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Kung Fu

Kung Fu

David Henry Hwang

David Henry Hwang, the Pulitzer Prize finalist author of M. Butterfly and Yellowface, reimagines an icon.
The Sound of a Voice

The Sound of a Voice

David Henry Hwang

David Henry Hwang. PROPERTY LIST On Stage Shabby living room furniture, including: Old couch, with mismatched pillows Big wingchair, with hole in upholstery Auto tire, used as chair Low, wobbly table Bookcases, with assorted junk ...
Understanding David Henry Hwang

Understanding David Henry Hwang

William C. Boles

The volume concludes with a treatment of Chinglish, both in the context of rising Chinese economic prominence and in the context of Hwang's previous work.
Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays of David Henry ...

Trying to Find Chinatown: The Selected Plays of David Henry ...

David Hwang

A major collection by the preeminent Asian-American playwright.
Chinglish

Chinglish

David Henry Hwang

THE STORY: CHINGLISH is a hilarious comedy about the challenges of doing business in a country whose language--and underlying cultural assumptions--can be worlds apart from those of the West.
The Theatre of David Henry Hwang

The Theatre of David Henry Hwang

Esther Kim Lee

The first book to offer a comprehensive study of.the Asian American playwright whose work.has received critical, commercial and substantial educational interest.
The Theatre of David Henry Hwang

The Theatre of David Henry Hwang

Esther Kim Lee

The book also features three essays written by scholars of Asian American theatre and a comprehensive list of primary and secondary sources on his oeuvre.
Staging the Rage: The Web of Misogyny in Modern Drama

Staging the Rage: The Web of Misogyny in Modern Drama

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New York Theatre Critics' Reviews, 336), a conclusion echoed by Gabrielle Cody , in "David Hwang's M. Butterfly: Perpetuating the Misogynist Myth," Theater 20.2 ( Spring 1989): 24-27, who accuses Hwang of making "Rene's flippant naivete ...
Golden Child

Golden Child

David Henry Hwang

Golden Child travels across time and place from contemporary America to mainland China in 1918 and depicts the challenges of a culture in transition to the influences of western civilization.
M. Butterfly

M. Butterfly

David Henry Hwang

THE STORY: Bored with his routine posting in Beijing, and awkward with women, Rene Gallimard, a French diplomat, is easy prey for the subtle, delicate charms of Song Liling, a Chinese opera star who personifies Gallimard's fantasy vision of ...
AI 2006: Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 19th ...

AI 2006: Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 19th ...

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... Jose Hong, Jin-Hyuk Huang, Henry Huang, Jianye Huda, Shamsul Hwang, Keum-Sung Jeff, Riley Jianye, Huang Jingyu, Hou Johnson, David Johnston, Benjamin Joselito, Chua Kaufhold, John Keeratipranon, Narongdech Kilby, Philip Kim, ...
Yellow Face (TCG Edition)

Yellow Face (TCG Edition)

David Hwang

A new satire of multiculturalism, by one of America's leading playwrights.
Early families of Bradford, New Hampshire

Early families of Bradford, New Hampshire

Bradford Historical Society (N.H.)

INGALLS / ENGALLS David4, Henry 3, Henry 2, Henry' David INGALLS Bradford censuses 1790 - 1820 Dea. David Ingalls, son of David Ingalls and his wife Priscilla Howe, was b. 19 Feb 1750/51 in Andover Mass [AndoverMAVR:220], and d.
Intrepid Lover of Perfect Grace: The Life and Thought of ...

Intrepid Lover of Perfect Grace: The Life and Thought of ...

