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"The Malcontent," usually recognized as John Marston's masterpiece,
is one of the most original and complex plays of the Elizabethan
theatre. Complex in genre, structure and language, it poses
interesting problems for theatre history and textual transmission.
The aim of this edition is to offer answers to the various
questions raised by the play (derived from the thirty-six copies
now extant), to establish a reliable text, to date the play and
relate it to the aesthetic cross-currents flowing at the turn of
the seventeenth century. It also seeks to place "The Malcontent"
within the theatrical traditions both of boy-players and of
Shakespeare's company, which stole the play from the boys and
adapted to their own theatre.
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Gel
George Hunter
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R581
Discovery Miles 5 810
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Usually considered to be John Marston's masterpiece, The Malcontent
is one of the most original and complex plays of the Elizabethan
theatre - complex in genre, structure and language. A major reason
for the play's pre-eminence lies in the balance it achieves between
the opposite claims of laughter and horror which elsewhere in
Marston's work show a less stable relationship. This edition, using
the same authoritative text as the standard Revels edition has
notes designed for modern undergraduate use. The introduction has
been rewritten to take into account the most recent scholarship.
The theme of the great Shakespearean tragedies is the fall from grace of a great man due to a flaw in his nature. Whether it is the ruthless ambition of Macbeth or the folly of Lear, the irresolution of Hamlet or the suspicion of Othello, the cause of the tragedy - even when it is the murder of a king - is trifling compared to the calamity that it unleashes. Despite his flawed nature, however, the tragic hero has a nobility that emphasizes the greatness of man. From this paradox the audience is brought to a greater understanding of - and sympathy with - suffering. The four tragedies in this collection are accompanied by notes and an introduction to each text, making this edition of particular value to students and theatre-goers.
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Reminiscences of an old Timer - A Recital of the Actual Events, Incidents, Trials, Hardships, Vicissitudes, Adventures, Perils, and Escapes of A Pioneer, Hunter, Miner and Scout of the Pacific Northwest (Hardcover)
George Hunter
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R1,194
Discovery Miles 11 940
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Description: Liang Fa holds a unique place in the history of
Christianity in China. Baptized and ordained by the first
Protestant missionaries to China, Liang aided the first two
generations of missionaries and conducted his own work as an
evangelist and writer. Liang alone in the first generation wrote
and published under his name, and his most famous tract is believed
to have influenced the Taiping Rebellion. While George McNeur's
biography of Liang has been republished regularly in Chinese, this
is the first republication in English since the 1930s. It remains
the best work on an influential but little-studied figure.
Annotated and with a critical introduction, this work seeks to
revive scholarship on Liang as we approach the two-hundredth
anniversary of his baptism.
The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes
over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American
and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists,
including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames
Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal
Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books,
works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works
of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value
to researchers of domestic and international law, government and
politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and
much more.++++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: ++++York University Law School
Libraryocm33026513Includes index.Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute,
1859. xxiii, 396, cxxxi p.: ill.; 24 cm.
The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes
over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American
and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists,
including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames
Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal
Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books,
works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works
of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value
to researchers of domestic and international law, government and
politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and
much more.++++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: ++++Harvard Law School
Libraryocm21209767Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1881. xxxi, 685
p.: forms; 23 cm.
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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
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