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University Press of Southern Denmark Hans Christian Andersen and Community
Book SynopsisThe theme of community has perhaps never been of a more vital significance than in our present day and age. The process we refer to as modernity has been synonymous with the gradual fragmentation and disintegration of traditional communities on various levels of our societies. Today, we might be facing the culmination of this process. The spectres of nationalism are undermining various national and international communities. Inequality is on the rise. If people unite it is too often in the mistrust and sometimes hatred of other people. Hans Christian Andersen lived at a time when this process was at its early stages, and he was acutely aware of its potential perils. Alongside the transformations of traditional communities, other communities seem to appear. A recurring element in these culturally specific communities is literature, and Hans Christian Andersen is a key figure here, as his literary and cultural legacy has a magnetic effect on people around the globe. A vivid example of this effect was the conference Hans Christian Andersen and Community. The conference was held at the University of Southern Denmark in 2017 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersens status as honourary citizen in Odense. This book presents a selection of 19 contributions to the conference. In various ways, each chapter activates the concept of community in relation to Andersen as an author and as a citizen of the world he lived in as well as the cultural icon which he has become.
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Museum Tusculanum Press Angles on the English Speaking World: Volume 5:
Book SynopsisThis volume contains 11 new papers on Shakespeare written by members of the Department of English at the University of Copenhagen and other Danish universities plus a few international Shakespeare scholars. They fit into an overall theme and are included because they are about Shakespeare -- as text, as theatre, in his age, and through the ages. Beside showing many different ways of thinking and writing about Shakespeare, the eleven articles fall into a pattern if read together in the order they are printed. The papers are varied and wide-ranging: contemporary contexts, tradition, language and style, performance, translation and modern appropriation.
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Museum Tusculanum Press Scholia metrica anonyma in Euripidis Hecubam,
Book SynopsisEdited with prolegomena, critical apparatus, appendix and index.
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Museum Tusculanum Press Prophecy, Populism, Propaganda in the 'Octavia'
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European Press Academic Publishing Abe Kobo: An Exploration of His Prose, Drama and Theatre
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Pari Publishing Shakespeare's 100 Greatest Dramatic Images
Book SynopsisThis book's unique format makes it a versatile companion for a wide range of readers from the novice to the expert. The book is centered on 100 of Shakespeare's greatest dramatic images - at least one taken from each of his plays. They deal with the enduring subjects of poetry - love, loss, loveliness, folly, injustice - in voices which range from witty to tender, from indignant to resigned. "Shakespeare's 100 Greatest Dramatic Images" opens with a series of word games that anyone can play - individually or in a group - that introduce the reader to the selected images. These images are then placed within the context of the plays themselves in a short essay - one for each of the 37 plays.Where appropriate, historical and theatrical perspectives, as well as modern interpretations and controversies, are explored. This book can be dipped into at random, taken a section at a time, or read from start to finish as a short but original introduction to some of the English language's richest prose and poetry. The Saunders have created a Website that includes images chosen by a variety of Shakespeare enthusiasts and performers - some famous, AS Byatt, Dame Judi Dench, Patrick Garland, etc - and have invited the public to add to the collection.Trade Review"I can think of no livelier introduction to Shakespeare and his work, and no greater indulgence for dedicated lovers of the plays. Claire and John Saunders lift up exquisite image after image, like morsels from a feast, and in doing so, uncover for us the world of each play -- its tensions, its richness and, always, its elementally human concerns. Their short discussions are deft, elegant and highly readable. The word-games are witty and expert. Like the very best scholars, they wear their impressive knowledge lightly. Dabble, dip in or devour in a sitting. Shakespeare's 100 Greatest Dramatic Images is a rare treat." Alison MacLeod, author of The Wave Theory of Angels and Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction"Amazing achievementA...captures the very best in Shakespeare's language." Hugh Adlington, Lecturer in English, Birmingham University, UK."A teach-yourself Shakespeare for grown upsA...along the same lines as Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Like punctuation, Shakespeare is one of those areas where many adults lack confidence." Linda Cookson, Vice-principal, Central School of Speech and Drama, London"Beautifully and accessibly writtenA...an absolute delight had me enthralled for daysA...attempts to do for Shakespeare what Lynne Truss did for Fowler." Len Masterman, Senior Research Fellow in Communication and Politics, Liverpool University.
