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Presents paintings and drawings of Jewish Lithuania with
introductory articles. The artist's subjects are the poor people
that live where Jews once lived, synagogues and churches. The
captions explain the story of a lost community.
This is a study of nine key film-makers who came into prominence in
the early '70s: Claude Chabrol, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lindsay
Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey, Satyajit
Ray, Miklos Jancso, and Dusan Makavejev - representing seven
film-producing countries. In this book John Russell Taylor does for
the 1970s what his earlier book Cinema Eye, Cinema Ear did for the
1960s: he disentangles some of the major talents from the minor,
and subjects them to close critical scrutiny, documenting their
careers, detailing their development as individual creators, and
placing them in their social and artistic context. Thus the book
provides an invaluable synopsis and guide for all who are
interested in the development of modern cinema. It includes a
comprehensive bibliography and fully detailed filmographies.
Since the cinema first began to be taken seriously as an art form,
there has been a constant debate on the question: who is the real
creator of the film, the writer or the director? This study of a
group of key film-makers in the sixties suggests that during this
decade there was an emergence of a generation of film-makers who
conceived a whole film in their minds just as an architect
conceives a whole cathedral or a composer a whole symphony. The
book presents detailed critical studies of the work of six
commanding figures in the international cinema: four who have made
their major reputations since 1950, the Italians Frederico Fellini
and Michelangelo Antonioni, the Frenchman Robert Bresson and the
Swede Ingmar Bergman; and two film-makers of an older generation,
the Spaniard Luis Bunuel and the Anglo-American Alfred Hitchcock,
who have reached the height of their powers and exerted their most
important influence on the cinema during the same period. There is
also a section on the new talents to emerge more recently in the
French 'New Wave', in particular Francois Truffaut, Jen-Luc Godard
and Alain Resnais. In addition, the book contains detailed
filmographies of the directors discussed.
When it was first published in 1962, Anger and After was the first
comprehensive study of the dramatic movement which began in 1956
with the staging of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger and has since
brought forward such dramatists as Brendan Behan, Harold Pinter, N.
F. Simpson, John Arden and Arnold Wesker. Thoroughly revised in
1969, this book remains important reading for theatre students in
need of a comprehensive and authoritative guide to post-Osborne
drama in Britain.
This is a study of nine key film-makers who came into prominence in
the early '70s: Claude Chabrol, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Lindsay
Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey, Satyajit
Ray, Miklos Jancso, and Dusan Makavejev - representing seven
film-producing countries. In this book John Russell Taylor does for
the 1970s what his earlier book Cinema Eye, Cinema Ear did for the
1960s: he disentangles some of the major talents from the minor,
and subjects them to close critical scrutiny, documenting their
careers, detailing their development as individual creators, and
placing them in their social and artistic context. Thus the book
provides an invaluable synopsis and guide for all who are
interested in the development of modern cinema. It includes a
comprehensive bibliography and fully detailed filmographies.
Since the cinema first began to be taken seriously as an art form,
there has been a constant debate on the question: who is the real
creator of the film, the writer or the director? This study of a
group of key film-makers in the sixties suggests that during this
decade there was an emergence of a generation of film-makers who
conceived a whole film in their minds just as an architect
conceives a whole cathedral or a composer a whole symphony. The
book presents detailed critical studies of the work of six
commanding figures in the international cinema: four who have made
their major reputations since 1950, the Italians Frederico Fellini
and Michelangelo Antonioni, the Frenchman Robert Bresson and the
Swede Ingmar Bergman; and two film-makers of an older generation,
the Spaniard Luis Bunuel and the Anglo-American Alfred Hitchcock,
who have reached the height of their powers and exerted their most
important influence on the cinema during the same period. There is
also a section on the new talents to emerge more recently in the
French 'New Wave', in particular Francois Truffaut, Jen-Luc Godard
and Alain Resnais. In addition, the book contains detailed
filmographies of the directors discussed.
First published in 1967, this title considers the idea of the
'well-made play' in the context of how and why it has been devalued
and how far, in allowing it to be devalued, we have lost sight of
certain important elements of the theatre. The focus of the book is
largely on the development of British theatre and those who have
been instrumental to it. This is an indispensable introduction for
any student with an interest in the history and development of the
British theatre.
When it was first published in 1962, Anger and After was the first
comprehensive study of the dramatic movement which began in 1956
with the staging of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger and has since
brought forward such dramatists as Brendan Behan, Harold Pinter, N.
F. Simpson, John Arden and Arnold Wesker. Thoroughly revised in
1969, this book remains important reading for theatre students in
need of a comprehensive and authoritative guide to post-Osborne
drama in Britain.
