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  Social Dramas - Literature and...

  David A. Postles

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  How the repeated social tropes and paradigms of the City comedies give us an in-depth look into everyday London society in the early 17th-century. 
   
  Although literature is often assumed to belong to the sphere of representation rather than constituting an accurate reflection of social reality, early-modern English drama can tell us much about social attitudes in the early seventeenth century. The City comedies were, in particular, composed by authors who were embedded in the mundane social existence of London, in its quotidian transactions and exchanges, in its less salubrious contexts of debt, drinking, death and incarceration. To elucidate the complex social attitudes of the City urban elite, five particular themes are explored: the symbolism of attire; matrimonial talk; the use of money (coin) as metaphor and metonymy; “over-exuberance” towards the opportunity of the “New World”; and continuing differences of speech and customary language use.  
   
  Although the dramatists had slightly differing allegiances, their commentaries all illuminate “middling” society in the City of London. 
   
  “This new work by David Postles raises important questions in an innovative manner. It will certainly be welcomed by the historical community.” —Bernard Capp, FBA, Dept of History, University of Warwick 
   
  “David Postles is one of the most innovative social historians writing today.” —Nigel Goose, Professor of Social and Economic History, University of Hertfordshire 
   
  “This book will be significant reading for all those working in the field. It will be warmly received by readers and reviewers, and will remain a work of reference for scholars and students for the future.” —Greg Walker, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh

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  Gothic Beauty - Poems & Songs

  Rachel Lawson, Suno Ai

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  A collection lovely gothic poems and songs by Rachel Lawson and Suno AI

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  earth ignored your cries

  C P Beauvoir

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  earth ignored your cries is a collection of haiku poems, exploring the suns and the shadows dwelling within each human mind, heart, and soul.

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  Idiot Verse

  Keaton Henson

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  Bestseller - Poetry from Musician and Poet Keaton Henson 
   
  Combining whimsical illustrations with poems of love, humour and celebration of the ups and downs of being a touring recording artist, Idiot Verse is a delightful book in the tradition of Leonard Cohen and John Lennon. It’s a singer-songwriter’s notebook to himself, and the world, and sure to impress fans especially, of which Henson has many.

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  The Song of Roland

  Anonymous Anonymous

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  It is the year 778. The mighty French army, led by Emperor Charlemagne, confronts Saracen forces in the bloody Battle of Roncevaux Pass. In the course of this thrilling epic poem we follow the emperor’s hot-headed nephew Roland into battle. We are privy to the deal struck between the Saracen king Marsilie and Roland’s conniving stepfather Guene. We see both armour and bodies split by the blows of lances and swords, horses fall, and the heroic brotherhood of soldiery tested to its limit. At Charlemagne’s command, even priests go to war. The story builds to a nail-biting climax – when a single trumpeting blast on an elephant’s horn changes the course of history. All this and more is to be found in this magnificent tale of faith, honour, courage – and treachery.

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  Antigone

  Jean Anouilh

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  The body of Polynices, Antigone's brother, has been ordered to remain unburied by Creon, the new king of Thebes. Antigone's faithfulness to her dead brother and his proper burial, and her defiance of the dictator Creon, seals her fate. Originally produced in Paris during the Nazi occupation, Anouilh's Antigone was seen by the French as theatre of the resistance and by the Germans as an affirmation of authority.
  An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Jordan Bridges as Haemon and GuardDominic Fumusa as GuardFrancis Guinan as Creon John Hansen as Guard and MessengerAlan Mandell as ChorusElizabeth Marvel as AntigoneAlley Mills as NannyMandy Siegfried as Ismene
  Directed by Brendon Fox. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
  (P)2005 L.A. Theatre Works. All Rights Reserved.

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