Books by Richard Nelson

Damaged Language contains four radio plays by Richard Nelson:LANGUAGES SPOKEN HERE Giles Cooper Award winner "a morally ambiguous comedy…an American in London thinks he's translating a novel by a penniless Polish emigre, only to find, after befriending and patronizing him, that the Pole has ditched his benefactor for another hack… True and funny as well." Paul Ferris, The Observer "A neat, beautifully written, serious comedy about translation, exile and betrayal-one of the very best on Radio 3 last year." Nigel Andrews, The Listener "A rare sort of treat…a very funny play, delicate in its touches, but sharp as a needle." Gillian Reynolds, The Daily TelegraphEATING WORDS Giles Cooper Award winner "Totally enthralling… Richard Nelson is God's gift (or at least America's) to English radio drama." Nigel Andrews, The Listener "A thoroughly absorbing account of two writers on a drunken tour of London." Plays and Players ADVICE TO EASTERN EUROPE "A masterly short play-a post-Cold War romance that is witty [and] technically bold-examines how one woman's Utopia may be another person's capitalist nightmare." Quentin Curtis, The Independent on SundayTHE AMERICAN WIFE "A reminder that Nelson is the sharpest observer around of the gulf separating Britain and America." Michael Billington, The Guardian

From the author of The Apple Family plays, this illuminating trilogy reflects on American life during the 2016 national election.

In this persuasive study of culture politics, Richard Nelson examines the concept of confidence and doubt as the cement that holds the US together. He explores confidence in its dual meanings - of trusting faith and of deception, guile, and illusion. His book confirms that US national identity is deeply imbued by both.

Offers a new interpretation of the transformation of Anglo-American intellectual and aesthetic culture since 1890. Richard Nelson shows that southern intellectuals confronted head on the tensions Machiavelli observed between power and value, creativity and tradition, and romanticism and realism while seeking a cultural ideal that balances politics and aesthetics.

The book of Joshua has many textual problemsprimarily differences between the Hebrew and Greek texts. Much of the inconsistency stems from the varied forms of storytelling in the book, including the war narratives, folktales, sermons, and city lists. In this commentary, now available in a new casebound edition, Richard D. Nelson...

A Chekhovian quartet of plays examining the contemporary American experience.

A collection of Richard Nelson's plays brings together five major works for the stage, including three - "Some Americans Abroad", "Two Shakespearean Actos" and "New England" - written for the Royal Shakespeare Company. It also includes the plays "Principia Scriptoriae" and "Left".

The first of three volumes that will serve as a comprehensive and inclusive finding tool, this work defines propaganda in an uncertain postmodern information age.