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Brill T. S. Eliot’s Ascetic Ideal
Book SynopsisIn T. S. Eliot’s Ascetic Ideal, Joshua Richards charts an intellectual history of T. S. Eliot’s interaction with asceticism. This history is drawn from Eliot’s own education in the topic with the texts he read integrated into detailed textual analysis. Eliot’s early encounters with the ascetic ideal began a lifetime of interplay and reflection upon self-denial, purgation, and self-surrender. In 1909, he began a study of mysticism, likely, in George Santayana’s seminar, and thereafter showed the influence of this education. Yet, his interaction with the ascetic ideal and his background in mysticism was not a simple thing; still, his early cynicism was slowly transformed to an embrace.Trade Review“In this study, Joshua Richards refuses to allow “mysticism” to stand in as a vague placeholder for complicated theology and instead offers a meticulous and revealing account of T. S. Eliot’s lifelong engagement with Christian asceticism, a key component of the Christian mystical tradition more broadly.” -Ann Marie Jakubowski, Washington University, in Time Present: The Newsletter of the International T. S. Eliot Society, vol. 103, 2021, pp. 6-17
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Brill Daniel Heinsius, Auriacus, sive Libertas saucia
Book SynopsisThis is the first edition since its original publication of Daniel Heinsius’ Latin tragedy Auriacus, sive Libertas saucia (Orange, or Liberty Wounded, 1602), with an introduction, a parallel English translation, and a commentary. Centering on the assassination of William of Orange, one of the leaders of the Dutch Revolt against King Philip II of Spain, Auriacus was Heinsius’ history drama, with which he aimed to raise Dutch drama to the level of classical drama. Highly influential, the tragedy contributed to the construction of a national identity in the Low Countries and launched Heinsius’ long career as an internationally celebrated poet and professor at Leiden University.Trade Review“The present edition is not merely a monumental study of one hitherto overlooked crucial play by a major figure in European letters. Its aesthetic vitality and political acuity open the door to a full-scale reconsideration of early modern European drama in Latin and in the vernacular languages, and further reassessment of seventeenth-century neo-Latin verse.” Nigel Smith, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 Life and Work of Daniel Heinsius till 1602 2 Genesis and Printing of Auriacus and Its Performance 3 The Political-Historical Context 4 The Literary Context 5 Summary and Structure 6 Characters 7 Style 8 Metres 9 Reception of Auriacus 10 This Edition Text and Translation Conspectus Siglorum Daniel Heinsius, Auriacus Commentary Appendix I: Paratexts to Auriacus and Texts from the Iambi Added to the Play, and From Heinsius’ Seneca Edition (1601) Relevant for Auriacus Appendix II: Texts Regarding the Reception of Auriacus Index
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Brill Unphenomenal Shakespeare: Pending Critical
Book SynopsisIn the aftermath of New Historicism and Cultural Materialism, the field of Shakespeare Studies has been increasingly overrun by post-theoretical, phenomenological claims. Many of the critical tendencies that hold the field today—post-humanism, speculative realism, ecocriticism, historical phenomenology, new materialism, performance studies, animal studies, affect studies—are consciously or unwittingly informed by phenomenological assumptions. This book aims at uncovering and examining these claims, not only to assess their philosophical congruency but also to determine their hermeneutic relevance when applied to Shakespeare. More specifically, Unphenomenal Shakespeare deploys resources of speculative critique to resist the moralistic and aestheticist phenomenalization of the Shakespeare playtexts across a variety of schools and scholars, a tendency best epitomized in Bruce Smith’s Phenomenal Shakespeare (2010).Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1 The Unphenomenal “This Nothing’s More than Matter” 2 The Spectre of the Cartesian Subject 3 Misrepresentations Shakespeare and the Phenomenologists 4 What Phenomenology? Kant to Levinas 5 Spontaneous Me 6 The Harm That Good Men and Women Do 7 Affective styles 8 A Pastoral Philosophy 9 What Matters in Shakespeare? 10 Undialing the Dialectic 11 The Maladies of Abstinence No More Cakes and Ale 12 The Naturalization of Reason Who Is Afraid of Ferdinand Derrida? 13 Doing Shakespeare To the Things Themselves 14 Reading Shakespeare Is There a Text in This Play? 15 If Caliban Is a Chimpanzee and Other Posthumanist Conditions 16 The Aesthetic Ideology 17 The Aesthetic Fallacy 18 The Fallacy of Representation 19 The Fallacy of Immediacy 20 The Fallacy of Presentism Bibliographical References Index
