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Shakespeare's History Plays are central to his dramatic achievement. Often seen as political dramas, they mix heroic, comic, and tragic modes. In recent years they have stimulated intensely contested interpretations because of their treatment of English and national identities and of gender issues. Beginning in the 1980s, New Historicist and cultural materialist readings swept away an earlier humanist consensus. Psychoanalytic readings have been followed by a highly productive recent wave of feminist, gender-based, and post-colonial criticism. R.J.C. Watt provides an up-to-date critical anthology representing the best work from each of these theoretical perspectives. His introduction outlines the changing debate which has now become one of the liveliest areas of Shakespeare criticism.
Shakespeare's history plays are central to his dramatic
achievement. In recent years they have become more widely studied
than ever, stimulating intensely contested interpretations, due to
their relevance to central contemporary issues such as English,
national identities and gender roles. Interpretations of the
history plays have been transformed since the 1980s by new
theoretically-informed critical approaches. Movements such as New
Historicism and cultural materialism, as well as psychoanalytical
and post-colonial approaches, have swept away the humanist
consensus of the mid-twentieth century with its largely
conservative view of the plays. The last decade has seen an
emergence of feminist and gender-based readings of plays which were
once thought overwhelmingly masculine in their concerns. This book
provides an up-to-date critical anthology representing the best
work from each of the modern theoretical perspectives. The
introduction outlines the changing debate in an area which is now
one of the liveliest in Shakespearean criticism.
Reveals the connections between the Earth's resonant frequencies,
sacred sites, human consciousness, and the origins of religion *
Details how sacred sites resonate at the same frequencies as both
the Earth and the alpha waves of the human brain * Shows how human
writing in its original hieroglyphic form was a direct response to
the divine sound patterns of sacred sites * Explains how ancient
hero myths from around the world relate to divine acoustic science
and formed the source of religion The Earth resonates at an
extremely low frequency. Known as "the Schumann Resonance," this
natural rhythm of the Earth precisely corresponds with the human
brain's alpha wave frequencies--the frequency at which we enter
into and come out of sleep as well as the frequency of deep
meditation, inspiration, and problem solving. Sound experiments
reveal that sacred sites and structures like stupas, pyramids, and
cathedrals also resonate at these special frequencies when
activated by chanting and singing. Did our ancestors build their
sacred sites according to the rhythms of the Earth? Exploring the
acoustic connections between the Earth, the human brain, and sacred
spaces, David Elkington shows how humanity maintained a direct line
of communication with Mother Earth and the Divine through the
construction of sacred sites, such as Stonehenge, Newgrange, Machu
Picchu, Chartres Cathedral, and the pyramids of both Egypt and
Mexico. He reveals how human writing in its original hieroglyphic
form was a direct response to the divine sound patterns of sacred
sites, showing how, for example, recognizable hieroglyphs appear in
sand patterns when the sacred frequencies of the Great Pyramid are
activated. Looking at ancient hero legends--those about the
bringers of important knowledge or language--Elkington explains how
these myths form the source of ancient religion and have a unique
mythological resonance, as do the sites associated with them. The
author then reveals how religion, including Christianity, is an
ancient language of acoustic science given expression by the
world's sacred sites and shows that power places played a profound
role in the development of human civilization.
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