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Reunion (Paperback)
Thomas Anthony Ellis
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R446
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Set against the backdrop of the First World War and the Irish War
of Independence, "Reunion" is a historical romance novel. Grace
Darby has her life designed and decided for her. Michael Alpin has
nothing to give to love than his life itself. Whilst Michael offers
Grace the escape and adventure her heart craves, Grace in turn
offers him his sole reason to be. As their love endures the tests
of the First World War, the Irish War of Independence, and the
deeply rooted designs of their families, "Reunion" delivers a
romantic triumph in what could also be regarded as an utter
tragedy.
This first book-length study to trace the evolution of the comic
old man in Italian and English Renaissance comedy shows how English
dramatists adopted and reimagined an Italian model to reflect
native concerns about and attitudes toward growing old. Anthony
Ellis provides an in-depth study of the comic old man in the
erudite comedy of sixteenth-century Florence; the character's
parallel development in early modern Venice, including the commedia
dell'arte; and, along with a consideration of Anglo-Italian
intertextuality, the character's subsequent flourishing on the
Elizabethan and Jacobean stage. In outlining the character's
development, Ellis identifies and describes the physical and
behavioral characteristics of the comic old man and situates these
traits within early modern society by considering prevailing
medical theories, sexual myths, and intergenerational conflict over
political and economic circumstances. The plays examined include
Italian dramas by Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena, NiccolA(2)
Machiavelli, Donato Giannotti, Lorenzino de' Medici, Andrea Calmo,
and Flaminio Scala, and English works by William Shakespeare, Ben
Jonson, and Thomas Dekker, along with Middleton, Rowley, and
Heywood's The Old Law. Besides providing insight into stage
representations of aging, this book illuminates how early modern
people conceived of and responded to the experience of growing old
and its social, economic, and physical challenges.
This first book-length study to trace the evolution of the comic
old man in Italian and English Renaissance comedy shows how English
dramatists adopted and reimagined an Italian model to reflect
native concerns about and attitudes toward growing old. Anthony
Ellis provides an in-depth study of the comic old man in the
erudite comedy of sixteenth-century Florence; the character's
parallel development in early modern Venice, including the commedia
dell'arte; and, along with a consideration of Anglo-Italian
intertextuality, the character's subsequent flourishing on the
Elizabethan and Jacobean stage. In outlining the character's
development, Ellis identifies and describes the physical and
behavioral characteristics of the comic old man and situates these
traits within early modern society by considering prevailing
medical theories, sexual myths, and intergenerational conflict over
political and economic circumstances. The plays examined include
Italian dramas by Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena, NiccolA(2)
Machiavelli, Donato Giannotti, Lorenzino de' Medici, Andrea Calmo,
and Flaminio Scala, and English works by William Shakespeare, Ben
Jonson, and Thomas Dekker, along with Middleton, Rowley, and
Heywood's The Old Law. Besides providing insight into stage
representations of aging, this book illuminates how early modern
people conceived of and responded to the experience of growing old
and its social, economic, and physical challenges.
Why do some men use physical violence against others? How do some
men come to value physical violence as a resource? Drawing on
in-depth ethnographic research conducted with men involved in
serious violence and crime over a period of two years in the North
of England, Anthony Ellis addresses these questions and the complex
relationship between these men and their use of physical violence
against others. Using detailed life-history interviews and extended
periods of observation with these men, Men, Masculinities and
Violence describes their 'inner' subjective lives and experiences,
exploring how they came to value violence, why they are willing to
use it against others and risk serious harm to themselves in the
process. Over the course of the book a picture emerges of a group
of men that have experienced and perpetrated serious violence
throughout their lives. This book advances a critical psychosocial
understanding of such violence by situating these masculine
biographies within their immediate contexts of
de-industrialisation, fracturing working class community and
culture, and broader shifts within the political economy of liberal
capitalism. With its synthesis of rich ethnographic material and
new developments in criminological theory, this book is essential
reading for students and academics interested in issues of gender
and violence.
The BSC Critical Criminology Network's Book of the Year 2016 Why do
some men use physical violence against others? How do some men come
to value physical violence as a resource? Drawing on in-depth
ethnographic research conducted with men involved in serious
violence and crime over a period of two years in the North of
England, Anthony Ellis addresses these questions and the complex
relationship between these men and their use of physical violence
against others. Using detailed life-history interviews and extended
periods of observation with these men, Men, Masculinities and
Violence describes their 'inner' subjective lives and experiences,
exploring how they came to value violence, why they are willing to
use it against others and risk serious harm to themselves in the
process. Over the course of the book a picture emerges of a group
of men that have experienced and perpetrated serious violence
throughout their lives. This book advances a critical psychosocial
understanding of such violence by situating these masculine
biographies within their immediate contexts of
de-industrialisation, fracturing working class community and
culture, and broader shifts within the political economy of liberal
capitalism. With its synthesis of rich ethnographic material and
new developments in criminological theory, this book is essential
reading for students and academics interested in issues of gender
and violence.
