks when the 21 year old medical student was under threat of arrest for his own revolutionary activities. His romantic black comedy "Leonce and Lena" was composed in haste for a publisher's competition for which it was entered too late. "Woyzeck", on which Alban Berg based his opera, was left unfinished at Buchner's death. All three works remained virtually unknown for half a century and the first stage production of any of them was in 1895. Today the plays are being performed with greater frequency. [via]
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The Day Roomby Don DelilloISBN 0140482296 (0-14-048229-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Devil's Discipleby George Bernard ShawISBN 014048101X (0-14-048101-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Doctor's Dilemmaby George Bernard Shaw, Dan H. LaurenceISBN 0140450270 (0-14-045027-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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An Enemy of the People, the Wild Duck, Rosmersholmby Henrik Ibsen, James McFarlaneISBN 0192839438 (0-19-283943-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Five Playsby Thomas MiddletonISBN 0140432191 (0-14-043219-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Five Plays: Ivanov, the Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and the Cherry Orchardby Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Ronald HingleyISBN 0192834126 (0-19-283412-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Freshwater: A Comedyby Virginia Woolf, Lucio P. RuotoloISBN 0156335409 (0-15-633540-9)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Frogsby Aristophanes, Kenneth DoverISBN 0198150059 (0-19-815005-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Getting Married and Press Cuttingsby George Bernard ShawISBN 0140482059 (0-14-048205-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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Homer in Englishby Homer, George Steiner, Aminadav DykmanISBN 0140446214 (0-14-044621-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homer in English'Book summary:This text is one of the volumes in the "New Poets in Translation" series. It focuses on the epic poems of Homer, one of the most translated authors in literature. [via]
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How the Other Half Loves: A Comedyby Alan AyckbournISBN 0237749602 (0-237-74960-2)
Hardcover, Evans Bros
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If You Give a Moose a Muffinby Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia BondISBN 0064433668 (0-06-443366-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'If You Give a Moose a Muffin'Book summary:"If you give a moose a muffin, he'll want some jam to go with it." So begins the most logical silliness to be found anywhere--at least since Laura Joffe Numeroff and illustrator Felicia Bond's If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Readers will follow a young boy and his voracious visitor through a series of antlered antics: jam reveries and puppet shows and big messes. It all makes perfect sense, really, once you stop to think about it. What moose wouldn't want to borrow a sweater when it's cold outside? And why shouldn't the loose button on the sweater remind him of his grandmother? Bond's cleverly detailed, witty illustrations perfectly complement Numeroff's deadpan style. Through just a few deft words and brush strokes, the reader gets a real sense of the unique personalities of the two characters. Children will relate easily to the full-circle reasoning of the story, while picking up the concept of cause and effect. The moral of the story? Keep plenty of muffin mix and blackberry jam in your cupboard. You never know who may drop by. (Great read aloud, ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Iliadby Homer, Robert Fagles, Bernard MacGregor Walker KnoxISBN 0140275363 (0-14-027536-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:[via]The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization - an epic poem without rival in the literature of the world, and the cornerstone of Western culture.
The story of the Iliad centres on the critical events in the last year of the Trojan War, which lead to Achilleus' killing of Hektor and determine the fate of Troy. But Homer's theme is not simply war or heroism. With compassion and humanity, he presents a universal and tragic view of the world, of human life lived under the shadow of suffering and death, set against a vast and largely unpitying divine background. The Iliad is the first of the great tragedies.
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The Iliadby Peter Jones, Peter V. Jones, D. C. H. Rieu, E. V. Rieu, HomerISBN 0140447946 (0-14-044794-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:Newly updated by D. C. H. Rieu, son of E. V. Rieu[via]One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his conflict with his leader Agamemnon. Interwoven in the tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle, the besieged city of Ilium, the feud between the gods, and the fate of mortals.
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The Iliadby Richmond Lattimore, HomerISBN 0226469379 (0-226-46937-9)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:[via]"Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus son Achilleus / and its devastation." For sixty years, that's how Homer has begun the Iliad in English, in Richmond Lattimore's faithful translationthe gold standard for generations of students and general readers.
This long-awaited new edition of Lattimore's Iliad is designed to bring the book into the twenty-first centurywhile leaving the poem as firmly rooted in ancient Greece as ever. Lattimore's elegant, fluent verseswith their memorably phrased heroic epithets and remarkable fidelity to the Greekremain unchanged, but classicist Richard Martin has added a wealth of supplementary materials designed to aid new generations of readers. A new introduction sets the poem in the wider context of Greek life, warfare, society, and poetry, while line-by-line notes at the back of the volume offer explanations of unfamiliar terms, information about the Greek gods and heroes, and literary appreciation. A glossary and maps round out the book.
