Generations of children have been brought up on La Fontaine's "Fables. Only an absent-minded or perversely liberal parent, however, would leave the sane author's "Complete Tales in Verse lying around for the children to find. La Fontaine's "Complete Tales in Verse are the fruit of his wicked delight in Boccaccio, Ariosto, Rabelais, and other writers. Retelling their stories in his own words, La Fontaine comments wryly as he goes along, making the ...

Michelangelo's poems are like the letters of other artists: they range from formal words of thanks to passionate argument; they flatter patrons, address lovers - and God. As in his sculpture, Elizabeth Jennings remarks, so in the poems, the "dominating feature is vehement energy, an energy which is mastered by a longing for order." ...

Includes Jenufa (Her Step-daughter) by Gabriela Preissova (Czech); The Umbilical Cord by Krystyna Kofta (Poland); Tulip Doctor by Vera Filo (Hungary); The Tender Mercies by Sladjana Vujovic ( Montenegro); Nascenco by Alina Nelega (Romania); The Chosen Ones by Elena Popova (Belorussia); and Belgrade Trilogy by Biljana Srbljanovic (Yugoslavia) ...

Danish Plays Johan Ludvig Heiberg and Ludvig Holberg Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791-1860) and his predecessor Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) were two of the very few dramatists for whom Henrik Ibsen professed admiration. Heiberg's apocalyptic comedy "A Sould After Death</I> almost certainly influenced Ibsen's "Peer Gynt, </I> but it is for his one-act vaudevilles such as "No, </I> translated here by Michael Meyer, that Heiberg is most ...

Christine de Pizan, an Italian-born writer in French in the early 15th century, composed lyric poetry, debate poetry, political biography, and allegory. Her texts constantly negotiate the hierarchical and repressive discourses of late medieval court culture. How they do so is the focus of this volume, which places Christine's work in the context of larger discussions about medieval authorship, identity, and categories of difference.
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Best known as a novelist, George Sand (1804-1876) was also arguably the most successful woman dramatist in history. More than twenty of her plays were staged in major Paris theaters to widespread popular and critical acclaim. Translated here for the first time into English are her two most famous full-length comedies, The Marquis de Villemer and Francoise, as well as her three major one-act plays, The Paving Stone, The Japanese Lily, and A Good ...

Both works in this volume a play by Carl Zuckmayer (1896-1977) and an unusual contemporary study of Nazi Germany by Sebastian Haffner (1907-99) bear testimony to the disturbing events that were to change German history in the aftermath of World War I. The abridged translation of The Devils General, which was approved by Zuckmayer himself, is about a World War I flier who commits suicide as he comes to realize the unintended havoc he has wrought ...

1929. One Volume Edition. The Russian writer Chekhov was noted for his masterful short stories and lyrical dramas. His stories, though often based on themes profoundly tragic, are penetrated by the light and subtle satire that has won him his reputation as a great humorist. Along with many of Chekhov's tales and novels, this volume contains two of his best-known plays, The Cherry Orchard and The Sea-Gull. See other titles by this author available ...

'Good poetry puts the reader in every poem. It is we - along with the poet - who love and lose, who tremble with longing, awe, and sadness, who marvel at the inevitable duplicity of beauty, the betrayals of time. ... For someone self-taught in English, Mr. Zanelli has an admirable vocabulary ... Most other poets would be happy to have written half of these poems. Most readers will be glad to have read them all.' PHIL WAGNER, The Iconoclast ...

Essays on philosophy, aesthetics, and daily life by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck. ...