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Shakespeare Between the World Wars(1st Edition)
The Anglo-American Sphere
by Robert Sawyer
Hardcover, 314 Pages, Published 2019 by Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-1-137-59063-3, ISBN: 1-137-59063-7

"Shakespeare Between the World Wars draws parallels between Shakespearean scholarship, criticism, and production from 1920 to 1940 and the chaotic years of the Interwar era. The book begins with the scene in Hamlet where the Prince confronts his mother, Gertrude. Just as the closet scene can be read as a productive period bounded by devastation and determination on both sides, Robert Sawyer shows that the years between the World Wars wer ..."






Storie dal domani 1
I migliori racconti Future Fiction 2014 (Italian Edition)
by Aa. Vv., James Patrcik Kelly, Ian Mcdonald, Robert Sawyer, David Marusek, Giovanni De Matteo, Michalis Manolios, Francesco De Aguilar, Gabriella Gregori, Francesco Verso
Paperback, 424 Pages, Published 2018 by Independently Published
ISBN-13: 978-1-976903-40-3, ISBN: 1-976903-40-8

"Cosa succede quando una casa dotata di intelligenza artificiale perde l’inquilino di cui è innamorata? Qual è la coppia perfetta in una versione tecnologicamente avanzata del gioco del corteggiamento? Quanti segreti si nascondono nella villa di Aethra dove si creano “soggetti d’arte” al cui interno è intrappolata una copia senziente della padrona di casa? Chi ha ucciso un famoso indovino in una città modulare dove la divinazione eseguit ..."






Marlowe and Shakespeare(Reprint)
The Critical Rivalry
by Robert Sawyer
Paperback, 382 Pages, Published 2018 by Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-1-349-95767-5, ISBN: 1-349-95767-4

"Instead of asserting any alleged rivalry between Marlowe and Shakespeare, Sawyer examines the literary reception of the two when the writers are placed in tandem during critical discourse or artistic production. Focusing on specific examples from the last 400 years, the study begins with Robert Greene’s comments in 1592 and ends with the post-9/11 and 7/7 era.The study not only looks at literary critics and their assessments, but also a ..."






How to Create a Mind(2nd Edition)
The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
by J. Daniel Batt, Greg Bear, David Brin, Joe Haldeman, Hugh Howey, Ben Bova, Allen Steele, Kevin J. Anderson, Ray Kurzweil, Alan Dean Foster, Lord Martin Rees, Jasper T. Scott, Catherine Asaro, Brenda Cooper, Ramez Naam, Zoltan Istvan, Douglas Rushkoff, Douglas E. Richards, Robert Sawyer, James Gunn, Gregory Benford
Paperback, 730 Pages, Published 2018 by Lifeboat Foundation
ISBN-13: 978-0-9984131-2-9, ISBN: 0-9984131-2-7

"In the different formats, pick the May 2018 format for the Second Edition! Visions of the Future is a collection of stories and essays including Nebula and Hugo award-winning works. In this anthology, you’ll find stories and essays about artificial intelligence, androids, faster-than-light travel, and the extension of human life. You’ll read about the future of human institutions and culture. But these literary works are more than just ..."






Marlowe and Shakespeare
The Critical Rivalry
by Robert Sawyer
382 Pages, Published 2017 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-1-349-95227-4, ISBN: 1-349-95227-3

"154. 155. Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford (New York: Vintage, 1993), 178. Ibid., 195. Quoted in Suzanne kean, “Review of A Dead Man in Deptford,” Commonweal (11 February), 1994: 4. Burgess, Shakespeare, 103. kean, “ Review,” 4. Burgess, A Dead Man, 131. Ibid., 29. Ibid., 118. Ibid., 203. One of the Cambridge Five was named Guy Burgess and another Anthony Blunt. Anthony Burgess even received an apology in 1983 from the Intern ..."






Marlowe and Shakespeare(1st Edition)
The Critical Rivalry
by Robert Sawyer
Hardcover, 382 Pages, Published 2017 by Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-1-349-95226-7, ISBN: 1-349-95226-5

"Instead of asserting any alleged rivalry between Marlowe and Shakespeare, Sawyer examines the literary reception of the two when the writers are placed in tandem during critical discourse or artistic production. Focusing on specific examples from the last 400 years, the study begins with Robert Greene’s comments in 1592 and ends with the post-9/11 and 7/7 era.The study not only looks at literary critics and their assessments, but also a ..."






