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Poetry Translating as Expert Action
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2011; US$ 135.00Poetry is a highly valued form of human expression, and poems are challenging texts to translate. For both reasons, people willingly work long and hard to translate them, for little pay but potentially high personal satisfaction. This book shows how experienced poetry translators translate poems and bring them to readers, and how they not only shape... more...
Comedy Writing Secrets
F+W Media 2005; US$ 17.99The Only Handbook for Humor Writers! "What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke."?Steve Martin Become the funniest person in the room! With Comedy Writing Secrets, 2nd edition , you can master the fundamentals of humor writing and turn your comedic talent into a well-paying pursuit. For more than a decade,... more...
Language of Drama
Routledge 2000; US$ 28.95This book is unique in offering A-Level and undergradute students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on drama. It applies contemporary linguistic research to a wide range of plays, soap operas and screenplays. more...
Anthropocosmic Theatre
Taylor and Francis 1997; US$ 48.95In this work the author traces his researches with Grotowski and Strasberg, at the Old Vic in London, and in Nahuatlan and Tibetan theatre to arrive at his design for a unique participatory theatre form. more...
Make Believe in Film and Fiction
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 95.00A comparative study of the experiences of reading a novel and watching a movie. more...
Ariane Mnouchkine
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 31.95Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance. One of the most important directors of her generation, and one of the only women ever to have attained... more...
The Art of Theater
Wiley 2008; US$ 44.95The Art of Theater argues for the recognition of theatrical performance as an art form independent of dramatic writing. Identifies the elements that make a performance a work of art Looks at the competing views of the text-performance relationships An important and original contribution to the aesthetics and philosophy of theater more...
How to Really Stink at Golf
Random House Publishing Group 2008; US$ 16.00As a longtime golfer, Jeff Foxworthy has learned something important about the grand auld game: It?s not who has the highest score, it?s who has the least fun playing it. And now, in his hilarious primer How to Really Stink at Golf, Foxworthy shares his invaluable tips for a lifetime of horrible drives and putts. ? Get into the right frame of mind... more...
Naming the World
Random House Publishing Group 2008; US$ 16.00You already have the tools to become a gifted writer; what you need is the spark. Harvard creative writing professor and acclaimed author Bret Anthony Johnston brings you an irresistible interactive guide to the craft of narrative writing. From developing characters to building conflict, from mastering dialogue to setting the scene, Naming the World... more...









