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Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays
This monograph examines three aesthetic emotions in AElfric's Lives
of Saints. Drawing on recent research on emotional communities,
this research combines methods from Cognitive Sciences and other
studies on early Medieval English language and literature in order
to explore AElfric's usage of the terms in the lexical domain of
amazement. The main aim of this study is to identify preferred
modes of expression that would reveal a series of emotional rules
in the context of AElfric's emotional community. Looking into
AElfric's usage of this lexical domain and how he depicts emotion
dynamics in these texts, this monograph shows how the emotion
family of amazement is central to the hagiographical genre, and it
highlights important emotion-regulation scripts that operate in
these texts.
Rome was a recurring theme throughout Shakespeare's career, from
the celebrated Julius Caesar, to the more obscure Cymbeline. In
this book, Paul Innes assesses themes of politics and national
identity in these plays through the common theme of Rome. He
especially examines Shakespeare's interpretation of Rome and how he
presented it to his contemporary audiences. Shakespeare's depiction
of Rome changed over his lifetime, and this is discussed in
conjunction with the emergence of discourses on the British Empire.
Each chapter focuses on a play, which is thoroughly analysed, with
regard to both performance and critical reception. Shakespeare's
plays are related to the theatrical culture of their time and are
considered in light of how they might have been performed to his
contemporaries. Innes engages strongly with both the plays the most
current scholarship in the field.
Kein Stein bleibt auf dem anderen, seit Alik Sokolov als Kredithai
in Deutschland das Zepter schwingt. Was Wunder aber auch bei den
Wucherzinsen fur Start-ups wie Mobit, ein Unternehmen, das drauf
und dran ist, mit der klassischen Teleportation in die Annalen
einzugehen. Und selbst wenn die Autohersteller demnach wenigstens
noch uber den Personenverkehr gebieten, haben die so schon durch
den chinesischen Vorstoss von Middle Kingdom genug Probleme am
Hals. Der Grund jedenfalls fur Kleinanleger wie Andrey Zosimoff,
die Mittel aus heimischen Traditionsunternehmen abzuziehen und sie
stattdessen Zockern wie Alik Sokolov und sohin Mobit anzuvertrauen.
Paradoxerweise investiert Mobit allerdings die erhaltenen Gelder in
Middle Kingdom. Und erst scheint die Rechnung auch aufzugehen, ist
der Borsengang der Chinesen ein Mordserfolg und vermag Mobit mit
dem Verkauf einzelner Papiere den Zahlungsaufforderungen Alik
Sokolovs spielend nachzukommen. Wie sich freilich der MK Mini als
Reinfall entpuppt und sich die institutionellen Investoren nach und
nach von ihren Papieren trennen, ist die Kacke am Dampfen, ruhrt
selbst eine Mutti, die Frau Bundeskanzlerin, vergeblich die Trommel
... Unter der Rose ist eine Politsatire, kurzweilig, spritzig,
pfiffig, phasenweise spannend auch wie ein Thriller. Von
Prostitution uber Mord bis hin zum schmahlichen
Vertrauensmissbrauch und Ende einer Freundschaft bietet sie alles,
um den Leser auf seiner Reise zur versohnlichen Losung bei Laune zu
halten
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The Tempest
(Paperback, New edition)
William Shakespeare; Edited by Cedric Watts; Introduction by Cedric Watts; Notes by Cedric Watts; Series edited by Keith Carabine
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Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D.,
Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex. The Wordsworth
Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of
William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of
recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.
The Tempest is the most lyrical, profound and fascinating of
Shakespeare's late comedies. Prospero, long exiled from Italy with
his daughter Miranda, seeks to use his magical powers to defeat his
former enemies. Eventually, having proved merciful, he divests
himself of that magic, his 'art', and prepares to return to the
mainland. The Tempest has often been regarded as Shakespeare's
'farewell to the stage' before his retirement. In the past, critics
emphasised the romantically beautiful features of The Tempest,
seeing it as an imaginative fantasia. In recent decades, however,
The Tempest has also been treated as a potently political drama
which offers controversial insights into colonialism and racism.
Frequently staged and diversely filmed, the play has influenced
numerous poets and novelists.
This edition is the prescribed text for the English Mastery
Secondary programme. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural
Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to
escape her Lincolnshire roots. In these three intimately connected
stories, hope and humanity meet stubborn reality, tracing the
tangled history of Jamaica and Britain. Andrea Levy's epic novel
Small Island, adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson, journeys
from Jamaica to Britain in 1948 - the year that HMT Empire Windrush
docked at Tilbury. It premiered at the National Theatre, London, in
April 2019, directed by Rufus Norris. 'Honest, skilful, thoughtful
and important. This is Andrea Levy's big book' Guardian on Andrea
Levy's Small Island
"The Psychology of Screenwriting "is more than an interesting book
on the theory and practice of screenwriting. It is also a
philosophical analysis of predetermination and freewill in the
context of writing and human life in our mediated world of
technology. Drawing on humanism, existentialism, Buddhism,
postmodernism and transhumanism, and diverse thinkers from Meister
Eckhart to Friedrich Nietzsche, Theodor Adorno, Jacques Derrida,
Jean Baudrillard and Gilles Deleuze, "The Psychology of
Screenwriting" will be of use to screenwriters, film students,
philosophers and all those interested in contemporary theory. This
book combines in-depth critical and cultural analysis with an
elaboration on practice in an innovative fashion. It explores how
people, such as those in the Dogme 95 movement, have tried to
overcome traditional screenwriting, looking in detail at the
psychology of writing and the practicalities of how to write well
for the screen. This is the first book to include high-theory with
screenwriting practice whilst incorporating the Enneagram for
character development. Numerous filmmakers and writers, including
David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, David Cronenberg, Pedro Almodovar,
Darren Aronofsky, Sally Potter and Charlie Kaufman are explored.
"The Psychology of Screenwriting "is invaluable for those who want
to delve deeper into writingfor the screen.
Die drama speel af in die Karoodorpie Willowmore. Die rol van die kerk, verkragting, verlies en familie is van die temas wat aangeraak word.
Lekas kyk na 'n kind se weerloosheid en na die familie se verantwoordelikheid om na haar om te sien. Die watermeid (waternimf of meermin) is die mitiese figuur wat tot die dorpie se redding moet kom en drie kinders in die stuk hoop sy sal hulle kom red.
Dit raak egter gekompliseerd wanneer die skuldige persoon 'n belangrike figuur in die gemeenskap is - die dominee.
Agamemnon is the first of the three plays within the Oresteia
trilogy and is considered to be one of Aeschylus' greatest works.
This collection of 12 essays, written by prominent international
academics, brings together a wide range of topics surrounding
Agamemnon from its relationship with ancient myth and ritual to its
modern reception. There is a diverse array of discussion on the
salient themes of murder, choice and divine agency. Other essays
also offer new approaches to understanding the notions of wealth
and the natural world which imbue the play, as well as a study of
the philosophical and moral questions of choice and revenge.
Arguments are contextualized in terms of performance, history and
society, discussing what the play meant to ancient audiences and
how it is now received in the modern theatre. Intended for readers
ranging from school students and undergraduates to teachers and
those interested in drama (including practitioners), this volume
includes a performer-friendly and accessible English translation by
David Stuttard.
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