Based upon global data and following on from Lockdown: Social
Harm in the COVID-19 Era, this book discusses the rise of
surveillance capitalism and new forms of control and exclusion
throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. It particularly addresses the use
of vaccine passports, mandates and the new forms of capital
extraction and political control that emerged throughout the
pandemic. The book also explicates how the ‘vaccine hesitant’
became marginalized in both mainstream discourse and through
regulatory interventions. Whilst the book addresses the wider
political economy within which so-called ‘anti-vaxxers’ were
ostracized, it also explores the complex nature of their
sentiments. The book closes by
considering the New Futures of Exclusion, outlining the
forms of surveillance and control that may be implemented in the
future particularly in light of the challenges brought by global
warming and the energy transition. It is a broadly accessible text,
particularly appealing to policymakers, general readers and
academics in sociology, political sociology, politics, human
geography, political economy, criminology, social policy,
psychology, history, and infectious diseases and medicine.
This book asks whether the decision to lock down the world was
justified in proportion to the potential harms and risks generated
by the Covid-19 virus. Drawing on global, empirical data, it
explores and exposes the social harms induced by lockdowns, many of
which are 'hidden', including joblessness, mental health problems
and an intensification of societal inequalities and divisions. It
offers data-driven case studies on harms such as domestic violence,
child abuse, the distress of being ordered to stay at home, and the
numerous harms associated with the new wealth industries. It
explores why some people weren't compliant with lockdown
restrictions and examines the already vulnerable social groups who
were disproportionally affected by lockdown including those who
were locked in (care home residents), locked up (prisoners), and
locked out (migrant workers, refugees). The book closes with a
brief discussion on what the future might look like as we enter a
post-Covid world, drawing on cutting-edge social theory.
This is a book about men, written for men. Inspired by the men of
MDI (Mentor, Discover, Inspire) - an international men's
organization committed to successful families, careers and
communities - this poignant yet lighthearted book, written by a
leader within MDI, takes a deep and revealing look into the topic
of honor, integrity, rights of passage, and the evolution men must
make into a healthy and powerful adulthood for the betterment of
our society, nation and humanity.
In this volume, the author sets aside the usual division between
theories of punishment that do or do not focus on retribution. In
its place he proposes and explores the distinction between
internalist and externalist theories.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed
worksworldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the
imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this
valuable book.++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure
edition identification: ++++ Tracts On The Liberty Spiritual And
Temporal Of Protestants In England Anthony Ellys J. Whiston, 1767
Title: A sermon preached before the Incorporated Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: at their anniversary
meeting in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, on Friday February
23, 1759.Author: Anthony EllysPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01066500CollectionID:
CTRG93-B1069PublicationDate: 17590101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: "An abstract of the charter, and of the proceedings
of the Society ... from the 24th day of February 1758, to the 23d
day of February 1759" p. 35-79 (includes list of missionaries,
etc.) Lists of members and of preachers of the annual sermon: p.
80-98.Collation: 99 p.; 21 cm
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of
Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical
understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking.
Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel
Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and
moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade.
The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and
Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a
debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below
data was compiled from various identification fields in the
bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an
additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++John Rylands University Library of ManchesterT150056Anonymous.
By Anthony Ellys.London: printed for G. Woodfall; and C. Corbett,
1752]. 2],5-26p.; 4
Meet the Collins family. Julian, Kendall and Lauren Collins are
siblings who were raised under the same roof on Chicago's south
side, but approach life from vastly different angles and agendas.
Julian, the oldest of the Collins siblings, is a
thirty-five-year-old attorney with a successful practice. He's a
self-proclaimed Mama's boy. He owns a beautiful home, makes a lot
of money, and is now searching for that special woman to complete
his world. That is until he finds his law office ransacked and
realizes he has legal problems of his own. A lonely heart is now
the least of Julian's worries. Kendall is the middle child of the
Collins family. Ladies come easy and often for Kendall. His
professional success comes from his dealings on the opposite side
of the law. Unfortunately, being an illegal entrepreneur has left
him feeling isolated him from siblings and mother. Lauren is the
diva and baby girl of the Collins clan. At age thirty, she's the
Director of Customer Service for a downtown insurance company, and
has her eyes focused on moving up the corporate ladder quickly. In
some ways, a successful career is more important than her family
and the special guy who enters her life. Hope Collins is the ailing
matriarch of the Collins children. She raised them under the same
roof, but with differing types of love and affection. Now in the
twilight of her life, Hope has to acknowledge her part in creating
the rift between her three children. Will the Collins siblings be
able to come together and put their difference aside along enough
to help keep Hope alive?
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