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Brill Postmodernism in Arthur Millers LongLate Period
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John Benjamins Publishing Co Semiotics of Drama and Theatre: New Perspectives
Book SynopsisThe volume presents perspectives in the theory of drama and theatre that are new for the following reasons: 1) the contributions reflect the international cooperation in developing drama and theatre as well as its theories; 2) this collection is the first attempt of presenting papers within the context of (Analytical) Theory of Science; 3) it is the first consistent set of papers starting from semiotics a s a meta-theory. The volume is divided into four sections: I Fundamental of Theatre Research, II Theory of Drama and Theatre, III Descriptive Theatre Research, IV Applied Theatre Research. The fifth and final section offers a selective bibliography of analytical approaches to drama and theatre.Table of Contents1. The editors: New Perspectives in the Theory of Drama and Theatre; an Introduction; 2. I. Fundamentals of Theatre Research; 3. Theatre and Drama Research; an Analytical Proposition (by Van Kesteren, Aloysius); 4. II. Theory of Drama and Theatre; 5. The Algebra of Scenic Situations (by Dinu, Mihai); 6. Evidence et strategies de l'analyse theatrale (by Helbo, Andre); 7. On the Nature of Dramatic Text (by Prochazka, Miroslav); 8. Coherence and Focability: A Contribution to the Analysability of Theatre Discourse (by Tindemans, Carlos); 9. III. Descriptive Theatre Research; 10. The Dramatic Dialogue: Oral or Literary Communication? (by Fischer-Lichte, Erika); 11. Music as Theme and as Structural Model in Chekhov's Three Sisters (by Golomb, Harai); 12. Die Strategic der Paradoxie: Zur Logik der Konversation im Dandyismus am Beispiel Oscar Wildes (by Hess-Luttich, Ernest W.B.); 13. The Theatrical Theatre - Evreinov's Contribution to Russian Modernism: An Analysis of The Merry Death (by Hildebrand, Olle); 14. Le role de l'espace scenique dans la lecture du texte dramatique: Quelques observations sur un 'modele' du genre dramatique et sur les Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore de Pirandello (by Jansen, Steen); 15. On Brecht's Notion of Gestus (by Pavis, Patrice); 16. Die Umstrukturierung des theatralischen Zeichens in Cechovs Einakter Predlozenie (Der Heiratsantrag) (by Schmid, Herta); 17. Frames and Metacommunication in Genet's The Balcony (by Sherzer, Dina); 18. Acting and Behaviour: A Study in the Signans (by Veltrusky, Jiri); 19. IV. Applied Theatre Research; 20. Towards a Theory of Women's Theatre (by Bassnett, Susan); 21. 'Good guy bad guy' Effects in Political Theatre (by Tan, Ed); 22. V. Bibliography; 23. Selective and Incomplete Bibliography of Analytical Approaches to Drama and Theatre (by Van Kesteren, Aloysius)
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Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum Verantwoordelijk Leiderschap: Duurzaam Omgaan Met Organisaties En Jezelf
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Lund University Press,Sweden Scepticism and Belief in English Witchcraft
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2019 Warburg Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities for an outstanding work of literary historyThis is a study of the representation of witches in early modern English drama, organised around the themes of scepticism and belief. It covers the entire early modern period, including the Restoration, and pays particular attention to three plays in which witchcraft is central: The Witch of Edmonton (1621), The Late Lancashire Witches (1634) and The Lancashire Witches (1681). Always a controversial issue, witchcraft has traditionally been seen in terms of a debate between ‘sceptics’ and ‘believers’. This book argues instead that, while the concepts of scepticism and belief are central to an understanding of early modern witchcraft, they are more fruitfully understood not as static and mutually exclusive positions within the witchcraft debate, but as rhetorical tools used by both sides.An electronic version of this book is available under a creative commons licence: manchesteropenhive.com/view/9789198376876/9789198376876.xmlTable of ContentsIntroduction1 Scepticism in the Renaissance2 Witchcraft in Elizabethan drama3 Witchcraft in Jacobean drama4 The Witch of Edmonton5 The Late Lancashire Witches6 Witchcraft in the Restoration7 The Lancashire WitchesConclusionIndex
