Playwright, actor and director Charles Ludlam (1943–1987) helped to galvanize the Ridiculous style of theater in New York City starting in the 1960s. Decades after his death, his place in
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?To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant's Face addresses an area?the relationship of American political violence to American ideology?that is of growing importance and that is commanding an ever increasing
The new edition of Toward Speaking Excellence addresses the recent changes to the Test of Spoken English (TSEr). The text introduces readers to the format of the new TSEr, typical questions, and scor
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American Socialist Triptych: The Literary-Political Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Upton Sinclair, and W. E. B. Du Bois explores the contributions of three writers to the development of American so
"A meticulously researched, highly informed, carefully argued, and very accessible account of American socialism, socialists, and socialistic thinking, from the late nineteenth century through the 196
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A superb tribute to theatrical pioneersThe Gay and Lesbian Theatrical Legacy is required reading for both theatre scholars and gay/lesbian/bisexual history aficionados. A fascinating journey awaits th
