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The New Gallery
Edward Burne-Jones
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What is Restoration comedy? What pleasure does it offer its
audience, and what significance does it find in exploring that
pleasure? Edward Burns here provides a new account of the origins
and nature of Restoration comedy as a distinct genre. The book
enlarges the usual focus with a wider range of writers than the
conventional ossified canon taking in a revaluation of many rarely
studied dramatists, a reconsideration of pastoral, and the
instatement of women writers as major contributors to the culture
of the age. It offers a substantial and original interpretation of
one of the most intriguing of seventeenth-century literature forms.
The notorious corner of West Fayette and Monroe Streets in
Baltimore is a 24-hour open-air drug market that provides the
economic fuel for a dying neighbourhood. Through the eyes of one
broken family - two drug-addicted adults and their smart,
vulnerable fifteen-year-old son, DeAndre McCollough - Simon and
Burns examine the sinister realities of inner cities across the USA
and unflinchingly assess why law enforcement policies, moral
crusades and the welfare system have accomplished so little.
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Burne-Jones Talking (Paperback)
Edward Burne-Jones, Thomas Rooke Rooke, Mary Lago
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'To know his work without his talk is "not to know him" ...only
when they are side by side is the common origin and aim seen and
the complete man displayed.' Thus Thomas Rooke, studio assistant to
Burne-Jones, who over four years memorised and recorded much of his
master's studio and lunch-table talk. The man revealed with
startling freshness and immediacy is far from the familiar painter
of knightly melancholy and abstract angels. Burne-Jones emerges as
a loveable and charming man, far more practical and down-to-earth,
far more witty and ironic than might have been expected. He may
still regret that he was not born in the Middle Ages and reminisce
about the golden years with William Morris and Dante Gabriel
Rossetti in the 1850's and 60's. But he is still hard at work on
his last great collaboration with Morris, the Kelmscott Chaucer,
while not hesitating to fulminate about Britain's imperial
pretensions and the hypocrisy that accompanied them. And he is
unfailingly articulate when it comes to discussing the craft of
painting in relation to himself, his contemporaries and the giants
of the past. The conversations are edited by Mary Lago, Professor
of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia, who also wrote
extensively on William Rothenstein, Rabindranath Tagore and E. M.
Forster.
Acclaimed independent filmmaker Ed Burns shares the story of his remarkable career and offers a candid, instructive account of the ins-and-outs of making great movies without the backing of Hollywood.
As the second of three children from a working-class Long Island family, Ed Burns thought a career in filmmaking was a pipe dream. When his first film, "The Brothers McMullen," won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, he proved himself to be one of the most distinctive and tenacious filmmakers of our time. Since then he has gone on to star in major Hollywood films while remaining dedicated to his true passion: making small films that he believes in.
Sharing the lengths he's gone to in order to write, direct, cast, produce, shoot, and edit films on a shoestring budget, Burns uses stories from his life and career to illustrate what it takes to make it as an indie filmmaker. His extreme focus and drive prove that passion and hard work can pay off, and he urges students and aspiring filmmakers to embrace and learn from their failures and continue to pursue their goals. A gripping, inspirational story about forging your own path, "Independent Ed" is a must-read for casual movie fans, serious film students, and any creative person searching for a bit of inspiration.
A fresh look at a play usually regarded as the first component of a
three-part historical epic, this edition argues that "Henry VI Part
1" is a "prequel," a freestanding piece that returns for ironic and
dramatic effect to a story already familiar to its audience. The
play's ingenious use of stage space is closely analyzed, as is its
manipulation of a series of set-piece combats to give a coherent
syntax of action. Discussion of the dramatic structure created by
the opposing figures of Talbot and Jeanne la Pucelle, and
exploration of the critical controversies and "puzzles" surrounding
the figure of Jeanne, lead to a reflection on the nature of the
history play as genre in the 1590s. Burns provides notes on his
editorial procedure in the section before the play itself.
Appendices on names, naming, and wordplay; casting; contemporary
adaptations; and military hierarchy and the conduct of war in the
age of Henry VI are also included. The Arden Shakespeare has
developed a reputation as the pre-eminent critical edition of
Shakespeare for its exceptional scholarship, reflected in the
thoroughness of each volume. An introduction comprehensively
contextualizes the play, chronicling the history and culture that
surrounded and influenced Shakespeare at the time of its writing
and performance, and closely surveying critical approaches to the
work. Detailed appendices address problems like dating and casting,
and analyze the differing Quarto and Folio sources. A full
commentary by one or more of the play's foremost contemporary
scholars illuminates the text, glossing unfamiliar terms and
drawing from an abundance of research and expertise to explain
allusions and significant background information. Highly
informative and accessible, Arden offers the fullest experience of
Shakespeare available to a reader.
This monumental collection of correspondence between Gertrude Stein
and critic, novelist, and photographer Carl Van Vechten provides
crucial insight into Stein's life, art, and artistic milieu as well
as Van Vechten's support of major cultural projects, such as the
Harlem Renaissance. From their first meeting in 1913, Stein and Van
Vechten formed a unique and powerful relationship, and Van Vechten
worked vigorously to publish and promote Stein's work. Existing
biographies of Stein-including her own autobiographical
writings-omit a great deal about her experiences and thought. They
lack the ordinary detail of what Stein called "daily everyday
living": the immediate concerns, objects, people, and places that
were the grist for her writing. These letters not only vividly
represent those details but also showcase Stein and Van Vechten's
private selves as writers. Edward Burns's extensive annotations
include detailed cross-referencing of source materials.
The last work of Burne-Jones: a series of woodcut illustrations to
the first chapters of Genesis, making a perfect epitome of his art.
Reprinted from the original edition of 1902.
The 9th edition of Maudsley & Burn's Land Law Cases and
Materials continues to provide an essential reference work for
students and practitioners. It includes a wide range of extracts
from cases, statutes, Law Commission reports and other literature,
which highlight the key issues to understand the present law and
its continuing development.
Sure, she can be a little overbearing sometimes, but baby-faced
Johnny Rizzo loves his fiancee Claire, and he made her a promise:
by the time he's 25-years-old, he'll trade his current dream job as
a local sports talk radio host (even if it is the 2 a.m. slot) for
something that'll pay bigger bucks. And Johnny's nothing, if not a
man of his word. Now he's flying to New York to interview for some
snoozeville job that Claire's well-to-do father set up. Enter Uncle
Terry, who lives in New York, a rascally womanizer bent on turning
a day in the Hamptons into a final fling for his nephew. Nice guy
Johnny's not interested, of course, but then he meets the lovely
Brooke.... A master of the modern relationship dramedy, Edward
Burns is once again in top form as a writer, director, and actor.
His swaggering bartender Terry is the perfect foil to baby-faced
Matt Bush's (Adventureland) Johnny, and together they're great at
trading Burns' characteristically sharp dialogue. More contrasts
are mined with Anna Wood's image-conscious Claire and Kerry
Bische's (Scrubs) Brooke, a blonde-haired and bright-eyed free
spirit. Burns wraps a summery tone around Johnny's real crisis:
follow through with your promises, or follow your heart?
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Vindication Of Those Already Addressed To Him, On The Infallibility
Of The Apostolic Testimony, Concerning The Person Of Christ. By The
Rev. Edward Burn, A.B. Edward Burn printed and sold by E. Piercy,
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