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It's a grim fact that the world isn't as nice as it used to be.
People are ruder, more greedy, more selfish, and more violent. And
even though those hardback retro books with flock covers and
embossed titles look nice, they won't help turn back the clock.
Making a pin-hole camera, skimming stones, and whittling wood isn't
going to bring world peace. In fact, the world is only made more
dangerous by people making their own bunsen burners and careering
down hills in soap-box carts. Well, here's an alternative book for
boys--although it won't just mock the things that Dad did. Though
if you can build a tree house along the lines suggested by certain
authors, you're better off starting a loft extension business. The
book will also have useful suggestions for skills to acquire that
will actually help you as you grow up, namely: how to tell decent
jokes, three essential chords on the guitar, how to drill a hole
and put a rawlplug in it, how to play pool, and how to learn the
half-volley in any sport.
Explores the network of social, political and spiritual connections
in north west England as a site for regional drama, introducing the
reader to the non-metropolitan theatre spaces which formed a vital
part of early modern dramatic activity. Uses the possibility that
Shakespeare began his theatrical career to provide a range of new
contexts for reading his plays. Examines the contexts in which the
apprentice dramatist would have worked, providing new insight into
regional performance, touring theatre & the patronage of the
Earls of Derby. Examines the experiences of Catholic families and
the way in which Lancashire's status as a Catholic stronghold led
to conflict with central government's attempts to create a united
state.. All this feeds into innovative readings of individual plays
such as Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's
Dream. -- .
New Historicism has been one of the major developments in literary
theory over the last decade, both in the USA and Europe. In this
book, Wilson and Dutton examine the theories behind New Historicism
and its celebrated impact in practice on Renaissance Drama,
providing an important collection both for students of the genre
and of literary theory.
This collection of essays is part of a new phase in Shakespeare
studies. The traditional view of Shakespeare is that he was a man
of the theater who showed no interest in the printing of his plays,
producing works that are only fully realized in performance. This
view has recently been challenged by critics, arguing that
Shakespeare was a literary "poet-playwright," concerned with his
readers as well as his audiences. "Shakespeare's Book" offers a
vital contribution to this critical debate, and examines its wider
implications for how we conceive of Shakespeare and his works.
Bringing together an impressive group of international Shakespeare
scholars, the volume explores both Shakespeare's relationship with
actual printers, patrons, and readers, and the representation of
writing, reading, and print within his works themselves.
Shakespeare's Catholic context was the most important literary
discovery of the last century. No biography of the Bard is now
complete without chapters on the paranoia and persecution in which
he was educated, or the treason which engulfed his family. Whether
to suffer outrageous fortune or take up arms in suicidal resistance
was, as Hamlet says, 'the question' that fired Shakespeare's stage.
In 'Secret Shakespeare' Richard Wilson asks why the dramatist
remained so enigmatic about his own beliefs, and so silent on the
atrocities he survived. Shakespeare constructed a drama not of
discovery, like his rivals, but of darkness, deferral, evasion and
disguise, where, for all his hopes of a 'golden time' of future
toleration, 'What's to come' is always unsure. Whether or not 'He
died a papist', it is because we can never 'pluck out the heart' of
his mystery that Shakespeare's plays retain their unique potential
to resist. This is a fascinating work, which will be essential
reading for all scholars of Shakespeare and Renaissance studies. --
.
This important collection of essays focuses on the place of Roman
Catholicism in early modern England, bringing new perspectives to
bear on whether Shakespeare himself was Catholic. In the
Introduction, Richard Wilson reviews the history of the debate over
Shakespeare's religion, while Arthur Marotti and Peter Milward
offer current perspectives on the subject. Eamon Duffy offers a
historian's view of the nature of Elizabethan Catholicism,
complemented by Frank Brownlow's study of Elizabeth's most brutal
enforcer of religious policy, Richard Topcliffe. Two key Catholic
controversialists are addressed by Donna Hamilton (Richard
Vestegan) and Jean-Christophe Mayer (Robert Parsons). Robert Miola
opens up the neglected field of Jesuit drama in the period, whilst
Sonia Fielitz specifically proposes a new, Jesuit source-text for
Timon of Athens. Carol Enos (As You Like It), Margaret Jones-Davies
(Cymbeline), Gerard Kilroy (Hamlet) and Randall Martin (Henry VI 3)
read individual plays in the light of these questions, while Gary
Taylor's essay fittingly investigates the possible influence of
religious conflicts on the publication of the Shakespeare First
Folio. Theatre and religion: Lancastrian Shakespeare as a whole
represents a major intervention in this fiercely contested current
debate. -- .
