Jason and the Argonauts: A Retelling in Prose of Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica

Jason and the Argonauts: A Retelling in Prose of Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
Author: David Bruce
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2014-10-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1312139714

Jason and the Argonauts tells the story of their quest to find the Golden Fleece. They sail from Greece into the Black Sea. With the help of the sorceress Medea, they succeed in getting the Golden Fleece but then have to sail back home. This myth is one of the most important myths of ancient Greece.

From the "Iliad" to the "Odyssey": A Retelling in Prose of Quintus of Smyrna’s "Posthomerica"

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Author: David Bruce
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2014-10-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 131213979X

Homer created the epic poems ""Iliad"" and ""Odyssey."" The "Iliad" tells only a small part of the story of the Trojan War. For example, the "Iliad" does not tell the story of the Trojan Horse although Homer knew about the Trojan Horse and assumed that his audience knew its story. Other, shorter epic poems that made up the Epic Cycle told the rest of the story of the Trojan War. The ""Iliad"" and the ""Odyssey"" have survived to the present time, but the other epic poems of the Epic Cycle have been lost since ancient times. Fortunately, Quintus of Smyrna wrote an epic poem that retold the tales recounted in the lost epic poems of the Epic Cycle. He told the story of the Trojan War from the end of the ""Iliad ""to when Odysseus sets sail for home in the "Odyssey" after Troy has fallen. In this retelling, as in all my retellings, I have tried to make the work of literature accessible to modern readers.

John Ford's "'Tis Pity She's a Whore": A Retelling

John Ford's
Author: David Bruce
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2018-01-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1387445138

This is an easy-to-read retelling of John Ford's tragedy "'Tis Pity She's a Whore." In this tragedy, a brother and sister fall in love and commit incest.

John Ford's "The Broken Heart": A Retelling

John Ford's
Author: David Bruce
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2018-03-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1387559982

This is an easy-to-read retelling of John Ford's THE BROKEN HEART. According to Charles Lamb, ""Ford was of the first order of poets. He sought for sublimity, not by parcels in metaphors or visible images, but directly where she has her full residence in the heart of man; in the actions and sufferings of the greatest minds.""

Beyond the Fringe

Beyond the Fringe
Author: Alan Bennett
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages: 86
Release: 1963
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780573640025

A collection of comic sketches.

The Famous Victories of Henry V: A Retelling

The Famous Victories of Henry V: A Retelling
Author: David Bruce
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2018-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1387509292

This is an easy-to-retelling of "The Famous Victories of Henry V," which is an important source for William Shakespeare's "Henry IV" and "Henry V" plays.

Tarlton's Jests: A Retelling

Tarlton's Jests: A Retelling
Author: David Bruce
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2018-01-14
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1387462989

This is an easy-to-read retelling of ""Tarlton's Jests, ""which tells anecdotes about Queen Elizabeth I's favorite jester. He is thought to have been the Yorick in Hamlet's famous soliloquy. This book contains the original ""Tarlton's Jests"" in addition to the retelling. 25. How Tarlton Deceived a Doctor of Physic [Medicine]. Tarlton, to satisfy the humors [moods] of certain gentlemen who were his familiar acquaintances, decided to test the skill of a simple Doctor of Physic, who dwelt not far from Islington, and this is what happened: Tarlton took a urinal, filled it half full of good wine, and carried it to this doctor, saying it was a sick man's urine. The doctor viewed it, and tossing it up and down, as though he had great knowledge, he said that the patient whose urine it is, is full of gross humors, and has need of purging, and needs to be bled some ten ounces of blood. "No, you dunce," Tarlton replied. "It is good p*ss," and he drank it all and then threw the urinal at the doctor's head.

King Edward III: A Retelling

King Edward III: A Retelling
Author: David Bruce
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2020-04-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1387722093

This is an easy-to-read retelling of "King Edward III," a history play that may have been written in part by William Shakespeare.