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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2018David and Bathsheba
By George Peele
by Mathew R. Martin, David Bevington
David and Bathsheba presents a modernised edition of George Peele's explosive biblical drama about the tangled lives, deadly liaisons, and twisted histories of Ancient Israel's royal family. Martin's critical edition is the first modern single-volume edition of the play since 1912 and opens up this unduly neglected gem of English Renaissance drama to student and scholar alike. The introduction examines such topics as the play's treatment of its biblical and poetic sources, its engagement with Elizabethan politics, and its forceful representations of religious fanaticism, genocide, and sexual violence. Its commentary notes clarify the text's meaning and staging, guide the reader through the play's dramatisation of the turbulent Davidic period of Ancient Israel's history, and place the play in its broader cultural and artistic milieu. Martin's edition aims to encourage new contemporary critical study of Peele's powerful and disturbing drama.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2026David, Donne, and Thirsty Deer
Selected Essays of Anne Lake Prescott
by Anne Lake Prescott, Roger Kuin, William A. Oram
For nearly half a century Anne Lake Prescott has been a force and an inspiration in Renaissance studies. A force, because of her unique blend of learning and wit and an inspiration through her tireless encouragement of younger scholars and students. Her passion has always been the invisible bridge across the Channel: the complex of relations, literary and political, between Britain and France. The essays in this long-awaited collection range from Edmund Spenser to John Donne, from Clément Marot to Pierre de Ronsard. Prescott has a particular fondness for King David, who appears several times; and the reader will encounter chessmen, bishops, male lesbian voices and Roman whores. Always Prescott's immense erudition is accompanied by a sly and gentle wit that invites readers to share her amusement. Reading her is a joyful education.
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2024David, Donne and Thirsty Deer
Selected Essays of Anne Lake Prescott
by Anne Lake Prescott, Roger Kuin, William A. Oram
For nearly half a century Anne Lake Prescott has been a force and an inspiration in Renaissance studies. A force, because of her unique blend of learning and wit and an inspiration through her tireless encouragement of younger scholars and students. Her passion has always been the invisible bridge across the Channel: the complex of relations, literary and political, between Britain and France. The essays in this long-awaited collection range from Edmund Spenser to John Donne, from Clément Marot to Pierre de Ronsard. Prescott has a particular fondness for King David, who appears several times; and the reader will encounter chessmen, bishops, male lesbian voices and Roman whores. Always Prescott's immense erudition is accompanied by a sly and gentle wit that invites readers to share her amusement. Reading her is a joyful education.
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Literature & Literary StudiesAugust 2022David and Bathsheba
George Peele
by Mathew R. Martin
David and Bathsheba presents a modernised edition of George Peele's explosive biblical drama about the tangled lives, deadly liaisons, and twisted histories of Ancient Israel's royal family. Martin's critical edition is the first modern single-volume edition of the play since 1912 and opens up this unduly neglected gem of English Renaissance drama to student and scholar alike. The introduction examines such topics as the play's treatment of its biblical and poetic sources, its engagement with Elizabethan politics, and its forceful representations of religious fanaticism, genocide, and sexual violence. Its commentary notes clarify the text's meaning and staging, guide the reader through the play's dramatisation of the turbulent Davidic period of Ancient Israel's history, and place the play in its broader cultural and artistic milieu. Martin's edition aims to encourage new contemporary critical study of Peele's powerful and disturbing drama.
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2004My Life, Love Letters to Siqueiros
by Blanca Luz Brum
The passion of two giants, Blanca Luz Brum and David Alfaro Siqueiros. The inspiring muse of the brilliant Mexican muralist, she shared with Frida Kahlo, Orozco, and Ben the revolutionary spirit of Mexico; she mingled in Los Angeles with Albert Einstein, Charles Chaplin, and Marlene Dietrich; she was a propagandist for Evita and Juan Domingo Perón in Argentina; a disciple of Krishnamurti, Mariátegui, and Siles Suazo; a compatriot of the avant-gardist Huidobro, she ended her tumultuous existence on the idyllic island of "Robinson Crusoe" in the South Pacific. Her passion for David Alfaro Siqueiros leads her to Mexico, where she lives with Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Siqueiros is imprisoned, and the letters that Blanca Luz sends him hidden in the cuffs of shirts are a human document reflecting the tragic love and political confrontations. Through her tumultuous life, she portrays an era of sublime ideals, heroic revolutions, and daring leaders. The most captivating personalities of her time, Frida Kahlo, Diego.Rivera, Orozco, Eva and Perón, Mariátegui, Sandino, Krisnamurty, Vicente Huidobro, Siles Suazo, Seoane, Haya de la Torre, Paz Estensoro are humanized in her life diary. Fascinated by adventure, she escapes from the convent to marry the poet Juan Parra del Riego. Thus begins the American pilgrimage of this woman of striking beauty and insurgent temperament, whose personality drives her to live on the edge. The couple travels to the United States, where they socialize with Albert Einstein, Charles Chaplin, John Steinbeck, Serguei Eisenstein, Joseph von Sternberg, Arthur Miller, John Dos Passos, Leopoldo Stokowski, Marlene Dietrich, Daudrey Murphy, and Hart Crane. In Buenos Aires, the muralist captures her naked body in Villa Torcuato. Love falls apart, and Siqueiros joins the Spanish republican militias. Blanca Luz collaborates in the justicialism as Perón's Press Secretary. In 1939, she arrives in Chile, her permanent residence, where she directs magazines and is president of the Pen Club. Following the tragic death of her sons Eduardo and Nils, she finds refuge on Robinson Crusoe Island. Blanca Luz Brum, a legendary life and a character from a novel.
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The ArtsJanuary 2026
David Simon's American City
by Mikkel Jensen
This book examines the television serials created by influential showrunner David Simon. The book argues that Simon's main theme is the state of the contemporary American city and that all of his serials (barring one about the Iraq War) explore different facets of the metropolis. Each series offers distinctly different visions of the American city, but taken together they represent a sustained and intricate exploration of urban problems in modern America. From deindustrialisation in The Wire and residential segregation in Show Me a Hero to post-Katrina New Orleans in Treme and the transformation of the urban core in The Deuce, David Simon's American city traces the urban through-line in Simon's body of work. Based on sustained analysis of these serials and their engagement with contemporary politics and culture, David Simon's American city offers a compelling examination of one of television's most arresting voices.
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