The Language of Literature: British Literature

British Literature  is your gateway to the literature, authors, and time periods featured in your textbook. The resources and activities below will help you dive into British literature, from the earliest Anglo-Saxon poetry to the modern voices of contemporary British writers. Find links to help you with your research projects, learn more about your favorite authors, or get your own writing published

George Sand

Danielle Steele would be hard-pressed to concoct a juicer tale than the scandalous life of 19th-century French writer George Sand (1804–1876), revisited in this perceptive and original biography by novelist Harlan (Footfalls, Watershed). Sand, née Aurore Dupin, left her husband and two children in provincial France and successfully launched herself as a self-supporting writer in Paris, donning men's clothing to ease passage into the professional world and taking a pseudonym to protect her aristocratic family's name.

World Literature and Its Times: Volume 2 - African Literature and Its Times

World Literature and Its Times helps students and researchers make connections between the political/social climate during which books were written and the works themselves. Each World Literature and Its Times volume focuses on major fiction, poetry and nonfiction from a particular country or region, presenting approximately 50 works in detailed essays running approximately 10 pages.

Persian portraits: A sketch of Persian history, literature and politics

For the Oriental scholar, or for persons well versed in Oriental literature, this book has not been written. A very hasty perusal of it will show them that it contains nothing new, and may be * taken as read,' a form frequently adopted in the case of reports at public meetings. But there are many people in this country who know little, and care less, about Oriental literature generally, and Persian literature particularly.

Kudiyattam Theatre and the Actor's Consciousness

This book explores the training methods, performance and aesthetics of Kudiyattam, the oldest existing theatre from in the world. It brings together for the first time a comprehensive analysis of the psycho-physical techniques employed by the actors in Kerala of this temple theatre form. The book offers an in-depth analysis of pakarnnattam, a unique acting technique that helps the actor to perform multiple characters in a single dramatic situation.