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A Woman Killed with Kindness and Other Domestic Plays

By: Thomas Heywood,Thomas Dekker,William Rowley,John Ford

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A Woman Killed with Kindness and Other Domestic Plays

By: Thomas Heywood,Thomas Dekker,William Rowley,John Ford

Arden of Faversham * A Woman Killed with Kindness * The Witch of Edmonton * The English Traveller In about 1590, an unknown dramatist had the idea of writing a tragedy about the lives of ordinary people, instead of the genre's usual complement of kings and queens and politicians. His play, Arden of Faversham, inaugurated a new genre of 'domestic' drama, set in near-contemporary England and concerned with issues of marriage, crime, and property rather than war and power. Arden dramatizes a notorious murder case of forty years earlier, in which a wealthy husband was killed by his wife and her lover. In Thomas Heywood's A Woman Killed with Kindness, a wife is caught by her husband in bed with his best friend, only to find that he takes unusual reprisals. The Witch of Edmonton combines a true-life story of witchcraft with a fictitious tale of bigamy and wife-murder, and The English Traveller deals with the unexpected and unwelcome changes people find when they return home after a lengthy absence. Part of the Oxford English Drama series, this edition has modern-spelling texts; a critical introduction that outlines the way all four plays raise powerful and complex questions about the English society in which their tragic events unfold; wide-ranging notes; a chronology of the plays from their sources to recent performance; and appendices relating to two of the plays: who wrote Arden of Faversham and when did Heywood write The English Traveller. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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OUP Oxford

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0191539880

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9780191539886

Anger and After (Routledge Revivals)

A Guide to the New British Drama

By: John Russell Taylor

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Anger and After (Routledge Revivals)

A Guide to the New British Drama

By: John Russell Taylor

When it was first published in 1962, Anger and After was the first comprehensive study of the dramatic movement which began in 1956 with the staging of John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger and has since brought forward such dramatists as Brendan Behan, Harold Pinter, N. F. Simpson, John Arden and Arnold Wesker. Thoroughly revised in 1969, this book remains important reading for theatre students in need of a comprehensive and authoritative guide to post-Osborne drama in Britain.

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1317917057

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9781317917052

Friendship and Queer Theory in the Renaissance

Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern England

By: John S. Garrison

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Friendship and Queer Theory in the Renaissance

Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern England

By: John S. Garrison

In this volume, the author offers a substantial reconsideration of same-sex relations in the early modern period, and argues that early modern writers – rather than simply celebrating a classical friendship model based in dyadic exclusivity and a rejection of self-interest – sought to innovate on classical models for idealized friendship. This book redirects scholarly conversations regarding gender, sexuality, classical receptions, and the economic aspects of social relations in the early modern period. It points to new directions in the application of queer theory to Renaissance literature by examining group friendship as a celebrated social formation in the work of early modern writers from Shakespeare to Milton. This volume will be of interest to scholars of the early modern period in England, as well as to those interested in the intersections between literature and gender studies, economic history and the economic aspects of social relations, the classics and the classical tradition, and the history of sexuality.

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1134676573

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Cases and Materials on Corporations

By: John C. Coffee,Ronald J. Gilson,Brian JM Quinn

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Cases and Materials on Corporations

By: John C. Coffee,Ronald J. Gilson,Brian JM Quinn

Renowned for its richness, depth, and authorship, Cases and Materials on Corporations offers broad coverage of both public and closely held corporations. A powerful introductory chapter sets out the defining characteristics of a corporation. A thematic framework frames corporate law in terms of the corporation’s responsibilities to its employees, its investors, and society. New to the Ninth Edition: The introductory Chapter recognizes that issues of race and systemic discrimination have dominated recent headlines and political discourse. This has re-focused attention on the long-standing debate between proponents of the dominant shareholders primacy model of corporate governance and proponents of a more stakeholder-oriented model. Without taking sides on this issue, this Chapter notes that this debate has continued throughout American legal history, and it focuses on recent efforts by some states and Nasdaq to require greater diversity (both in terms of race and gender) on corporate boards. Current data is provided. In addition, this Chapter adds a new section to introduce the “public benefit corporation,” a new corporate form that is a hybrid of a profit-making corporation and a not-for-profit entity now recognized by a majority of the states. New material on the emerging line of good faith cases in the context of director oversight where a corporation is subject to “mission critical” regulation. This new line of cases opens up potential avenues to assign monetary liability to directors for failure to manage corporate risks. New Supreme Court decisions (including Lorenzo and Omnicare) are assessed, and the continuing struggle to define insider trading is reviewed. The chapter on shareholder voting and proxy gives special attention to recent efforts by activist hedge funds to influence and constrain corporate management. The revised chapter on takeovers takes up the legal rules governing friendly and unfriendly acquisitions. The chapter tracks the unique experience of Delaware law over this period: an ongoing and openly—but respectful–disagreement between the Delaware Chancery Court and the Delaware Supreme Court about the allocation of authority between the board of directors and shareholders. The chapter also examines the new texture of the takeover market where activists play a central role. Professors and students will benefit from: Richness and depth: A range of thoroughly developed topics allows instructors to delve into topics with as much depth as they wish. The text is strong in material on both public and closely held corporations. Traditional casebook pedagogy: Text notes, statutory material, excerpted commentary, problems, questions, and edited cases. Strong introductory chapter: Sets out the defining characteristics of a corporation: limited liability, perpetual existence, free transferability, and centralized management. Thematic framework: Examines corporate law in the context of the corporation’s responsibilities to its own constituents and investors, as well as to society.