Marx and Engels invented it; Lenin volunteered Russia for the
honour of trying it; the Soviet people had to live with it.. This
tongue-in-cheek travel guide is a cherishably witty insight into
the chaotic, bewildering and sometimes scary society that resulted
from this heroically doomed effort to "build Communism." It teaches
you basic Soviet survival skills including how to queue for useless
products, bribe your way into empty restaurants and contravene
anti-alcohol measures.
'The authors' pen is driven not only by a blind hatred of
socialism but also a genuine pathological medical condition.' Young
Communists' Pravda (1986).
'In 1986 "USSR" was a prescient, hilarious and inspirational
take on the evil empire. For Soviet totalitarianism ridicule was a
deadly foe. To Polonsky and Taylor, the thanks of all those who
were once captive and are now free.' Edward Lucas, International
Editor, " Economist"
In the 1970s the revolution that had swept the British theatre in
the 1950s had already become accepted as the new establishment.
Areas that had been previously regarded as remote ideals -
including permanent repertory companies, a lively provincial
theatre and an extensive spread of avant-garde and fringe
theatrical activities - were now considered commonplace. In this
title, first published in 1971, John Russell Taylor assesses the
prospects of the British theatre at the start of the 1970s and
indicates its points of weakness and its strengths. In this context
are placed the key figures among the Second Wave of dramatists, and
detailed critical commentaries on the work of writers such as David
Mercer, Tom Stoppard and Peter Terson. This is an indispensable
introduction for any student with an interest in the history and
development of the British theatre and the people who have played
instrumental roles in this.
First published in 1967, this title considers the idea of the
'well-made play' in the context of how and why it has been devalued
and how far, in allowing it to be devalued, we have lost sight of
certain important elements of the theatre. The focus of the book is
largely on the development of British theatre and those who have
been instrumental to it. This is an indispensable introduction for
any student with an interest in the history and development of the
British theatre.
In the 1970s the revolution that had swept the British theatre in
the 1950s had already become accepted as the new establishment.
Areas that had been previously regarded as remote ideals -
including permanent repertory companies, a lively provincial
theatre and an extensive spread of avant-garde and fringe
theatrical activities - were now considered commonplace. In this
title, first published in 1971, John Russell Taylor assesses the
prospects of the British theatre at the start of the 1970s and
indicates its points of weakness and its strengths. In this context
are placed the key figures among the second wave of dramatists, and
detailed critical commentaries on the work of writers such as David
Mercer, Tom Stoppard and Peter Terson. This is an indispensable
introduction for any student with an interest in the history and
development of the British theatre and the people who have played
instrumental roles in this.
In a Summer Season is one of Elizabeth Taylor's finest novels in
which, in a moving and powerful climax, she reveals love to be the
thing it is: beautiful, often funny, and sometimes tragic. 'You
taste of rain', he said, kissing her. 'People say I married her for
her money', he thought contentedly, and for the moment was full of
the self-respect that loving her had given him. Kate Heron is a
wealthy, charming widow who marries, much to the disapproval of
friends and neighbours, a man ten years her junior: the attractive,
feckless Dermot. Then comes the return of Kate's old friend Charles
- intelligent, kind and now widowed, with his beautiful young
daughter. Kate watches happily as their two families are drawn
together, finding his presence reassuringly familiar, but slowly
she becomes aware of subtle undercurrents that begin to disturb the
calm surface of their friendship. Before long, even she cannot
ignore the gathering storm . . .
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Rose Wylie (Hardcover)
Bel Mooney, Mark Cocker, Howard Jacobson, Helen Dunmore, Mike Tooby, …
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Rose Wylie RA (b.1934) trained as an artist in the 1950s, but it
was her re-engagement with painting in the early 1980s, after a
period spent raising a family, that marked the beginning of a
remarkable career that continues to evolve and impress. This
monograph, the first of its kind, follows Wylie's fascinating
artistic journey celebrating her achievements while also examining
her current practice. Rose Wylie's large-scale paintings are
inspired by a wide range of visual culture. Her subject matter
ranges from contemporary Egyptian Hajj wall paintings and Persian
miniatures to films, news stories, celebrity gossip and her
observation of daily life. Often working from memory, she distills
her subjects into succinct observations, using text to give
additional emphasis to her recollections. In weaving together
imagery from different sources with personal elements, Wylie's
paintings offer a direct and wry commentary on contemporary
culture. Her pictures refuse judgment but reveal a concern with the
everyday that makes visible its enigmatic core. Drawing on a series
of extended interviews with the artist, Clarrie Wallis unpicks the
complexities of Wylie's visual language so providing an important
contribution to our understanding, and appreciation of, a
significant, and increasingly celebrated, figure in contemporary
British art.
