Hughes examines all of the surviving plays written and professionally premiered in England between 1660 and 1700. Hughes analyzes many texts in detail and places them within the range of contemporary theatrical output, with its diversity of outlook and constant shifts in fashion and subject. In addition, Hughes presents an innovative analysis of the plays' political, intellectual, and social background, with extensive discussion of their treatment of women and the contribution of women dramatists.

English Drama, 1660-1700

Literature & Fiction

Hughes, Derek

Dramas & Plays

Clarendon Press

Human sacrifice has fascinated Western writers since the beginnings of European literature. It is prominent in Greek epic and tragedy, and returned to haunt writers after the discovery of the Aztec mass sacrifices. It has been treated by some of the greatest creative geniuses, including Shakespeare and Wagner, and was a major topic in the works of many Modernists, such as D. H. Lawrence and Stravinsky. In literature, human sacrifice is often used to express a writer's reaction to the residue of barbarism in his own culture. The meaning attached to the theme therefore changes profoundly from one period to another, yet it remains as timely an image of cultural collapse as it did over two thousand years ago. Drawing on sources from literature and music, in this 2007 book Derek Hughes examines the representation of human sacrifice in Western culture from The Iliad to the invasion of Iraq.

Culture and Sacrifice: Ritual Death in Literature and Opera

British & Irish

Cambridge University Press

History & Criticism

This six-volume anthology documents the history of women's drama throughout the 18th century, starting with the emergence in 1695-6 of the second generation of women dramatists to Aphra Benn. It includes the work of Catherine Trotter, Mary Pix, Eliza Haywood and Elizabeth Griffith.

Eighteenth-Century Women Playwrights, vol 1

Routledge

Eighteenth-Century Women Playwrights, vol 2

Eighteenth-Century Women Playwrights, vol 3

Eighteenth-Century Women Playwrights, vol 4

Eighteenth-Century Women Playwrights, vol 5

Following the death of Princess Diana in August 1997, the world went into mourning at the awful loss of a much loved public figure in such tragic circumstances. But is Diana really dead? Too many questions remain unanswered and the deeper Detective Simon Oaks looks, the more obscure the picture becomes. What part does an ultra secret organisation known only as the Insurance Corporation play in the build-up to that fateful night in Paris, and who is behind the cover-up to ensure the real facts are never known? What is the shocking truth that lies behind The Arcane Throne?

The Arcane Throne

Xlibris

Looks like the wall has finally met its match. This classic tale gets a modern twist with a Humpty Dumpty for a new generation. "Humpty Dumpty lived near a wall..." begins this well-known fable. But this time Humpty is ready for battle, with a secret mission and a touch of mischief. Can all the King's horses and all the King's men help put Humpty together again? Or maybe the mission, no matter how small, is simply to question the point of a wall.

Humpty Dumpty Lived Near a Wall

Children's Books

Classics

Penguin Workshop

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