This is the first of two volumes in which Christopher Bigsby offers extended critical readings of the work of the leading dramatists and theatre groups in twentieth ... this century drama has emerged ...

1 Demonstrate critical understanding of some major twentieth-century authors and texts in the genres of prose fiction and poetry. 2 Locate these texts in the contexts of literary modernism or ...

A new adaptation of The Piano Lesson updates the playwright’s convictions about how legacies are passed down through ...

Comparative literature of the twentieth century leading up to and including the Cold War. (a) Study of major authors (prose, poetry and drama, in English translation where relevant) on both sides of ...

Edwin Frank is somewhat of a legend. The editorial director of New York Review Books and founder of the New York Review Books Classics series, his discernment has helped shape highbrow literary ...

The incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes increased worldwide in the closing decades of the 20th century ... A search through the early literature revealed a number of useful but neglected ...