This biography of Alfred Hitchcock is as intriguing, revealing,
perverse, and entertaining as any of his classic films. 'The best
book yet about the movies' most famous director' Publisher's Weekly
'No one will ever top Hitch' Jimmy Stewart One of cinema's greatest
directors, a virtuoso visual artist, and a genius of the suspense
genre, Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) is universally known for such
masterpieces as Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, North
by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds. But he was also a famously
difficult and complex man, prone to arguing with studios and stars
alike. In writing this biography, John Russell Taylor, a
distinguished film critic and friend of Hitchcock's, enjoyed his
full cooperation. Based on numerous interviews, with photos from
the private family albums, and an in-depth study of the making of
his last film, this biography of the director is as intriguing,
revealing, perverse, and entertaining as any Hitchcock classic.
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Belated (Paperback)
Elisabeth Russell Taylor
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From award-winning writer Elisabeth Russell Taylor comes a dazzling
new collection of short stories. Whether examining the unspoken
deals brokered in every marriage, the inherent menace of daily
exchanges or the secret lives of the unattached, each of these
sixteen stories sparkles with Russell Taylor's extraordinary
talent. 'The Contract' brilliantly reimagines Pushkin's Eugene
Onegin; 'Supporting Roles' reverses the client-therapist
relationship; 'Charlotte' looks at the life of a Jewish immigrant
in postwar London; 'Les Amants' is a lyrical paean to love and loss
in rural France; 'Take Care' sees the visitors getting too
comfortable in a house that's not theirs; 'The Inquest' is a
whimsical feat of magical realism; while 'Who She?' and 'Carter'
explore the mysteries and complications of identity. Here is a
writer unafraid to probe the dark corners of character, who
sharpens her teeth on the casual cruelties, subtle ironies and
alarming contradictions of everyday life. * 'She is entirely
original and wholly brilliant' Elizabeth Young 'Much admired by
other writers ... reflective, lyrical prose' Times Literary
Supplement 'She writes brilliantly' Elaine Feinstein, The Times
Pillion Riders 'In this chilling tale of the failure of romantic
love, the writing is precise, tight-knit, beautifully paced' Isobel
Quigley, Financial Times 'One of those works in which there is not
a single wrong note. Best of all is the way that the author evokes
the atmosphere of post-war Paris, making the city ... seem vividly
real, so that one longs to be there' The Times Present Fears 'A
sparkling collection of stories, each with a sting in its tail'
Sunday Times 'Witty, deadpan language with a bleakness reminiscent
of Roald Dahl' Ruth Padel, Daily Telegraph 'Taylor mingles the
elegant with the grotesque, as if seating Flaubert next to William
S. Burroughs at dinner' Publishers Weekly Will Dolores Come to Tea?
'Elisabeth Russell Taylor slowly unfolds bizarre, incisive tales of
sex and loss ... dark and sharp and often disturbing' Carol Birch,
Times Literary Supplement Tomorrow 'A haunting, beautifully written
lament for the isolating power of love' Financial Times ISBN
978-1491285312 Price 8.99 (pb) / 4.99 (eBook)
www.elisabethrusselltaylor.wordpress.com
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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Elisabeth Russell Taylor
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From the author of PRESENT FEARS, SWANN SONG, MOTHER COUNTRY, PILLION RIDERS and I IS ANOTHER, set in 1960. A woman returns to the island of Mon for the fifteenth time in fifteen years, and for the seven days of her holiday, her head is filled with happy memories from childhood - but also with darker thoughts, which she must struggle to control.
The first complete monograph devoted to the work of one of
Britain's most powerful and original contemporary artists. David
Breuer-Weil studied at the Central Saint Martins School of Art and
Clare College, Cambridge. From the late 1980's until the late
1990's he worked as a specialist in Impressionist, Modern and
Contemporary art at Sotheby's, London and as a curator for de Pury
and Luxembourg Art in Geneva. He subsequently embarked on the epic
series of apocalyptic works now known as the Project, over three
hundred monumental paintings, a cycle that is arguably one of the
most profound and consistent achievements in recent British
painting. His determination to produce an art that deals with
momentous and challenging themes is a reaction to a world he knows
well, in which "art often seems to be reduced to a commodity": "In
my own work I consciously avoided the high polish, commercial,
slick look of much contemporary art. I wanted to produce colossal,
un-commercialized images of existential doubt". This lavishly
illustrated monograph presents a collection of paintings, drawings,
sculptures, installations and studio shots.
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