Writing Under Tyranny
Writing Under Tyranny

Author: Greg Walker

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2005-10-20

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13: 0199283338

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Greg Walker examines the impact of tyrannical government on the work of poets, playwrights and prose writers in the early English Renaissance.

Trinkets & Charms
Trinkets & Charms

Author: Eleanor R. Standley

Publisher: Oxford University School of Ar

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781905905300

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Gold signet rings, jet pendants or simple lace ends - all dress accessories were highly significant and meaningful objects used in everyday life in later medieval Britain. This study of archaeological finds, artistic depictions and literature reveals the intricate uses and life-histories of dress accessories from two regions of Britain.

The Swordsman of Mars
The Swordsman of Mars

Author: Otis Adelbert Kline

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-09-21

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1649741782

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Harry Thorne had lost everything: his business, the love of his life, even his own self respect. As he’s contemplating suicide he’s made an incredible offer. He can go back in time and switch places with a look alike who lived on Mars millions of years ago when it was a lush, beautiful planet full of promise and adventure. Seizes his last chance at salvaging his life is transported millions of years into the past to a Mars peopled with beautiful women, mighty warriors, fearsome beasts, and awesome magics.

So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter

Author: Mariama Bâ

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2012-05-06

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1478611235

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Written by award-winning African novelist Mariama Bâ and translated from the original French, So Long a Letter has been recognized as one of Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century. The brief narrative, written as an extended letter, is a sequence of reminiscences —some wistful, some bitter—recounted by recently widowed Senegalese schoolteacher Ramatoulaye Fall. Addressed to a lifelong friend, Aissatou, it is a record of Ramatoulaye’s emotional struggle for survival after her husband betrayed their marriage by taking a second wife. This semi-autobiographical account is a perceptive testimony to the plight of educated and articulate Muslim women. Angered by the traditions that allow polygyny, they inhabit a social milieu dominated by attitudes and values that deny them status equal to men. Ramatoulaye hopes for a world where the best of old customs and new freedom can be combined. Considered a classic of contemporary African women’s literature, So Long a Letter is a must-read for anyone interested in African literature and the passage from colonialism to modernism in a Muslim country. Winner of the prestigious Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.