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Lector House The Tragedy Of King Richard III: With The Landing
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Alpha Edition The commedia dell'arte: a study in Italian
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Alpha Edition Milton'S Sonnets
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Alpha Edition Gaut Gurley; Or, the Trappers of Umbagog: A Tale
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Primus Books Understanding Drama: A Student Companion:: A
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Alpha Edition The Jester
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Alpha Edition The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland
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Double 9 Booksllp John Barleycorn
Book SynopsisFirst distributed in 1913, John Barleycorn is the principal keen abstract composition on liquor in American writing. London offers intense speculations on Barleycorn along with his very own nearby story drinking vocation, which was chivalrous in scale. It is, notwithstanding, as a practice in life account that his book chiefly draws in the advanced peruser. London's life was unfortunately short however loaded with episode and experience. In John Barleycorn he keeps his initial difficulties in Oakland, his encounters as clam privateer, remote ocean sealer, homeless person, Yukon goldminer, understudy, nonconformist, and - eventually - top of the line creator. Long ignored by London hardliners (who wish he had never composed it) and utilized against him by pundits who might see him as a self-admitted inebriated, John Barleycorn should be commended for what it is: an exemplary of American life account.
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Double 9 Booksllp Drum Taps
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EduCart Tales from Shakespeare
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Double 9 Books Characters Of Shakespeare'S Plays
Book SynopsisCharacters of Shakespeare's Plays is a collection of essays written by the English literary critic and essayist, William Hazlitt. The book is a critical analysis of the characters in the plays of William Shakespeare, one of the most celebrated playwrights of all time. In the book, Hazlitt explores the psychology and motivations of Shakespeare's characters, examining their personalities, strengths, and flaws. He delves into the complexities of the relationships between characters, and the ways in which their interactions drive the action of the plays. Throughout the book, Hazlitt also grapples with the question of what makes Shakespeare's characters enduringly compelling and relevant to modern audiences. Overall, Characters of Shakespeare's Plays is a masterful work of literary criticism that offers readers a profound understanding of Shakespeare's characters, as well as the enduring power of his works to capture the human experience.
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Double 9 Books The Jew Of Malta
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Double 9 Books Every Man In His Humor
Book SynopsisA well-known English playwright and poet of the 17th century, Ben Jonson wrote the humorous drama Every Man in His Humour. The play, which is set in London, has a varied ensemble of individuals in a number of hilarious and sarcastic scenarios. A character's humour, which refers to their major personality attribute or temperament, differs depending on who they are. Jonson expertly captures the follies and eccentricities of human nature via clever conversation, mistaken identities, and humorous miscommunications. The comedy Every Man in His Humour makes fun of the social mores, ambitions, and pretenses of the day. It paints a realistic and engaging picture of Elizabethan life, complete with recognizable class distinctions, efforts to assimilate, and social mobility. The drama examines themes of self-discovery, change, and the negative effects of having lofty goals and aspirations. It illustrates the absurd results that occur when people attempt to change who they are in order to fit in, which eventually results in mayhem and bewilderment. Every Man in His Humour is an important work of English literature that demonstrates Ben Jonson's skill for character development, razor-sharp humor, and social satire.