The result is a volume that actively invites readers into Homer's poem, helping them to understand fully the worlds in which he and his heroes livedand thus enabling them to marvel, as so many have for centuries, at Hektor and Ajax, Paris and Helen, and the devastating rage of Achilleus.More editions of The Iliad:
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Iliad of Homerby Homer, Richmond LattimoreISBN 0226469409 (0-226-46940-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad of Homer'Book summary:Pope spent his formative years as a poet translating Homer, beginning with the Iliad, and in his translation he successfully found a style that answers the sublimity and grace of Homer. Steven Shankman provides scholarly critical apparatus for this Penguin English Poets edition, which is based on the 1743 edition that contains the poet's final revisions. Pope's Preface and the three indexes are also included. Most importantly, this edition makes available for the first time in paperback Pope's notes in their entirety, enabling us to observe one poetic genius illuminate the work of another. [via]
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Iliad of Homerby Barbara Leonie PicardISBN 0192741470 (0-19-274147-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad of Homer'Book summary:"Odysseus and his men put out to sea in twelve ships of fifty oars, their white sails unfurled and their blue-painted prows thrusting through the waves as the wind filled the sails: nigh on sixty men on board each ship. And the heart of every man was happy as he thought how at last, after ten weary years of battle, he would once again see Ithaca, which was his home."
Skillfully retold as clear, unencumbered narratives while retaining the dignity and excitment of Homer's original epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey were critically acclaimed as highly accessible editions for all ages when first published by Oxford in 1952. Now we are proud to reissue them in handsome paperback editions as part of the Oxford Myths and Legends series.
The Iliad describes the last years of the war between the Trojans and the Greeks with tales of heroes, battles, quarrels, and especially of Achilles--the greatest warrior among all the Greeks. The Odyssey continues the story after the fall of Troy, as Odysseus begins his exciting journey home. His voyage to Circe's enchanted island, down to the underworld, to the land of the Sirens, and finally home to patient Penelope remains one of the best adventure stories ever told.
All of the pride, daring, love, and revenge of these two enduring tales is captured in a way that spans ages and levels of familiarity with the works. Adults will find them the perfect complement to the originals for clarification or for pure reading pleasure. Younger children will love hearing the daring adventures read aloud, and young adults will appreciate a text that does not talk down to them, but is clear, understandable, and enjoyable. Joan Kiddell-Monroe's exquisite black and white illustrations blend a contemporary style with the classical and add to the timeless appeal of the stories.
Homer's great epics are brought to life in an immediate and engaging way for every member of the family and for all ages of students of classical literature in these two classic reissues. [via]More editions of Iliad of Homer:
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Iliad of Homerby Ennis Rees, HomerISBN 0195068262 (0-19-506826-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Iliad: The Epic Story of Troyby Robert FaglesISBN 0140997083 (0-14-099708-3)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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John Webster-Three Plays: The White Devil, the Duchess of Malfi, the Devil's Law-Caseby John WebsterISBN 0140430814 (0-14-043081-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Knights, Peace, Wealth/the Birds, the Assemblywomenby AristophanesISBN 0140443320 (0-14-044332-0)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Lady Windermere's Fan/Salome/a Woman of No Importance/an Ideal Husband/the Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar Wilde, Peter RabyISBN 0198121679 (0-19-812167-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady Windermere's Fan/Salome/a Woman of No Importance/an Ideal Husband/the Importance of Being Earnest'Book summary:Oscar Wilde was already one of the best-known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to turn his extraordinary talents to the theatre. Between 1891 and 1895 he produced a sequence of distinctive plays which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s and retain their power today. This collection offers newly edited texts of Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, Salome, An Ideal Husband, and, arguably the greatest farcical comedy in English, The Importance of Being Earnest. [via]
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Lady's Not for Burning, a Phoenix Too Frequent and an Essay an Experience of a Criticby Christopher FryISBN 0195199162 (0-19-519916-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Little Murdersby Jules FeifferISBN 0140481184 (0-14-048118-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Master Harold & the Boysby Athol FugardISBN 0140481877 (0-14-048187-7)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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Medeaby Lucius Annaeus SenecaISBN 0198721358 (0-19-872135-8)
Softcover, Clarendon Pr
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Medea and Other Playsby Euripides, James MorwoodISBN 0192824422 (0-19-282442-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Medea and Other Plays'Book summary:Euripides was one of the most popular and controversial of all Greek tragedians, and his plays are marked by an independence of thought, ingenious dramatic devices, and a subtle variety of register and mood. He is also remarkable for the prominence he gave to female characters, whether heroines of virtue or vice. This new translation does full justice to Euripides's range of tone and gift of narrative. A lucid introduction provides substantial analysis of each play, complete with vital explanations of the traditions and background to Euripides's world. Contains: Medea ; Hippolytus ; Electra ; Helen [via]
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Miss Julie and Other Playsby August Strindberg, Michael RobinsonISBN 0192833170 (0-19-283317-0)
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Old Possums Book of Practical Catsby T. S. Eliot, Edward GoreyISBN 015668568X (0-15-668568-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Old Possums Book of Practical Catsby Edward Gorey, T. S. EliotISBN 0151686564 (0-15-168656-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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The phenomenal worldwide success in the 1980s of the musical Cats refuelled interest in T.S. Eliot's classic Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats on which the stage extravaganza was based. Old Possum's Book, originally published in 1939 and dedicated to Eliot's godchildren, contains a delightful rogues' gallery of felines, including the Rum Tum Tugger cat whose "disobliging ways are a matter of habit", Mr Mistoffelees "The Original Conjuring Cat" and Macavity: The Mystery Cat "the master criminal who can defy the law". Loved by generations of children and adults alike, Old Possum is perhaps most remarkable for having been written almost as an aside, a plaything, by Eliot, as a distraction from the internal religious and philosophical wranglings he charted in Four Quartets.
