This is a reader and companion to Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night". An introduction to the dramatic action of the play's meaning is followed by chapters exploring the folly tradition, language and the liberating comedy of sexual ambiquity.

Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (Critical Studies, Penguin)

Literature & Fiction

Davies, Stevie

History & Criticism

Penguin??Books

This is an analysis of William Shakespeare's play, "The Taming of the Shrew". It assesses the text of the folio in the light of recent theories, reassessing the play as problematic in terms of the dramatic interpretation of the language. The study includes an account of the play as a stage event and it characterizes the play as humorous, conflict-filled, full of sexual tension and dramatically brilliant. In addition, the book argues the issues of the play which relate to radical feminism, in the context of the 16th-century sex-war which reached its height in the 1590's when not only literature but also a full scale pamphlet war raged between feminists and anti-feminists.

The Taming of the Shrew (Critical Studies, Penguin)

Subjecting biographical evidence to close examination, Stevie Davies' book questions the legibility of Emily Bronte's life-records, explores the symphonic qualities of Wuthering Heights and establishes Emily Bronte's intellectual stature by study of her works, journals, sheet-music and Brussels essays.

Emily Bronte (Key Women Writers)

Indiana Univ. Pr

Mara and Frankie are cousins and best friends, growing up in the stifling atmosphere of Swansea in the 1950s, amid a bickering yet close-knit extended family. But their passionate friendship comes under threat as they reach adolescence in the heady atmosphere of the Sixtiesa decade in which the conventions of family and kinship are overturned. Years later, as Mara begins to confront the questions surrounding Frankie's death, she is drawn back into their secret past and the struggles of a generation betrayed by its own values. Stevie Davies’ last novel, The Element of Water, was longlisted for the 2004 Booker and Orange Prizes.

Kith and Kin

British & Irish

Orion Publishing

The Eyrie

Literary

Academics and Wuthering Heights fans are descending on the Bronte family homestead for an Emily Bronte conference. Among their ranks are a single, over-sixty, self-professed expert on the Brontes; an overworked wife, mother, and university lecturer; a widower sustained by nocturnal visits from Emily's ghost; and a young waitress suddenly drawn into the curios orbit of academia. Each looks forward to a weekend in the company of kindred spirits, but none is prepared for the unexpected conflicts and unpredictable alliances that result. Four Dreamers and Emily is the United States debut of an acclaimed British novelist -- a sharply observed, hilarious, and bittersweet send-up of academic pretentiousness and literary obsession.

Four Dreamers and Emily

St.Martin's Press

Primavera

Poetry

TRAFALGAR SQUARE +

Closing the Book

From the award-winning author of Arms and the Girl, this novel concerns two female companions who face sudden change, calling into question both the future and history of their lives and love together.

Womens Pr Ltd

A look at the life and times of one of Britain's most intriguing and exceptional women writers.

Emily Bronte: Heretic

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Meet Eileen Nussey James, a self-professed expert on Emily Bronte and her passion; Marianne Pendleton, an overworked lecturer and slave to domesticity; Timothy Whitty, the widower who receives nocturnal visits from Emily's ghost; and Sharon Mitchell, a waitress drawn into the world of academia.

Women's Press (UK)

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Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (Critical Studies, Penguin)

The Taming of the Shrew (Critical Studies, Penguin)

Emily Bronte (Key Women Writers)

Kith and Kin

The Eyrie

Four Dreamers and Emily

Primavera

Closing the Book

Emily Bronte: Heretic

Four Dreamers and Emily