Auteur: Rene Weis

This book is both a celebration of the life and career of the eminent literary scholar, critic, and journalist John Sutherland and an extension of Sutherland’s work in various fields, including ninet …

The Real Traviata is the rags-to-riches story of a tragic young woman whose life inspired one of the most famous operas of all time, Verdi’s masterpiece La traviata, as well as one of the most scanda …

The Real Traviata is the rags-to-riches story of a tragic young woman whose life inspired one of the most famous operas of all time, Verdi’s masterpiece La traviata, as well as one of the most scanda …

This reissed edition of Longman Annotated Texts King Lear includes comprehensive notes, annotations and an introduction, all designed to be of use to undergraduates and interested readers.King Lear i …

This reissed edition of Longman Annotated Texts King Lear includes comprehensive notes, annotations and an introduction, all designed to be of use to undergraduates and interested readers.King Lear i …

In the 13th century, a group of heretics in southwest France, the Cathars, became a serious threat to the Catholic church. In several waves of repression, thousands of Cathars were killed. Yet so ard …

‘Shakespeare’s play is death-haunted from the start, and its self-glorifying lovers exist in a dream of passion’ Guardian A battle-hardened soldier, Antony is one of the three leaders of the Roman wo …

On a steamy August night in 1952, a British family settles down to sleep beside their car in a lay-by. Before daybreak all three of them, a father, a mother, and their ten-year-old daughter, have bee …

This major new edition of Shakespeare »s greatest tragedy of love argues that that play is ultimately Juliet »s. The play text is expertly edited and the on-page commentary notes discuss issues of st …

This major new edition of Shakespeare »s greatest tragedy of love argues that that play is ultimately Juliet »s. The play text is expertly edited and the on-page commentary notes discuss issues of st …