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.A warm and witty collection of free-verse poems, which demand to be read aloud and given full dramatic import, this edition of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats has been reissued by Faber and Faber Limited in a slim pocket-sized edition, with original tongue-in-cheek illustrations by Nicolas Bentley. --Catherine Taylor [via]
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The Palm at the End of the Mindby Wallace StevensISBN 0208020586 (0-208-02058-6)
Hardcover, Shoe String Pr Inc
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Phaedraby Jean RacineISBN 015675780X (0-15-675780-X)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Phaedra'Book summary:Phaedra is consumed with passion for Hippolytus, her stepson. Believing her husband dead, she confesses her love to him and is rebuffed. When her husband returns alive, Phaedra convinces him that it was Hippolytus who attempted to seduce her. In his interpretation, Racine replaced the stylized tragedy with human-scale characters and actions. Introduction by Richard Wilbur.[via]More editions of Phaedra:
The Phoenician Womenby Euripides, Brian Swann, Peter BurianISBN 0195077083 (0-19-507708-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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The Picture of Dorian Grayby Oscar Wilde, Robert MighallISBN 0141439572 (0-14-143957-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Picture of Dorian Grey'Book summary:A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden."
As Hallward tries to make sense of his creation, his epigram-happy friend Lord Henry Wotton encourages Dorian in his sensual quest with any number of Wildean paradoxes, including the delightful "When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy." But despite its many languorous pleasures, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an imperfect work. Compared to the two (voyeuristic) older men, Dorian is a bore, and his search for ever new sensations far less fun than the novel's drawing-room discussions. Even more oddly, the moral message of the novel contradicts many of Wilde's supposed aims, not least "no artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style." Nonetheless, the glamour boy gets his just deserts. And Wilde, defending Dorian Gray, had it both ways: "All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment." [via]
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- The Picture of Dorian Gray: ISBN 0192807293 (0-19-280729-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Picture of Dorian Gray: ISBN 014043187X (0-14-043187-X)
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Picture of Dorian Grayby College Entrance Examination BoardISBN 0140006168 (0-14-000616-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Picture of Dorian Gray'Book summary:A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden."