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Double 9 Books Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings
Book SynopsisThe renowned author Andy Adams' fascinating Western book Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings is set in the Old West. This engrossing story chronicles the exploits of the Wells brothers, an adventurous pair who set out on a spectacular voyage across the wild and rocky American frontier. The Wells brothers, the young cattle monarchs, manage herds, deal with competing ranchers and outlaws, and other obstacles unique to the cattle business. The brothers try to establish their empire and stake out their territory in the Wild West with their unyielding resolve, inventiveness, and indomitable spirit. With his colorful paintings of huge open plains, perilous cattle drives, and the clash of personalities in this turbulent age, Andy Adams deftly brings the Western environment to life. Readers are taken back in time to a period when the American West was supported by the cattle sector and strong family and loyalties were valued via his brilliant writing. The immersive reading experience provided by Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings combines aspects of adventure, drama, and the eternal themes of family, honor, and pursuing one's aspirations. This book will enthrall Western aficionados and take readers to a bygone period of cowboys and cattle drives with its rich characterization, exciting plotlines, and realistic Old West representation.
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Double 9 Books Grim Tales
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Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd T.S. Eliot: Pattern of Images
Book SynopsisT S Eliot, udually considered to be difficult and obscure, must be approached through the images running through his work as woof and wrap. This book analyses the poetry and plays of T.S. Eliot in the light of a recurrent pattern of images which unlocks the ambiguity of this modern poet, making him comprehensible to the reader and lending an interesting charm to the art of this new critic. the complex inter-relation and inter-play of the recurrent images assumes a principle of unity.
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Bloomsbury India Shakespeare and Indian Theatre: The Politics of
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Double 9 Booksllp The Merry Wives Of Windsor
Book SynopsisShakespeare's merry wives are Mistress Ford and Mistress Page of the town of Windsor. The two pull-down tricks on Mistress Ford's desirous spouse and a meeting knight, Sir John Falstaff. Happy spouses, desirous husbands, and ruthless knights were normal in a sort of play called citizen comedy or city comedy. In such plays, subjects, courteous fellows, or knights utilize social prevalence to tempt residents' wives. The Windsor spouses, however, don't follow that example. All things considered, Falstaff's proposal of himself as darling rouses their torture of him. Falstaff answers with the very etymological office that Shakespeare gives him in the set of experiences plays in which he shows up, making him the legend of the play for some crowds.
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Double 9 Booksllp The Two Gentlemen of Verona
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Double 9 Booksllp The Life and Death of King Richard the Second
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Double 9 Booksllp The Life of King Henry the Eighth
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Double 9 Booksllp The Life of King Henry the Fifth
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Double 9 Booksllp The Tragedy of Coriolanus
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Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij Susanna Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Daughter &
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Amsterdam University Press Cleopatra in Italian and English Renaissance
Book SynopsisThis book considers some of the main adaptations of the character of Cleopatra for the Renaissance stage, travelling from Italy to England to arrive finally to Shakespeare. It shows how each reading of the story of Cleopatra is unique to and expressive of the culture which produced it, even as writers drew from the same sources from Antiquity. For the first time texts belonging to different cultures, rigorously presented, are brought into dialogue on such questions as moral standpoint, gender and the representation of the exotic. Moreover, through the fascinating figure of Cleopatra, the reader is able to explore the development of Renaissance tragedy, in its commercial and non-commercial versions. Ultimately both questions at the heart of this study - concerning Cleopatra's identity and her translation into theatre - converge to be (dis)solved by Shakespeare.Table of ContentsA Note on the Cover List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction 'A Heart in Egypt' 1 'No Humble