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Aspen Publishing

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1543847277

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9781543847277

Beach Blonde

By: John Reynolds

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Beach Blonde

By: John Reynolds

After serving two years in prison for breaking the neck of the man who assaulted his sister, Arden is released on bail. He lands a job working at Tuffy's, a restaurant and bar on the beach strip, alongside his former cellmate, Slip Winegarden. Things seem to be looking good for Arden, until it all starts to unravel. When Slip is caught crossing Viktor Khernov, Tuffy's owner, Arden witnesses the madman's revenge from close quarters. Arden's parole officer tells him to find another job or lose his parole status. Meanwhile, the detective investigating Slip's murder tightens the vice by ordering Arden to stay on the job and feed him information or face the same penalty. Amid Arden's ongoing drama, trying to stay cool, is Josie Marshall, widow of a detective found murdered in front of their beach strip home a few years ago - a murder Josie solved on her own (and told in Reynolds' previous novel Beach Strip). Josie thinks men can be handy sometimes, but she'd prefer they left her alone. Fat chance, especially after her relationship with Slip Winegarden becomes known. Soon she and Arden are trying to fend off Viktor Kernov and his muscled sidekick, as well as the homicide detective determined to solve Slip Winegarden's murder, all while drawn into a romance that neither of them saw coming but both appear unable to avoid. Gritty, violent, with a distinct noir flavour and a nod to Elmore Leonard, Beach Blonde reunites readers with Josie Marshall, the witty and resourceful heroine of Beach Strip.

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At Bay Press

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1988168775

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9781988168777

London

By: Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom,Donna Dailey,John Tomedi,Harold Bloom

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London

By: Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom,Donna Dailey,John Tomedi,Harold Bloom

Discusses the city of London as a source of inspiration as well as a home to writers throughout history.

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Infobase Publishing

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1438115555

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9781438115559

A Note From The Accused?

By: John Creasey

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A Note From The Accused?

By: John Creasey

Jim Mellor contemplates suicide. His fiancée, Judith, is distraught. His disappearance, following being accused of murder, may have some explanation in the fact that another woman, Clarissa Arden, also knows a James Mellor who is more than capable of committing murder. Can ‘The Toff’ rescue the situation and save the life of an innocent man?

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House of Stratus

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0755145925

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9780755145928

Some Passages in the Life of Mr Adam Blair, Minister of the Gospel at Cross-Miekle

By: Lockhart John Gibson Lockhart

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Some Passages in the Life of Mr Adam Blair, Minister of the Gospel at Cross-Miekle

By: Lockhart John Gibson Lockhart

Offers Lockhart's final text to modern readers for the first timeOffers the first scholarly edition of Lockhart's best-know novel based on Lockhart's final textSupplies extensive annotation and full scholarly apparatusIncludes a thorough textual history based on comparative study of the manuscript, corrected proof pages, first edition, and second editionSome Passages in the Life of Mr Adam Blair (1822), John Gibson Lockhart's second and best-known novel, is the story of a Church of Scotland minister whose sexual relationship with a married woman has tragic consequences. One of the earliest serious studies in fiction of a minister in Scottish society, the novel also explores gender roles through the character of Blair's friend in the affair, Charlotte. This edition provides the first modern publication of Lockhart's final text, the revised second edition (1824), as well as the first scholarly edition of the novel, including extensive annotations and a detailed textual history.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474456111

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9781474456111

The Routledge History of Literature in English

Britain and Ireland

By: Ronald Carter,John McRae

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The Routledge History of Literature in English

Britain and Ireland

By: Ronald Carter,John McRae

This is a guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, charting some of the main features of literary language development and highlighting key language topics.

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Psychology Press

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0415243173

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9780415243179

Shakespeare, the Earl, and the Jesuit

By: John Klause

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Shakespeare, the Earl, and the Jesuit

By: John Klause

The Jesuit's influence is pervasive, but most especially when the poet/playwright takes up in his own work issues of special concern to the earl in a crucial decade (1593-1604), after Southwell's death, through the religious and political crises faced by the young nobleman during that time."--BOOK JACKET.

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0838641377

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A Woman Killed with Kindness and Other Domestic Plays

A Woman Killed with Kindness and Other Domestic Plays

Anger and After (Routledge Revivals)

Anger and After (Routledge Revivals)

Friendship and Queer Theory in the Renaissance

Friendship and Queer Theory in the Renaissance

Cases and Materials on Corporations

Cases and Materials on Corporations

Beach Blonde

Beach Blonde

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London

A Note From The Accused?

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Some Passages in the Life of Mr Adam Blair, Minister of the Gospel at Cross-Miekle

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The Routledge History of Literature in English

The Routledge History of Literature in English

Shakespeare, the Earl, and the Jesuit

Shakespeare, the Earl, and the Jesuit

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