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The intrigues of such aptly named characters as Lady Sneerwell, Sir Joseph Surface, Lady Candour, and Sir Benjamin Backbite have amused theater audiences for more than two centuries. They are the invention of the Irish-born playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and they unfold, collide, and backfire hilariously in his masterpiece, The School for Scandal, a play still considered by many the best comedy of manners in English. It is a comedy with two...
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In her new volume of verse, Bowering continues her rigorous, ambitious path and delivers poems that blend a variety of personalities, times, and places that add up to an overall substance she sees as happiness. Like an alchemist of old, she transmutes experiences, perceptions, and perspectives into something richer and rarer despite the passage of years and the loss and death they have brought.
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Pastiche written chiefly with a view to ascertain, how far the circumstance of the underclass of today's society is adapted to the pleasure of traditional poetry, that finds precedents, for example, in the Enclosure Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain, passed, during the reign of King George III, which removed the right of access to common lands that had been, the laborer’s heritage and source, of income for ages past.
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Elsa is a typical fifteen-year-old growing up in the early 1960s. Her world revolves around independence, boys, and being popular at school, despite growing concerns surrounding the Cuban missile crisis. In fact, this is Elsa's opportunity to let loose before the world blows up. Knee-deep in teenage angst, her mission is clear: get drunk for the first time and lose her virginity. Though Elsa is old enough to feel the tense political climate, she is...
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Identified in Trees is Sandra Bunting's debut collection of poetry, published by Marram Press. Sandra Bunting grew up on the east coast of Canada and has lived in France, Spain, and Ireland. This collection was published in Galway by Marram Press. She returned to Canada in 2011 and established herself in Montreal and Northern New Brunswick, where she now lives.
Of the collection, Irish poet Philip Casey has said: "Sandra Bunting's Identified in Trees...
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Writing poetry came naturally to Bill Robertson as he had a grand-uncle, David Gray (1838-1861), born in the village of Merkland, near Kirkintilloch, Scotland, who became a well-recognized Scottish poet. Over the years, Bill has been inspired to write an occasional poem about events and people around him, which, after many years have been collected in this book.
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Remembrance and Gratitude is a collection of poems and writings paying tribute to our military veterans as well as many community-minded individuals and organizations of Terrace, British Columbia. From firefighters, police officers, medical workers and others, the author expresses his appreciation for his ancestry and other like-minded people who have contributed to the betterment of humanity with a smile and a helping hand. About the Author: Charles...
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Based on the true story of an Irish family with seven sons and one daughter immigrating to Biddulph Township near London, Ontario, in 1844, The Donnellys tells the tale of mystery and truths stranger than fiction. It is the story of a secret society and a massacre that shocked the Canadian public, a story overlooked by the artistic community until Reaney's play elevated the events to the level of legend. First published in 1975, this script takes...
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Remembrance and Gratitude Book 2 is another collection of poems and writings by Charles F. Meek paying tribute to our military veterans as well as many community-minded individuals and organizations of Terrace, British Columbia. From firefighters, civic officials and others who might otherwise go unnoticed, the author expresses appreciation for his ancestry and other like-minded people who have contributed to the betterment of humanity with a smile...
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This poignant debut by Gavin Bradley explores the emotional toll of different kinds of separation: from a partner, a previously held sense of self, or a home and the people left behind. The main narrative describes the deterioration of a long-term relationship, interweaving poems dealing with the loneliness of immigration and the anxiety of separation from Northern Ireland, the poet's homeland. These personal poems enter their stories through a variety...
12) The Commons
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Between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries the majority of the English common lands were enclosed, by decree and by force, depriving communities of their independence and self-sufficiency. The resistance to capitalism's "primitive accumulation," registered in recurring peasant revolts and nighttime attacks on hedges and fences, failed to stem the tide of what we now call "privatization," but it spilled over into Romanticism's own advocacy of a...
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