At a time when the relevance of literary theory itself is
frequently being questioned, Richard Wilson makes a compelling case
for French Theory in Shakespeare Studies. Written in two parts, the
first half looks at how French theorists such as Bourdieu, Cixous,
Deleuze, Derrida and Foucault were themselves shaped by reading
Shakespeare; while the second part applies their theories to the
plays, highlighting the importance of both for current debates
about borders, terrorism, toleration and a multi-cultural Europe.
Contrasting French and Anglo-Saxon attitudes, Wilson shows how in
France, Shakespeare has been seen not as a man for the monarchy,
but a man of the mob. French Theory thus helps us understand why
Shakepeare's plays swing between violence and hope. Highlighting
the recent religious turn in theory, Wilson encourages a reading of
plays like Hamlet, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream and
Twelth Night as models for a future peace. Examining both the
violent history and promising future of the plays, Shakespeare in
French Theory is a timely reminder of the relevance of Shakespeare
and the lasting value of French thinking for the democracy to come.
At a time when the relevance of literary theory itself is
frequently being questioned, Richard Wilson makes a compelling case
for French Theory in Shakespeare Studies. Written in two parts, the
first half looks at how French theorists such as Bourdieu, Cixous,
Deleuze, Derrida and Foucault were themselves shaped by reading
Shakespeare; while the second part applies their theories to the
plays, highlighting the importance of both for current debates
about borders, terrorism, toleration and a multi-cultural Europe.
Contrasting French and Anglo-Saxon attitudes, Wilson shows how in
France, Shakespeare has been seen not as a man for the monarchy,
but a man of the mob. French Theory thus helps us understand why
Shakepeare's plays swing between violence and hope. Highlighting
the recent religious turn in theory, Wilson encourages a reading of
plays like Hamlet, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream and
Twelth Night as models for a future peace. Examining both the
violent history and promising future of the plays, Shakespeare in
French Theory is a timely reminder of the relevance of Shakespeare
and the lasting value of French thinking for the democracy to come.
The use of thermal and calorimetric methods has shown rapid growth
over the last two decades, in an increasingly wide range of
applications. In addition, a number of powerful new techniques have
been developed. This book supplies a concise and readable account
of the principles, experimental apparatus and practical procedures
used in thermal analysis and calorimetric methods of analysis.
Brief accounts of the basic theory are reinforced with detailed
applications of the methods and contemporary developments. Also
included is information on standard test methods and manufacturers.
Written by acknowledged experts, Principles of Thermal Analysis and
Calorimetry is up-to-date, wide-ranging and practical. It will be
an important source of information for many levels of readership in
a variety of areas, from students and lecturers through to
industrial and laboratory staff and consultants.
Christopher Marlowe has provoked some of the most radical criticism
of recent years. There is an elective affinity, it seems, between
this pre-modern dramatist and the post-modern critics whose best
work has been inspired by his plays. The reason suggested by this
collection of essays is that Marlowe shares the post-modern
preoccupation with the language of power - and the power of
language itself. As Richard Wilson shows in his introduction, it is
no accident that the founding essays of New Historicism were on
Marlowe; nor that current Queer Theorists focus so much on his
images of gender and homosexuality. Marlowe staged both the birth
of the modern author and the origin of modern sexual desire, and it
is this unique conjunction that makes his drama a key to
contemporary debates about the state and the self: from pornography
to gays in the military. Gay Studies, Cultural Materialism, New
Historicism and Reader Response Criticism are all represented in
this selection, which the introduction places in the light not only
of theorists like Althusser, Bataille and Bakhtin, but also of
artists and writers such as Jean Genet and Robert Mapplethorpe.