As Hallward tries to make sense of his creation, his epigram-happy friend Lord Henry Wotton encourages Dorian in his sensual quest with any number of Wildean paradoxes, including the delightful "When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy." But despite its many languorous pleasures, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an imperfect work. Compared to the two (voyeuristic) older men, Dorian is a bore, and his search for ever new sensations far less fun than the novel's drawing-room discussions. Even more oddly, the moral message of the novel contradicts many of Wilde's supposed aims, not least "no artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style." Nonetheless, the glamour boy gets his just deserts. And Wilde, defending Dorian Gray, had it both ways: "All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment." [via]
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Playsby Aristophanes, Patric DickinsonISBN 0192810545 (0-19-281054-5)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Playsby Oscar WildeISBN 0140480161 (0-14-048016-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Prometheus Boundby Aeschylus, James Scully, C.J. HeringtonISBN 0195061659 (0-19-506165-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prometheus Bound'Book summary:For readers accustomed to the relatively undramatic standard translations of Prometheus Bound, this version by James Scully, a poet and winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize, and C. John Herington, one of the world's foremost Aeschylean scholars, will come as a revelation. Scully and Herington accentuate the play's true power, drama, and relevance to modern times. Aeschylus originally wrote Prometheus Bound as part of a tragic trilogy, and this translation is unique in including the extant fragments of the companion plays. [via]
The Self-Respecting Child: Development Through Spontaneous Playby Alison StallibrassISBN 020119340X (0-201-19340-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Sophocles I: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigoneby Sophocles, David Greene, Richard LattimoreISBN 0226307921 (0-226-30792-1)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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"The translations deliberately avoid the highly wrought and affectedly poetic; their idiom is contemporary....They have life and speed and suppleness of phrase."Times Education Supplement
"These translations belong to our time. A keen poetic sensibility repeatedly quickens them; and without this inner fire the most academically flawless rendering is dead."Warren D. Anderson, American Oxonian
"The critical commentaries and the versions themselves...are fresh, unpretentious, above all, functional."Commonweal
"Grene is one of the great translators."Conor Cruise O'Brien, London Sunday Times
"Richmond Lattimore is that rara avis in our age, the classical scholar who is at the same time an accomplished poet."Dudley Fitts, New York Times Book ReviewMore editions of Sophocles I: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone:
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Summerhillby Alexander Sutherland Neill, Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 0140209409 (0-14-020940-9)
Softcover, Penguin Books
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Tales from Shakespeareby Charles Lamb, Mary LambISBN 0140366776 (0-14-036677-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tales from Shakespeare'Book summary:This work gives a perfect introduction to Shakespeare's greatest plays. Charles and Mary Lamb bring vividly alive all the power of "Hamlet" and "Othello", the fun of "As You Like It", and the drama of "Pericles". Conveying all of Shakespeare's wit, wisdom and humanity, and never losing the feel of his beautiful language, these tales are classic literature in their own right. [via]
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Terence: The Comediesby Betty Radice, Terence, Afer Publius TerentiusISBN 014044324X (0-14-044324-X)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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Three Playsby Peter Watts, August StrindbergISBN 0140440828 (0-14-044082-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Three Plays : Alcestis: Hippolytus: Iphigenia in Taurisby Euripides, Philip VellacottISBN 0140440313 (0-14-044031-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Three Pre-Surrealist Playsby Guillaume Apollinaire, Alfred Jarry, Maya Slater, Maurice MaeterlinckISBN 0192832174 (0-19-283217-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Pre-Surrealist Plays'Book summary:The landmark plays from the French theatre included in this edition embody the transition from the old to the modern in dramatic experimentation: precursors of surrealism, they are innovative, outrageous and highly enjoyable. Consisting of Maeterlinck's The Blind, Jarry's Ubu the King, and Apollinaire's The Mammaries of Tiresias, this edition provides new translations sensitive to crucial linguistic features such as rhyme and pun and contains the only editions of Maeterlinck and Apollinaire's plays in print. These three plays written between 1890 and 1917 surprised and shocked their first audiences and still continue to do so today. [via]
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A Time to Play: Reflections on Childhood and Creativityby Miriam Huffman RocknessISBN 0310458714 (0-310-45871-4)
Softcover, Zondervan Pub. House
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Tiny Alice; Box; And, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tungby Edward AlbeeISBN 0140481109 (0-14-048110-9)
Hardcover, Penguin
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A Touch of the Poet: Playby Eugene O'NeillISBN 0300008090 (0-300-00809-0)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Township Playsby Dennis Walder, Athol FugardISBN 0192829254 (0-19-282925-4)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Virginia: A Playby Edna O'BrienISBN 0156935600 (0-15-693560-0)
Softcover, Harcourt
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The White Devil, the Duchess of Malfi, the Devil's Law-Case a Cure for a Cuckoldby John Webster, Rene WeisISBN 0192834533 (0-19-283453-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The White Devil, the Duchess of Malfi, the Devil's Law-Case a Cure for a Cuckold'Book summary:John Webster was a radically and creatively experimental dramatist. This volume offers his two great Jacobean tragedies, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, together with his brilliant tragicomedy, The Devil's Law-Case, and the comedy written with William Rowley, A Cure for a Cuckold. The texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. [via]
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The White Devil/the Duchess of Malfi/the Devil's Law-Case/a Cure for a Cuckold: The Duchess of Malfi ; The Devil's Law-Case ; A Cure for a Cuckoldby Michael Cordner, John Webster, Rene Weis, Peter Holland, Martin WigginsISBN 0192822470 (0-19-282247-0)
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Women Beware Women, and Other Playsby Thomas Middleton, Richard DuttonISBN 019282614X (0-19-282614-X)
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Aristophanes: Frogsby Kenneth J. Dover, AristophanesISBN 0198147732 (0-19-814773-2)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Birds: Greek Textby Aristophanes, Nan DunbarISBN 0198721773 (0-19-872177-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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The Birds : With Introduction and Commentaryby Aristophanes, Nan DunbarISBN 0198149344 (0-19-814934-4)
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