An
international selection.
DON'T ASK ME HOW THE TIMES GOES BY
Jose Emilio Pacheco
Alastair Reid, Translator
The themes of time, self, identity, and history are at the heart of
these poems which won the National Poetry Prize for Jose Emilio
Pacheco, one of Mexico's finest young poets. With translations by
the distinguished poet Alastair Reid, this beautiful bilingual offers
the English reader an important new voice.
cloth, $12.50; paper, $5.95
EIGHT CHINESE PLAYS
FROM THE 13TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
William Dolby, Translator
Ranging from a thirteenth-century
nanxi
play to a twentieth–
century drama from the Peking Opera, these translations offer the
first, balanced representation of the magnitude and variety of
Chinese drama. With background introductions for each play and
a brief history of Chinese theater as a whole.
$12.00
THE TYPES OF THE SCANDINAVIAN MEDIEVAL BALLAD
Bengt R. Jonsson, Eva Danielson, and Svale Solheim,
Editors
A practical guide to the standard editions of Scandinavian ballads,
this volume presents summaries of 838 ballad types, based on a
reading of over 20,000 texts.
$16.00
CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD
MYTH AND ANTI-MYTH
Paul Piazza
This fresh, authoritative look at the intensely personal world of
Isherwood's nine novels examines the compelling anti-mythic
elements at the foundation of the novelist's work. From the Herr
Issyvoo of the
Berlin Stories
to the 'cult figure of the California
homosexual scene, Piazza illuminates Isherwood's dramatic
rebellion.
$12.50
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