Many of the essays take off from Marlowe's extreme dramatisations
of arson, cruelty and aggression, suggesting why it is that the
thinker who has been most convincingly applied to his theatre is
the philosopher of punishment and pain, Michel Foucault. Others
explore the exclusiveness of this all-male universe, and reveal why
it remains so offensive and impenetrable to feminism. For what they
all make disturbingly clear is Marlowe's violent, untamed
difference from the cliches and correctness of normative society.
Christopher Marlowe has provoked some of the most radical criticism
of recent years. There is an elective affinity, it seems, between
this pre-modern dramatist and the post-modern critics whose best
work has been inspired by his plays. The reason suggested by this
collection of essays is that Marlowe shares the post-modern
preoccupation with the language of power - and the power of
language itself. As Richard Wilson shows in his introduction, it is
no accident that the founding essays of New Historicism were on
Marlowe; nor that current Queer Theorists focus so much on his
images of gender and homosexuality. Marlowe staged both the birth
of the modern author and the origin of modern sexual desire, and it
is this unique conjunction that makes his drama a key to
contemporary debates about the state and the self: from pornography
to gays in the military. Gay Studies, Cultural Materialism, New
Historicism and Reader Response Criticism are all represented in
this selection, which the introduction places in the light not only
of theorists like Althusser, Bataille and Bakhtin, but also of
artists and writers such as Jean Genet and Robert Mapplethorpe.
Many of the essays take off from Marlowe's extreme dramatisations
of arson, cruelty and aggression, suggesting why it is that the
thinker who has been most convincingly applied to his theatre is
the philosopher of punishment and pain, Michel Foucault. Others
explore the exclusiveness of this all-male universe, and reveal why
it remains so offensive and impenetrable to feminism. For what they
all make disturbingly clear is Marlowe's violent, untamed
difference from the cliches and correctness of normative society.
New Historicism has been one of the major developments in literary
theory over the last decade, both in the USA and Europe. In this
book, Wilson and Dutton examine the theories behind New Historicism
and its celebrated impact in practice on Renaissance Drama,
providing an important collection both for students of the genre
and of literary theory.
This book is a detailed study of the United States Marine Corps
unit insignia in the Republic of Vietnam from the Marine Advisors
in the early 1960s to the Marine Security Forces evacuation of the
Embassy in 1975. A complete order of battle of all U.S. Marine Air
and Ground Forces that served "in country" during the Vietnam War
is included, in addition to United States' Allied and foreign
forces serving under the III Marine Amphibious Force, culminating
in over 350 full color individual unit insignia down to at least
battalion and squadron levels. With its comprehensive descriptions
and pricing guide for even the most highly sought after and
extremely rare unofficial "in-country" (theater) made patches, this
photographic reference is a must have for the military insignia
collector and historian.
The Third International School on Energetics was devoted to the
subject of Energy for the Year 2000. By this title we hoped to
avoid discussion of such matters as the role of OPEC in raising oil
prices. In one sense, therefore, our task was made easier; we could
merely look into our crystal balls. The choice of lecturers was
made with the idea that no reason able source of energy can be
overlooked. We omitted detailed lectures on oil and natural gas
because we took it as a given fact that we would continue to use as
much of these fuels as we can get at a reasonable price. To give us
an overview we started the School by discussing U.S. energy policy
and possible U.S. energy scenarios. As might be ex pected, there
was some disagreement about the current energy program in the U.S.,
but little disagreement about the facts presented."
This sumptuously illustrated history presents, in an updated new
edition, an in-depth account of Britain's most important buildings,
from castles, royal palaces and stately homes to fortified manors
and the great country houses, and provides a wealth of stories and
information on this glorious architectural past and heritage.
