One of Shakespeare's most notoriously difficult and cynical plays, labelled a "Problem Comedy", Troilus and Cressida has perplexed critics and theatre directors, and after Shakespeare's lifetime it was not performed again until 1907. In many ways the play's difficulty is a surprise; the story of Troilus and Cressida was a ...
One of Shakespeare's most notoriously difficult and cynical plays, labelled a "Problem Comedy", Troilus and Cressida has perplexed critics and theatre directors, and after Shakespeare's lifetime it was not performed again until 1907. In many ways the play's difficulty is a surprise; the story of Troilus and Cressida was a ...
Synge was one of the key dramatists in the flourishing world of Irish literature at the turn of the century. This volume offers every one of his plays, which range from racy comedy to stark tragedy, all sharing a memorable lyricism.
Joseph Conrad's long experience as a working seaman enabled his deft use of the maritime setting to enact moral dramas of men tested by the elements and by one another.
Set in Ancient Rome, this play remains a gripping psychological study of the relationship between personality and politics. The introduction to the text of the play considers Shakespeare's adaptation of his historical material ("Plutarch's Lives") in relation to the social and political conditions in London and Stratford at the time ...
Volshebnaja istorija puteshestvij Malenkogo printsa k daljokim planetam, istorija ego udivitelnykh znakomstv s kapriznoj, no ocharovatelnoj rozoj, mudrym Lisom, velichestvennym koroljom i mnogimi drugimi i po sej den ne ostavljaet ravnodushnymi ni detej, ni vzroslykh.
Odin iz samykh glubokikh v mirovoj literature opytov otrazhenija khristianskogo soznanija, "Bratja Karamazovy" stali v KHKh veke obektom paradoksalnykh filosofskikh i psikhoanaliticheskikh interpretatsij.
Zavorazhivajuschaja istorija tragicheskikh strastej, svjazavshikh kuptsa Parfena Rogozhina, byvshuju soderzhanku bogatogo dvorjanina Nastasju Filippovnu i "idealnogo cheloveka" knjazja Myshkina - bespomoschnogo idiota v mire korysti i zla, glasjaschaja o tom, chto sostradanie, vozmozhno, edinstvennyj zakon chelovecheskogo bytija.