Shakespearean Tragedy is a landmark work of literary criticism. It is at once the pinnacle of the nineteenth century love affair with Shakespeare and the starting point for a new century of Shakespeare scholarship. Critics have charged that A.C. Bradley attends to character at the expense of other elements of the plays, such as theme, dramatic structure, and historical background, Bradleys defenders have praised the work for its philosophical and...

Set in the imaginary Igbo village, Iwu, this play tries the lowest fathoms of lunacy, and from there surveys a sane world; mocks the sanity of common-minded folk and quakes the strongholds of Time-weathering Customs! A comedy to our best, Forewarning to every beast; But lest we give too much away, We hold our peace, as ancients say!

Carrasquilla, afirma Mr. Thompson (el crítico inglés inventado por Jorge Zalamea), es un "escritor en puja con la vida, acepta su misión de creador alegremente, como un dios benévolo que, aparte de no tomarse a sí mismo muy en serio, no acierta a escandalizarse demasiado de los defectos de sus criaturas [...]. Esta alegría de Carrasquilla es el primer secreto de su profunda humanidad y de la universalidad de sus criaturas". Los cuentos que componen...

American writer, philosopher, publisher, and artist, Elbert Hubbard, founded the Roycroft Arts and Crafts community in East Aurora, New York. Hubbard set up a small printing shop next to his family home, where he began printing "The Philistine" magazine. The publication, quite popular in its time, was filled with Hubbard's sardonic wit, satire and often controversial commentary. An 1899 edition of the magazine included "A Message to Garcia", an inspirational...

After a life dedicated to the study of languages, A. Colin Wright has distilled his life's observations into this engaging collection of short stories, most of which have been previously published in literary journals. Now retired, his life's adventures, which include serving in the British Air Force, attending Cambridge University, and being a professor of Russian, have inspired this collection. I'm a librarian and I kissed a film star once. I touched...

On a French motorway, two gendarmes check a Polish bus in order to fine travelers who are not wearing the required muzzle.

Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant examines Donaldson's first three novels in an attempt to define their place in the fantasy canon. The book begins with an extensive introduction to the fantasy genre in which W.A. Senior eloquently defends fantasy against charges of being mere escapism, or simply juvenile, and not warranting serious critical considerations. The heart of the text treats such issues as Donaldson's debt to Tolkien,...

This book is a tale about a girl who was born into an unexpected reality. We laugh at the unexplained and tend to mock what we dont understand. This girl was born into a world that didnt want her.. She found love with her Grandmother in the northeastern farms of Thailand. At the age of six she encountered a near death experience that forever changed her life. During the course of her first seventeen years she experienced coming back from the other...

Radical Shadows collects lost, forgotten, suppressed, rare, or unknown works by major literary writers from the late nineteenth century forward. From previously unpublished work by Djuna Barnes and Truman Capote (his earliest known story), to writing by Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Kawabata, Musil, and other world-class authors, the issue is a celebration both of the art of translation and of the breadth and depth of the many revelatory discoveries that can...

With its epic models, Homers Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid ranks among the greatest poems, not only of classical antiquity, but of all time. It tells the story of Aeneas, who leads a band of survivors from fallen Troy through wandering and war to found the city that will become imperial Rome. Fully equal to Homer in narrative sweep, dramatic power, and lyric intensity, Virgil's epic outshines its models in the passion and compassion with which...