This major new reference book presents more than 700 biographies of Shakespeare's contemporaries and richly illustrates the variety and complexity of the life of the period he lived. With its useful glossary of unusual terms, and extensive cross-references, this invaluable book emphasizes the cultural continuity between the last phase of Elizabethan England and the Jacobean age, and the authors also pay attention to American connections. This extensive and detailed study will be invaluable to all those interested in Shakespeare and his times.
This major new reference book presents more than 700 biographies of Shakespeare's contemporaries and richly illustrates the variety and complexity of ...
Who's Who in Modern History is a unique reference book which examines those individuals who have shaped the political world since 1860. Coverage is truly global, including the most important figures in Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Africa and Australasia. It provides: * an easy-to-use A-Z layout * authoritative, detailed biographies of the most important figures since 1860, from Clemenceau and Chief Buthelezi to King Fahd and Benazir Bhutto * bibliographical references for each entry, to aid further research * extensive cross-referencing * an...
Who's Who in Modern History is a unique reference book which examines those individuals who have shaped the political world since 1860. Cover...
Now in paperback, a distinguished historian recounts the myriad tragic blunders and the unprecedented, unfathomable bloodshed that was World War I in a fresh and revealing look at the war and its impact on the 20th century. Maps. of photos.
Now in paperback, a distinguished historian recounts the myriad tragic blunders and the unprecedented, unfathomable bloodshed that was World War I in ...
Fictional Minds suggests that readers understand novels primarily by following the functioning of the minds of characters in the novel storyworlds. Despite the importance of this aspect of the reading process, traditional narrative theory does not include a complete and coherent theory of fictional minds. Readers create a continuing consciousness out of scattered references to a particular character and read this consciousness as an "embedded narrative" within the whole narrative of the novel. The combination of these embedded narratives forms the plot. This perspective on narrative enables...
Fictional Minds suggests that readers understand novels primarily by following the functioning of the minds of characters in the novel storyworlds. De...