Detailed coverage is given of the World Heritage Sites of Edward
I's castles at Beaumaris, Harlech, Caenarvon and Conwy, plus other
spectacular buildings such as Blenheim Palace, The Tower of London,
Burghley House and Windsor Castle. Special features focus on
important art and architectural movements and on the great
architects including Wren, Adam, Wyatt and Lutyens.
On December 28th 2000, Charlotte Wilson, a 27-year-old VSO worker,
was killed when her bus, the inauspiciously named Titanic Express,
was ambushed in war-torn Burundi. The attackers were members of the
Hutu-extremist FNL, a faction linked to those responsible for the
Rwandan genocide. Twenty others died with Charlotte, including her
Burundian fiance. One of the few survivors was given a chilling
message for the Burundian government: "We're going to kill them all
and there's nothing you can do". In "Titanic Express", Charlotte's
brother Richard charts his painful struggle to unravel what
happened that day, to understand the complex and brutal history
that lay behind it. Cutting through the obfuscations of the
authorities, he uncovers a story of violence, fanaticism and
neglect that exposes the self-interest and double standards at the
heart of our supposed commitment to human rights and the fight
against terror. As the facts begin to emerge, the family's deep
personal grief is compounded by the realisation that this murder is
just one among thousands, in a war fuelled as much by western
cynicism and African greed as by ethnic divisions. "Titanic
Express" is a political detective story, a memoir of grief and a
moving portrait of an extraordinary woman who died at the very
moment she had found fulfilment. In gripping detail it shows the
human reality of lives torn apart by the machinations of war and
diplomatic expediency, where competing versions of the truth can be
as deadly as bullets and machetes. "I have watched in growing
admiration how, with dogged persistence, Richard Wilson has
conducted a singular crusade, not just to bring his sister's
murderers to justice, but to understand who they were and why they
killed her." Jon Swain, Sunday Times
This book includes essays by leading authors on Shakespeare drawing
on contemporary and early continental philosophy. This collection
of 15 essays by celebrated authors in Shakespeare studies and in
continental philosophy develops different aspects of the interface
between continental thinking and Shakespeare's plays. The authors
draw from current continental philosophy (e.g. Lacan, Foucault,
Derrida) as well as from the 19th-century continental tradition
(e.g. Hegel, Kierkegaard) and from the early roots of continental
tradition (e.g. Aristotle, Ibn Sina). The chapters address the span
of the tragedies, comedies and history plays in the light of
thinkers as diverse as Aristotle, Ibn Sina and Jean-Luc Marion,
Hegel, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Schmitt, Arendt, Lacan, Levinas,
Foucault and Derrida. The blend of new work and classic position
papers provides a thorough overview of Shakespeare and continental
thought. It sheds new light on Shakespeare and on continental
philosophy. Authors in the collection are leaders in each
discipline in the US and UK / Europe and include: Edward S. Casey,
Howard Caygill, Paul A Kottman, Julia Reinhard Lupton, Christopher
Norris, Nicholas Royle, and, Catherine Belsey.
Since 1888, Rangers and Celtic football clubs have been locked into
an intense and frequently explosive rivalry: Rangers the product of
West Scotland's Protestant establishment, Celtic the team founded
to raise money for the Catholic underclass of Glasgow. On 2 January
2010 the two teams met in the Old Firm's New Year Derby, a fixture
that had been banned for ten years because of the trouble it
brought with it. Richard Wilson puts that game at the centre of a
book which delves into the history and widens out to the cultural
resonance of the fixture within Scotland. It is a potent mix of
close-up observation and big-picture thinking, with insight,
understanding and depth.
IIncludes: "Hound "by Maria Oshodi, "Soft Vengeance "by April de
Angelis, "Sympathy for the Devil "by Roy Winston, "Fittings: The
Last Freakshow "by Mike Kenny, "Into the Mystic "by Peter Wolf, and
"Peeling "by Katie O'Reilly. Introduced by Jenny Sealey, Artistic
Director of Graeae Theatre Company, the U.K.'s leading theatre
company working with disabled artists.
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