EARLY WORKS: ACTOS, BERNABE AND PENSAMIENTO SERPENTINE is three books in one: 1) a collection of one act plays by Valdez and the famous farmworker theater, El Teatro Campesino, 2) one of the first fully realized, full-length plays by Valdez alone, and 3) an original narrative poem by Luis Valdez. In the first part are collected the original, improvised works of El Teatro Campesino that deal with the exploitation of Mexican farm labor in the California fields, the discrimination found by Mexicans in the schools, and Mexicans being turned into cannon fodder by the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Bernabe is a touching, Lorcaesque poetic drama about a town fool's enchantment and ultimate unity with the earth. Pensamiento serpentino is a long, philosophical poem, based on Mayan thought and cosmology, which analyzes the cultural, religious and political circumstances of Mexican Americans and prepares a metaphysical framework for their future.

    This ambitious and revelatory collection turns the traditional chronology of anthologies on its head, listing poems according to their first individual appearance in the language rather than by poet.

    Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors in his genre. Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he spent most of his life. Among his most celebrated tales is "The Call of Cthulhu", canonical to the Cthulhu Mythos. Never able to support himself from earnings as author and editor, Lovecraft saw commercial success increasingly elude him in this latter period, partly because he lacked the confidence and drive to promote himself. He subsisted in progressively straitened circumstances in his last years; an inheritance was completely spent by the time he died at the age of 46.

    Here, Tempest shows how the old myths still live on in our everyday acts of violence, bravery, sacrifice and love – and that our lives make tales no less dramatic and powerful than those of the old gods.

    This, the first of four volumes, contains his first five plays, including The Birthday Party (1958), his first full-length drama; as well as two short stories—The Black and White and The Examination—both written before Pinter turned to the theatre. Pinter's exacting and complex use of language and the features that mark his "comedies of menace" are clearly realized in these plays and stories. His speech Writing for the Theatre introduces the volume and establishes the context for these early years.

    Her fist book, Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns opened the door to Gibson's unapologetic voice, yet The Madness Vase manages to take an even more intimate look at the subjects of family, war, spirituality, gender, grief and hope. The poems' topics range from hate crimes to playgrounds, from international conflict to hometowns, from falling in love to the desperation of loneliness. Gibson's work seizes us by the collar and hauls us inside some of her darkest moments, then releases out the other side. Moments later, we find ourselves inhaling words that fill us with light. Her luminous imagery is a buoy that allows us to resurface from her world clutching new possibilities of our own. Throughout her career, Gibson's poems have always been a call to social justice. But this collection goes beyond awareness. Her images linger in our psyches and entreat us to action. They challenge us to grow into our own skin. The journey may be raw at times but we are continuously left inspired, held, and certain we are not alone. By the time you finish reading The Madness Vase, you too will believe, "Folks like us/We've got shoulder blades that rust in the rain/But they are still G-sharp/Whenever our spinal chords are tuned to the key of redemption/So go ahead world/Pick us/To make things better."

    But Poe is also the author of some of the most haunting poetry ever written--poems of love, death and loneliness that have lost none of their power to enthrall in this unique Signet Classic edition.

    Warren's Profession; Pygmalion. Eight full-cast performances featuring: Kate Burton, Roger Rees, Shirley Knight, Anne Heche, Eric Stoltz, Martin Jarvis, Paxton Whitehead, Richard Dreyfuss, Bruce Davison and many more.

    Bukowski's last journals candidly and humorously reveal the events in the writer's life as death draws inexorably nearer, thereby illuminating our own lives and natures, and to give new meaning to what was once only familiar. Crumb has illustrated the text with 12 full-page drawings and a portrait of Bukowski.

    Martin's Press, 1994). Encyclopedic in scope, with more than 800 poems, 100 photographs, a historical chronology, index of first lines, and a bibliography. The Complete Poems will be the definitive English language collection of Akhmatova for many years to come.

    (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Ibsen's life and works* Detailed introductions to the plays and other texts* 24 plays with individual contents tables, many appearing for the first time in digital print* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the texts* Famous works such as PEER GYNT are fully illustrated* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry* Also includes Ibsen's complete works in the original Norwegian language – ideal for students (Ibsens samlede verker i norsk språk)* Features Ibsen’s rare speeches and letters in English translation* Unique criticism section, with essays by writers such as Henry James and James Joyce evaluating Ibsen’s contribution to literature* Features Edmund Gosse’s celebrated biography on his friend Ibsen - discover the playwright’s literary life* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresPlease note: there are no known translations of the two early plays NORMA and ST. JOHN’S EVE in the public domain.Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titlesCONTENTS:The PlaysCATILINETHE BURIAL MOUNDLADY INGER OF OESTRAATTHE FEAST AT SOLHAUGOLAF LILJEKRANSTHE VIKINGS AT HELGELANDLOVE’S COMEDYTHE PRETENDERSBRANDPEER GYNTTHE LEAGUE OF YOUTHEMPEROR AND GALILEANPILLARS OF SOCIETYA DOLL’S HOUSEGHOSTSAN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLETHE WILD DUCKROSMERSHOLMTHE LADY FROM THE SEAHEDDA GABLERTHE MASTER BUILDERLITTLE EYOLFJOHN GABRIEL BORKMANWHEN WE DEAD AWAKENThe PoemsINTRODUCTION TO IBSEN’S POETRY by Fydell Edmund GarrettLIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe Norwegian Texts (De norske tekster)LIST OF WORKS (LISTE OVER IBSENS VERKER)The Non-FictionSPEECHES AND NEW LETTERSThe CriticismHENRIK IBSEN by Arthur SymonsA DOLL’S HOUSE by Montrose J. MosesGHOSTS by Montrose J. MosesHEDDA GABLER by Frank W. ChandlerTHE MASTER BUILDER by Frank W. ChandlerHENRIK IBSEN by Henry JamesIBSEN’S NEW DRAMA by James JoyceThe BiographyTHE LIFE OF HENRIK IBSEN by Edmund GossePlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

    This short play by Caryl Churchill was an entry in the 1997 London International Festival of Theatre.

    In such classics as "The Beekeeper's Daughter," "The Disquieting Muses," "I Want, I Want," and "Full Fathom Five," she writes about sows and skeletons, fathers and suicides, about the noisy imperatives of life and the chilly hunger for death. Graceful in their craftsmanship, wonderfully original in their imagery, and presenting layer after layer of meaning, the forty poems in The Colossus are early artifacts of genius that still possess the power to move, delight, and shock.

    Unconventional in both style and content, it shattered the myths of small town American life. A collection of epitaphs of residents of a small town, a full understanding of Spoon River requires the reader to piece together narratives from fragments contained in individual poems."