Woman She' 1.1 Cleopatra Through the Eyes of Ancient Historians 1.2 The 'Egyptian Wife' 2 'The Subject of Talk the World Over' 2.1 Enchantress and Martyr 2.2 'So lascivious, Cleopatra' 2.3 The Legend of a Bad Woman 3 The Egyptian Queen's Rebirth 3.1 Cleopatra Revised 3.3 A Royal 'Model' 3.3 'The Majestic Queen of the Nile' 3.4 Seneca, Giraldi Cinthio, and Cleopatra 4 The Great Theatre of Cleopatra 4.1 An 'invincible heart' 4.2 A 'wise and savvy' queen 4.3 'The greatest and most beautiful queen in the world' 5 'The wanton luxurie of Court' 5.1 From Cleopatra to Cléopâtre 5.2 'Or meurs donc Cleopatre' / 'Die Cleopatra then' 5.3 'A glorious Lady, and a mighty Queene' 5.4 'Beautiful, unchaste and evil' 6 'A lass unparalleled' 6.1 Dramatist, Actor and Poet 6.2 A 'world of fluid side and shape' 6.3 'His speech sticks in my heart' 6.4 Dramatis Personae 6.5 'The witch shall die' 6.6 The Comi-tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra Conclusion Exeunt omnes Bibliography Index
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Amsterdam University Press Women and Geography on the Early Modern English
Book SynopsisIn a late 1590s atlas proof from cartographer John Speed, Queen Elizabeth appears, crowned and brandishing a ruler as the map's scale-of-miles. Not just a map key, the queen's depiction here presents her as a powerful arbiter of measurement in her kingdom. For Speed, the queen was a formidable female presence, authoritative, ready to measure any place or person. The atlas, finished during James' reign, later omitted her picture. But this disappearance did not mean Elizabeth vanished entirely; her image and her connection to geography appear in multiple plays and maps. Elizabeth becomes, like the ruler she holds, an instrument applied and adapted. Women and Geography on the Early Modern English Stage explores the ways in which mapmakers, playwrights, and audiences in early modern England could, following their queen's example, use the ideas of geography, or 'world-writing', to reshape the symbolic import of the female body and territory to create new identities. The book demonstrates how early modern mapmakers and dramatists -- men and women -- conceived of and constructed identities within a discourse of fluid ideas about space and gender.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One Confuting Those Blind Geographers: Christopher Marlowe's Spectacle of Maps and the Female Body Chapter Two 'T'illumine the now obscurèd Palestine': Elizabeth Cary and the Mapping of Early Modern Marriage and Colonialism Chapter Three 'Willing to pay their maidenheads': Thomas Heywood and the Cartography of Bodily Commerce Chapter Four 'The Fort of her Chastity': Cavendish's Mapmakers of Virtue Conclusion Women as World-Writers Bibliography Index
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Amsterdam University Press Games and Theatre in Shakespeare's England
Book SynopsisGames and Theatre in Shakespeare's England brings together theories of play and game with theatre and performance to produce new understandings of the history and design of early modern English drama. Through literary analysis and embodied practice, an international team of distinguished scholars examines a wide range of games—from dicing to bowling to role-playing to videogames—to uncover their fascinating ramifications for the stage in Shakespeare’s era and our own. Foregrounding ludic elements challenges the traditional view of drama as principally mimesis, or imitation, revealing stageplays to be improvisational experiments and participatory explorations into the motive, means, and value of recreation. Delving into both canonical masterpieces and hidden gems, this innovative volume stakes a claim for play as the crucial link between games and early modern theatre, and for the early modern theatre as a critical site for unraveling the continued cultural significance and performative efficacy of gameplay today.Trade Review"This latest entry in the Cultures of Play, 1300–1700 series with Amsterdam University Press is essential reading for anyone studying, teaching, or interested in games then and now. … From beginning to end, the editors have gifted their readers with a thought-provoking collection that advances the study of early games with a stellar constellation of chapters. As Bishop, Bloom, and Lin state, ‘videogame culture today has come to resemble the improvisatory and participatory culture of theatregoing in early modern England’ (30), and their collection of essays is an important step toward understanding the interconnection between these two worlds and forms of play."