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  • Best British Short Stories 2016

    Series series Best British Short Stories
    The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its sixth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, ... Read more

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  • Intercultural Japanese Noh Theatre

    Texts and Analyses of English-language Noh

    Series series Methuen Drama Play Collections
    Discover Japanese culture and one of the world's oldest performance artforms in an exhilarating new way: through English-language noh theatre.Intercultural Japanese Noh Theatre: Texts and Analyses of English-language Noh provides a unique perspective on intercultural engagement with Japanese noh, a classical dance-drama that has been performed since the 14th century. Unlike many projects ... Read more

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