Thomas (English, U. College, Swansea, Wales) focuses on Welsh literature written in English during the 20th century, to illustrate the divergent, and often clashing, views of modern Wales and Welsh identity. His comparisons put some strange fellows in the same bed: Alun Lewis and Alun Llywelyn-Willi
In Dickens Imagining Himself the author applies biographical materials to analysis of art by examining the way elements in Dicken's life led his imagination to shape his novels. This is a study of how Dickens' self-perceptions guided the patterns of six created worlds at significant points in his life.
An Englishman, an Irishman and an American are locked up together in a cell in the Middle East. As victims of political action, powerless to initiate change, what can they do? How do they live and survive? Frank McGuinness's new play, introduced by Brian Keenan, explores the daily crisis endured by hostages whose strength comes from communication, both subtle and mundane, from humor, wit and faith.
Provides examples of computer programs that have proved helpful in private and institutional treatment settings. Programs discussed include those used within the Veterans Administration system, a system to help choose the best reinforcers for patients in a behavioural program, and others.
This is a collection of texts written between the fourth and fourteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, the writings were translated into Slavonic and later into Russian.
This biography contains new disclosures and interpretations of evidence, neglecting nothing significant in Hardy's early years or his later life. It draws from innumerable sources, including all his published writings (not least the poems), biographies of him and of contemporaries, correspondence of friends and acquaintances, Emma Hardy's diaries, and many unpublished letters from her and Florence Hardy, and brief background introductions indi...
This fascinating book, a reprint of a rare catalog of prefabricated houses from 1923, reveals in detail the types of design offered to those in the market for a new home in the 1920s. Each of the 117 homes is shown in a large frontal illustration with floor plans of the first and second floors. The specifics of plumbing, heating and lighting are included in a special section at the back of the book.