- Mark Kaethler, Early Theatre ''The editors of Games and Theatre in Shakespeare's England have delivered a carefully curated volume that offers an evocative hermeneutical paradigm that changes supposedly settled critical assumptions as well as an impressively wide range of conversations and materials that will benefit students and teachers at all levels of education.'' - Kurt Schreyer, Renaissance Quarterly, 2023, 76(4) Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction (Tom Bishop, Gina Bloom, and Erika T. Lin) Part I 1. The Player’s Game: The Activity of the Player in Early Modern Drama (Stephen Purcell) 2. “The Madnes of Tenys” and the Commercialization of Pastimes in Early Tudor London (David Kathman) 3. The Roll of the Dice and the Whims of Fate in Sixteenth-Century Morality Drama (Katherine Steele Brokaw) 4. “The games afoote”: Playing, Preying and Projecting in Richard Brome’s The Court Beggar (Heather Hirschfeld) Part II 5. Playing with Paradoxes in Troilus and Cressida (Patricia Badir) 6. Bowling Alone, or The Whole Point of No Return (Paul Menzer) 7. Playing (in) the Streets: Games and Adaptation in The Merchant of Venice (Marissa Greenberg) Part III 8. The Moods of Gamification in The Tempest (Ellen MacKay) 9. Videogames and Hamlet: Experiencing Tragic Choice and Consequences (Rebecca Bushnell) 10. Shakespeare Videogames, Adaptation/Appropriation, and Collaborative Reception (Geoffrey Way) 11. Shakespeare, Game, and Play in Digital Pedagogical Shakespeare Games (Jennifer Roberts-Smith and Shawn DeSouza-Coelho) Epilogue: Field of Play: Gamifying Early Modern Theatre and Performance Studies (Natasha Korda) Index
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Amsterdam University Press Counter-Hispanization in the Colonial
Book SynopsisIn Counter-Hispanization in the Colonial Philippines, the author analyzes the literature and politics of “spiritual conquest” in order to demonstrate how it reflected the contribution of religious ministers to a protracted period of social anomie throughout the mission provinces between the 16th-18th centuries. By tracking the prose of spiritual conquest with the history of the mission in official documents, religious correspondence, and public controversies, the author shows how, contrary to the general consensus in Philippine historiography, the literature and pastoral politics of spiritual conquest reinforced the frontier character of the religious provinces outside Manila in the Americas as well as the Philippines, by supplanting the (absence of) law in the name of supplementing or completing it. This frontier character accounts for the modern reinvention of native custom as well as the birth of literature and theater in the Tagalog vernacular.Table of ContentsList of illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Towards a Counter-History of the Mission Pueblo 1 The War of Peace and Legacy of Social Anomie 2 Monastic Rule and the Mission As Frontier(ization) Institution 3 Stagings of Spiritual Conquest 4 Miracles and Monsters in the Consolidation of Mission-Towns 5 Our Lady of Contingency 6 Reversions to Native Custom in Fr. Antonio de Borja’s Barlaam At Josaphat and Gaspar Aquino de Belen’s Mahal na Pasion 7 Colonial Racism and the Moro-Moro As Dueling Proxies of Law Conclusion: The Promise of Law Bibliography Index
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The Chinese University Press Ibsen and Ibsenism in China 1908-1997: A
Book SynopsisIbsen has often been considered as the most important source, besides Goethe, of Western influence in modern Chinese literary thinking and remains influential in both the modern Chinese theatre and the Chinese women's movement. This bibliography charts how modern Chinese culture has developed.
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The Chinese University Press A Dream of Glory (Fanhua meng): A Chuanqi Play by
Book SynopsisWang Yun (1749-1819) was a famous playwright in imperial China. Her play ""A Dream of Glory"" is a significant full length chaunqi written by a woman about a woman's dream and desire. This volume provides a complete English translation with detailed annotations, extensive introduction of traditional Chinese women's drama, as well as a foreword by Owen Aldridge.
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University of the West Indies Press Una Marson
Book SynopsisUna Marson's work embodied anti-colonialism, anti-racism, feminism, class politics and pan-Africanism in the first half of the twentieth century. Her poetry and dramatic work symbolically ushered in a new era in Jamaica's literary landscape and her efforts in championing early Jamaican literature, as well as her avid support for Caribbean writers in Britain and the region, made her a key proponent of the development of a nationaland West Indian literary canon. She challenged racial inequality, affirmed standards of black beauty and black identity, and explored the complexities of gender, religious discrimination and class/economic exploitation. She did not frame her work around a single cause but, instead, she was mindful of the multiple intersections of oppression. Britain's hold on Jamaica's cultural imagination would finally be challenged by artists like Marson who were eager to free their nation of colonial authority and cultural dominance. In the end, through her advocacy and pioneering work, Marson achieved a voice for the oppressed.
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