Fifteen brilliant essays on the kind of culture created by the “magic of the marketplace” in 1980s America, from architecture to the yuppie... Læs mere
How the temperaments and moral courage of the three great Union generals affected their military leadership—explored with intelligence and wit by one of our most distinguished historians of the Civil War.
In this fourth edition of his celebrated critical study, Mr. Howe analyzes all of Faulkner’s works, emphasizing the themes that run throughout the novels and stories.... Læs mere
Exploring the influence of personality upon politics, Mr. Wicker explains why John F. Kennedy, the popular president, failed to push his... Læs mere
Robert Brustein's highly acclaimed adaptation of Pirandello's masterpiece, a study in illusion and reality which follows a group of characters who try to fashion their life stories into acceptable drama. Plays for Performance Series.
Aristophanes' great anti-war drama, with comedic overtones, glorifies the power of fertility in the face of destruction. Plays for Performance Series.
Marlowe's classic treatment of the myth of man's greed and ambition has contemporary reverberations that make it compelling drama. Plays for Performance Series.
Focusing on Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Brecht, Pirandello, O’Neill, and Genet, Mr. Brustein uncovers the roots of the modern theatre in the soil of the rebellion they cultivated. “One of the standard and decisive books on the modern theater.”—New York Times.
Von Kleist’s last work and his masterpiece—a story of guilt, innocence, and moral righteousness involving a prince who violates his orders of battle when distracted by a beautiful princess. Plays for Performance Series.
A play of stinging contemporaneity—about religious and societal hypocrisy, guilt that feeds on innocence, the terror of the inevitable, and the battle between truth and darkness, freedom and constraint. Plays for Performance Series.
“An intensely feminine book, in which bleakness, unemployment, heartache, and heartlessness are combined with an agreeable feeling of settling down for conversation with an intimate, disillusioned, gossipy, malicious, and often very witty friend.”—New Statesman.