The Human Comedy

Erich Auerbach's Dante: Poet of the Secular World is an inspiring introduction to one of world's greatest poets as well as a brilliantly argued and...

Another brilliant example of Evan Connell's art, The Patriot deals with an American boy who grew to maturity with World War II. He had learned his ...

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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK "Salman Rushdie's great grasp of the human tragicomedy-its dimensions, its absurdities and horrors-has made him one o...

Reducere. The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia, " meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained no...

Reducere. Full Length, Comedy Characters: 2 male, 3 female Interior set Neil Simon at his most humane, compassionate best. It's a humorous confection divided...

Reducere. Mark Twain wrote: "There are five kinds of actresses: bad actresses, fair actresses, good actresses, great actresses - and then there is Sarah Bern...

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Reducere. Listed by the British newspaper "The Guardian" as number 12 on a list of the 100 greatest novels of all-time, Honore de Balzac's "The Black Sheep" ...

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Reducere. The Divine Comedy is widely considered to be the preeminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature. The narra...

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Reducere. refinding the rules of gravity by Anna Antongiorgi is a book full of the magic of young-woman-artist-human moving to New York City energy. The poem...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Chip DunhamAuthor: Alice Faye DuncanDon't miss the misadventures of cartoonist Chip Dunham's clever crew of shipboard malco...

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Reducere. Don't miss themisadventures of cartoonist Chip Dunham's clever crew of shipboard malcontents, incompetents, and laggards. Overboard stands out with...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Patrick McDonnellMUTTSA is impossibly large. Its subject is the world, all living beings in it, and their relationship with...

A new translation of Dante's Purgatorio that celebrates the human elements of the second part of The Divine Comedy. This is a bilingual edition wit...

This perfectly revolting --- and perfectly timely! --- introduction to germs from award-winning comedy writer Edward Kay will turn any kid into a m...

Reducere. The epic grandeur of Dante's masterpiece has inspired readers for 700 years, and has entered the human imagination. But the further we move from th...

Reducere. Brace yourself for a journey into a creepy, dark side of the American Midwest you thought you knew--a side teeming with real-life surrealism and hi...

Reducere. -Baker may just have the subtlest way with exposition of anyone writing for the theater today... There is something distinctly Chekhovian in the wa...

Reducere. Now from the author the Washington Post Book World calls "the dark chronicler of human vanity and folly" comes Celebration. The newest black comedy...

"By page twenty, it was already one of the best graphic novels I'd read in years. By the end, it was one of my favorites ever. Of all time. For God...

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Reducere. Wild Decembers is a newly reissued edition of the novel by Edna O'Brien, one of the most celebrated writers in the English language (NPR's Weekend ...

Reducere. Innovative scene work lies at the core of each actor's artistic development. This unique collection of two-person scenes offers a wide variety of c...

Reducere. The Divine Comedy is a long narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely c...

The humor in LYSISTRATA is the focus of this latest adaptation. Playwright Edward Einhorn, known for his comic absurdist plays, translates the anci...

Yorkshire PostIf I Were You"A blissfully funny comedy that's also filled with sadness, a devilishly simple theatrical idea that spins out all kinds...

Reducere. Set amidst the political turbulence and social unrest of contemporary Mexico City, An Easy Thing introduces English-speaking readers to Taibo's hum...

Reducere. The Abiding Image by Cathy Smith Bowers gives testament to poet and editor Alfred A. Poulin's belief that "the very act of writing poetry is an aff...

Comedian and actress Arden Myrin delivers a hilarious and heartfelt memoir about navigating adulthood and her rise on the comedy scene despite an u...

Reducere. Description"These Characters are people we know--they're our quirky neighbors, our creepy bosses, our blind dates from hell. Sharp-tongued Theophra...

Reducere. The authoritative translations of The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso--together in one volume. Belonging in the immortal company of the g...

Reducere. Anton Chekhov remarked toward the close of his life that people would stop reading him a year after his death. But his literary stature and popular...

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Reducere. A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring t...

DescriptionOn New Year's Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year...

Set in an enchanted forest, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is the ideal subject for artist Marcel Dzama, whose work frequently references ...

Reducere. Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment o...

Reducere. How have the media, government, technology, and history deceived us? Have fake and real become indistinguishable? Were we ever unburdened of disinf...

Reducere. From rising comedy star Cameron Esposito, a memoir that is "as hilarious and honest as she is on the stage, " tackling the big issues explored in h...

Action-packed CIA spy thriller, part family dramedy, and full of action, quirky comedy, and all too human characters. Gib Alexander is a divorced s...

Reducere. From Mordecai Richler, one of our greatest satirists, comes one of literature's most delightful characters, Duddy Kravitz -- in a novel that belong...

Publisher: Anthem PressAuthor(s): Joseph McBrideNumber of pages: 118Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 229 x 11Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Reducere. CAROL BURNETT: Danny Kaye's show went off the air in 1967 and The Carol Burnett Show was premiering that fall. All I could think about was, We need...

Reducere. Set in a small Cotswold town, Inspector Hobbes and the Blood is a fast-paced comedy crime fantasy about the adventures of Andy, an incompetent repo...

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Reducere. Dante's Purgatorio has been described as the most 'human' of the three parts of his Comedy, and it can also be seen as a 'singing school' for poets...

DescriptionFor Readers of Jonathan Tropper and Philip Roth, the Darkly Comic, Poignant Story of a Man Caught Between the Aspirations of Youth and t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Gene D. PhillipsAuthor: Stanley Kubrick"I might try to make something of an imperfect story with my efforts as a writer, bu...

Reducere. A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring t...

Reducere. DescriptionWith compassion, clarity, and conviction (and a dash of comedy for good measure) popular speaker and employment law attorney Scott Warri...

Reducere. Lisette Model captures a grotesque vision of postwar American society with her bold and ironic street photographyPublished alongside a double solo ...

Reducere. The Ultimate Guide to Help You Master Interpersonal Communication and Build High-Quality Relationships Communication Skills Training is a collectio...

Reducere. Released to the public for the first time, writings by the incomparable Barton Biggs Long considered one of the best brains on Wall Street, Barton ...

Presenting the complete TMNT stories in recommended reading order, including one-shots, crossovers, and event series. Everything a beginner could n...

DescriptionTheatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts, Third Edition is designed for the college student who may be unacquainted with...

This book develops a theory of comedy by analyzing the television situation comedy Seinfeld and demonstrating how comedy presents a comic vision of...

This book engages students-particularly those who may not be very familiar with many plays-in the theatre experience by focusing on just four plays...