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  • Grandpa Was a Whaler

    A Story of Carteret Chadwicks

    by Amy Muse ...
    A survey of the Chadwick family of the Northeast and North Carolina, who played a pivotal role in the development of the regional commerce. The narrative focuses on the period from around 1725 and just after the Civil War.Researcher Amy Muse, a direct descendant of the Chadwicks on her mother's side, first published Grandpa Was a Whaler in 1961. It became the first thorough research document on ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Drama and Theatre of Annie Baker

    by Amy Muse, Patrick Lonergan, Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. ...
    Series series Critical Companions
    In the first book-length study of Annie Baker, one of the most critically acclaimed playwrights in the United States today and winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a MacArthur “genius” grant, Amy Muse analyzes Baker's plays and other work. These include The Flick, John, The Antipodes, the Shirley Vermont plays, and her adaptation of Uncle Vanya. Muse illuminates their ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • The Drama and Theatre of Sarah Ruhl

    by Amy Muse, Patrick Lonergan, Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. ...
    Series series Critical Companions
    Sarah Ruhl is one of the most highly-acclaimed and frequently-produced American playwrights of the 21st century. Author of eighteen plays and the essay collection 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write, she has won a MacArthur “Genius” Grant and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, been nominated for a Tony Award for In the Next Room or the vibrator play and twice been a finalist for the ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Text & Presentation, 2021

    Edited by Amy Muse ...
    Series Book 17 - The Comparative Drama Conference Series
    This volume is the seventeenth in a series dedicated to presenting the latest findings in the fields of comparative drama and performance. Featuring eleven essays from the 2021 Comparative Drama Conference in Orlando, it includes new research on contemporary plays by Anne Washburn, Will Arbery, Matthew Lopez, Anna Deveare Smith and Qui Nguyen. Chapters also present new research for classic plays ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Text & Presentation, 2019

    Edited by Amy Muse ...
    Series Book 16 - The Comparative Drama Conference Series
    This volume is the sixteenth in a series dedicated to presenting the latest findings in the fields of comparative drama, performance, and dramatic textual analysis. Featuring some of the best work from the 2019 Comparative Drama Conference in Orlando, this book engages audiences with new research on contemporary and classic drama, performance studies, scenic design and adaptation theory in nine ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

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  • The Power of Glamour

    Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion

    by Virginia Postrel ...
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    Edited by Pauline Greenhill, Jill Terry Rudy, Naomi Hamer, Lauren Bosc ...
    Series series Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions
    From Cinderella to comic con to colonialism and more, this companion provides readers with a comprehensive and current guide to the fantastic, uncanny, and wonderful worlds of the fairy tale across media and cultures. It offers a clear, detailed, and expansive overview of contemporary themes and issues throughout the intersections of the fields of fairy-tale studies, media studies, and cultural ... Read more

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  • Smart Chicks on Screen

    Representing Women's Intellect in Film and Television

    Edited by Laura Mattoon D'Amore ...
    Series series Film and History
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  • Monsters

    A Fan's Dilemma

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    Four Songs of Care and Constraint

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    Fiction Writing Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers

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