Shakespeare Between the World Wars
The Anglo-American Sphere
by Robert Sawyer
318 Pages, Published 2017 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-1-137-58218-8, ISBN: 1-137-58218-9

"The Birth of New Criticism: Conflict and Conciliation in the Early Work of William Empson, I.A. Richards, Laura Riding, and Robert ... Ibid., 7. William Empson, Seven Types of Ambiguity (New Directions, 1st ed., 1930; 2nd ed., 1947): viii. I'm citing from the 1947 edition. ... Jonathan Bate, The Genius of Shakespeare, 10th Anniversary Edition (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2008): 315. In fact, his knowledge of Freudian psychology was signaled ..."






Harold Bloom's Shakespeare
by Robert Sawyer, Christy Desmet
292 Pages, Published 2016 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-1-137-03641-4, ISBN: 1-137-03641-9

"Raised in London's East End, the two girls grow up in the shadow of their famous father. Narrated by Dora Chance, Wise Children challenges the cultural legitimacy of Shakespeare and his plays from the bottom up. At one point in the ... Furthermore, I have not dealt with poetry, theater, or any of the other areas in which women are working to reenvision Shakespeare's characters in their own terms. Finally ..."






Galaxy's Edge Magazine
Issue 15, July 2015 (Worldcon / Sasquan Special)
by Robert Sawyer, David Gerrold, Mike Resnick
Paperback, 108 Pages, Published 2015 by Galaxy's Edge
ISBN-13: 978-1-61242-276-3, ISBN: 1-61242-276-4

"A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy ISSUE 15: July 2015 Mike Resnick, Editor Jean Rabe, Assistant Editor Shahid Mahmud, Publisher This month we feature a new story from and an interview with the 2015 Worldcon (Sasquan) Guest of Honor, David Gerrold. Stories by: Ron Collins, Robert Silverberg, Dantzel Cherry, Jack McDevitt, Leena Likitalo, Alex Shvartsman, Elizabeth Bear, J. R. Vogt, Lawrence Person, Robert J. Sawyer, David Ge ..."






Visions of the Future
by J. Daniel Batt, Greg Bear, David Brin, Hugh Howey, Joe Haldeman, Ben Bova, Allen Steele, Kevin J. Anderson, Ray Kurzweil, Alan Dean Foster, Martin Rees, Jasper T. Scott, Brenda Cooper, Ramez Naam, Zoltan Istvan, Douglas Rushkoff, Douglas E. Richards, Robert Sawyer, James Gunn, Gregory Benford, Catherine Asaro, Robert Graham
Paperback, 682 Pages, Published 2015 by Lifeboat Foundation
ISBN-13: 978-0-692-51378-1, ISBN: 0-692-51378-7

"In the different formats, pick the May 2018 format for the Second Edition! Visions of the Future is a collection of stories and essays including Nebula and Hugo award-winning works. In this anthology, you’ll find stories and essays about artificial intelligence, androids, faster-than-light travel, and the extension of human life. You’ll read about the future of human institutions and culture. But these literary works are more than just ..."






L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. 22(1st Edition)
by L. Ron Hubbard, Algis Budrys, Orson Scott Card, Anne Mccaffrey, Brian Herbert, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Robert Silverberg, Robert J. Sawyer, Robert Holdstock
Paperback, 500 Pages, Published 2006 by Galaxy Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-59212-345-2, ISBN: 1-59212-345-7






Shakespeare and Appropriation
by Christy Desmet, Robert Sawyer
Digital, Published 2013 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-134-62262-7, ISBN: 1-134-62262-7

"The vitality of our culture is still often measured by the status Shakespeare has within it. Contemporary readers and writers continue to exploit Shakespeare's cultural afterlife in a vivid and creative way. This fascinating collection of original essays shows how writers' efforts to imitate, contradict, compete with, and reproduce Shakespeare keep him in the cultural conversation. The essays: * analyze the methods and motives of Shakes ..."






