From one of the greatest figures of 19th-century America... This new edition offers a broad view of the author's finest work, featuring his critical essays, poems, and letters, plus a considerable amount of material from the Journals, including an entry discovered in 1964 in the Library of Congress.
Brooks Atkinson Libri
Questo critico teatrale americano ha lavorato per il New York Times dal 1925 al 1960. Nel suo necrologio, il Times lo definì "il critico più importante del suo tempo". Le sue recensioni hanno plasmato il panorama teatrale, esercitando un'influenza significativa sia sul pubblico che sugli artisti. Il suo occhio acuto e i suoi commenti penetranti lo hanno reso una figura centrale della critica teatrale.
Traces the history of Broadway theater from 1900 to 1974, and assesses the most memorable productions of each era
With their call for "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!," for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The Selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden, his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, "Civil Disobedience" and "Life Without Principle." A lifetime of brilliant observation of nature–and of himself–is recorded in selections from A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, Cape Cod, The Maine Woods, and the Journal.
Four Great Comedies of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century
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