Alexander Y. Hwang

The Life and Thought of Prosper of Aquitaine Alexander Y. Hwang ... 1 (Hanover: Hahn'sche Buchhandlung, 1876): 58–59, and Valentin, Saint Prosper, 139–40. 170. Victorius ofAquitaine, Cursus paschalis annorum DXXXII (MGH, AA 9: 681).
Language in the USA

Language in the USA

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Charles A. Ferguson, Shirley Brice Heath, David Hwang. the chapter should contain, and the editors are deeply appreciative of the authors' patience and perseverance. The final result usually turned out to be better than either of the conflicting ...
Henry: Virtuous Prince

Henry: Virtuous Prince

David Starkey

Bestselling royal historian David Starkey’s captivating biography is a radical re-evaluation of Henry VIII, the British monarchy’s most enduring icon.
New York Magazine

New York Magazine

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Bondage hasn't come to New York yet, but its themes are at the core of all David Hwang's recent work: the convergence of race and sex, the ways in which the most intimate human relationships reflect politics. In M. Butterfly, a French diplomat ...
A Hand-book for the Architecture, Tapistries, Paintings, ...

A Hand-book for the Architecture, Tapistries, Paintings, ...

Sir Henry Cole

David Cox, jun. ... Mary Anne Williams Initial, Wolsey's Monogram Henry Cole ... .. . Anne Cowper... ... p. v. View from Moulsey.. ... David Cox, jun. ... Isabel Thompson .. l Initial A . . . . . . . . Henry Cole . . . . Laura Bond . . . . l Initial I ( Chimney Shaft) ...
Livingstone letters, 1843 to 1872: David Livingstone ...

Livingstone letters, 1843 to 1872: David Livingstone ...

David Livingstone

... Dublin and Durham had also come to be associated.27 Charles Frederick Mackenzie28 was chosen to lead the party, which consisted of the young curates Henry Carter Scudamore2'' and Lovell James Procter,30 a deacon Henry Rowley ," ...
Thoreau: Political Writings

Thoreau: Political Writings

Henry David Thoreau

A complete edition of political essays by the eloquent and influential American writer Henry David Thoreau, first published in 1996.
Essays of Henry David Thoreau - Walking

Essays of Henry David Thoreau - Walking

Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau challenges us will understand that man is part of nature, man being one of the most important aspects of its manifestation.
In Darkest London: The Gothic Cityscape in Victorian Literature

In Darkest London: The Gothic Cityscape in Victorian Literature

Jamieson Ridenhour

... conference in Philadelphia (especially Bill Misticelli and Jamie Jordan), the 2006 Urban Underworlds conference in Cambridge, UK (especially David Pike and Haewon Hwang), and the 2004–2005 Dickens Universe (especially Dan Shea, ...
Excrement in the Late Middle Ages: Sacred Filth and ...

Excrement in the Late Middle Ages: Sacred Filth and ...

S. Morrison

Various speakers and listeners at the Literary n conference 2006 were also helpful with suggestions and quesncluding Haewon Hwang, Chung-Jen Chen, Ted Hovet, Sebastian David Skilton, Peter Humm, Leigh Dillard, Harry Joelson, Martha ...
True Harvest: Readings from Henry David Thoreau for Every ...

True Harvest: Readings from Henry David Thoreau for Every ...

Henry David Thoreau

In addition, True Harvest is designed to help readers use Thoreau's sentiments as a daily spiritual practice'one that promotes a life of simplicity, conscious living, and quiet contemplation.
The Papers of Henry Laurens: Aug. 1, 1769-Oct. 9, 1771

The Papers of Henry Laurens: Aug. 1, 1769-Oct. 9, 1771

Henry Laurens

Henry Laurens David R. Chesnutt, Philip May Hamer. APPENDIX. A. THE VILLAGE OF HAMPSTEAD The property which became known as the Village of Hampstead, a Charleston suburb, was purchased by HL from George Austin and  ...
Twelve Henry David Thoreau Bookmarks

Twelve Henry David Thoreau Bookmarks

Henry David Thoreau

" Pithy, pleasing and sometimes profound sentiments by Thoreau are beautifully enhanced by the lovely watercolor illustrations on these bookmarks. A dozen 2" x 5¾" bookmarks on 6 plates; quotations printed on backs.

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