Shakespeare and Appropriation
by Christy Desmet, Robert Sawyer
Digital, 256 Pages, Published 2013 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-134-62261-0, ISBN: 1-134-62261-9

"The vitality of our culture is still often measured by the status Shakespeare has within it. Contemporary readers and writers continue to exploit Shakespeare's cultural afterlife in a vivid and creative way. This fascinating collection of original essays shows how writers' efforts to imitate, contradict, compete with, and reproduce Shakespeare keep him in the cultural conversation. The essays: * analyze the methods and motives of Shakes ..."






Wonder Special Edition Ebook
by Robert Sawyer
448 Pages, Published 2011 by Viking Canada
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-318079-1, ISBN: 0-14-318079-7






Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part III, Volume 3(1st Edition)
Charles Kean, Samuel Phelps and William Charles Macready by their Contemporaries (Volume 1)
by Tetsuo Kishi, Richard Foulkes, Julia Swindells, Gail Marshall, Robert Sawyer, David Francis Taylor
Hardcover, 1,016 Pages, Published 2010 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-75438-6, ISBN: 1-138-75438-2

"Features actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare. This title contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, and obituaries that present a contemporary account of their acting achievements and personal lives."






Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part III, Volume 1(1st Edition)
Charles Kean, Samuel Phelps and William Charles Macready by their Contemporaries
by Tetsuo Kishi, Richard Foulkes, Julia Swindells, Gail Marshall, Robert Sawyer, David Francis Taylor
Hardcover, 1,016 Pages, Published 2010 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-75436-2, ISBN: 1-138-75436-6

"Features actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare. This title contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, and obituaries that present a contemporary account of their acting achievements and personal lives."






L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future - The First 25 Years
by Kevin J. Anderson, L. Ron Hubbard, Larry Niven, Eric Flint, Nina Hoffman, Yoji Kondo, Todd Mccaffrey, Rebeca Moesta, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Robert Sawyer
Hardcover, 270 Pages, Published 2010 by Galaxy Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-59212-848-8, ISBN: 1-59212-848-3

" Twenty-five years ago, L. Ron Hubbard created and endowed the Writers of the Future Contest “as a means for new and budding writers to have a chance for their creative efforts to be seen and acknowledged.”  Since that time, the Contest has been a phenomenal success, inspiring a generation of new writers who have now become some of the most recognized and influential voices in the fields of science fiction and fantasy.   For th ..."






Gateways(1st Edition)
A Feast of Great New Science Fiction Honoring Grand Master Frederik Pohl
by Elizabeth Anne Hull, Gregory Benford, David Brin, Larry Niven, Joe Haldeman, Connie Willis, Robert Sawyer
Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2010 by Tor Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-2662-1, ISBN: 0-7653-2662-0

"An anthology of new, original stories by bestselling science fiction authors, inspired by science fiction great Frederik PohlIt isn’t easy to get a group of bestselling SF authors to write new stories for an anthology, but that’s what Elizabeth Anne Hull has done in this powerhouse book. With original, captivating tales by Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, David Brin, Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Joe Haldeman, Harry Harrison, Larry N ..."






Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part III, Volume 2(1st Edition)
Charles Kean, Samuel Phelps and William Charles Macready by their Contemporaries (Volume 1)
by Tetsuo Kishi, Richard Foulkes, Julia Swindells, Gail Marshall, Robert Sawyer, David Francis Taylor
Hardcover, 1,016 Pages, Published 2010 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-75437-9, ISBN: 1-138-75437-4

"Features actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare. This title contains extracts from diaries, memoirs, private letters, and obituaries that present a contemporary account of their acting achievements and personal lives."






Reasons To Be Cheerful(1st Edition)
The Life and Work of Barney Bubbles
by Paul Gorman, Malcolm Garrett, Barney Bubbles, Billy Bragg, Peter Saville, Robert Sawyer
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2009 by Adelita Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-9552017-3-8, ISBN: 0-9552017-3-X

"Described by The New York Times as "a hero to young designers," the British designer Barney Bubbles is one of the most mysterious but influential figures in the field of graphic design. Bubbles, who died 25 years ago, links the colorful underground optimism of the 1960s to the sardonic, edgier art that accompanied Punk's explosion a decade later. In the 1960s, Bubbles created posters for the Rolling Stones, brand and product design for ..."



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