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Author: EJOL NOCSET Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1456815768 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 115
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Tempest in the Tropical Paradise is Michel Reich’s saga of Philippines during World War II. Here are three unforgettable men: Lieutenant Tom Hawkins, an American army fighter pilot; Miguel Cruz, a Filipino aircraft mechanic; Juanito Gomez, a handsome Filipino army officer in love with a woman forbidden to him. From the skies over Luzon, from the jungles in Bataan to the inner lives of historical figures like Manuel Quezon, Douglas MacArthur and Basilio Valdez, Michel Reich captures the drama, romance, heroism, sacrifice and tragedy of World War II in the Philippines.
Author: EJOL NOCSET Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1456815768 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 115
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Tempest in the Tropical Paradise is Michel Reich’s saga of Philippines during World War II. Here are three unforgettable men: Lieutenant Tom Hawkins, an American army fighter pilot; Miguel Cruz, a Filipino aircraft mechanic; Juanito Gomez, a handsome Filipino army officer in love with a woman forbidden to him. From the skies over Luzon, from the jungles in Bataan to the inner lives of historical figures like Manuel Quezon, Douglas MacArthur and Basilio Valdez, Michel Reich captures the drama, romance, heroism, sacrifice and tragedy of World War II in the Philippines.
Author: Michel Reich Publisher: ISBN: 9781425730239 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 124
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Lt. Thomas Andrews Hawkins or Lt. Tom A. Hawkins, an American Fighter Pilot assigned in the Philippines two years before World War II broke out. His exploits as a combat fighter pilot was proved during the first days of war, but he along with other pilots, Lt. Thomas Andrews Hawkins or Lt. Tom A. Hawkins, an American Fighter Pilot assigned in the Philippines two years before World War II broke out. He along with other pilots, were overwhelmed by the Japanese air superiority according to number of planes and enemies. General Douglas Macarthur decided his war plan to fall back to Bataan and fight a delaying action until reinforcements could arrive.which did not arrive at all. As a result, the Filipino and American defenders of Bataan had to fight a superior enemy with an inferior weapon but armed with bravery, honor and sacrifice, while facing starvation, thirst and disease.
Author: Downing Cless Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136972056 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 526
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Looking at European drama through an ecological lens, this book chronicles nature and the environment as primary topics in major plays from ancient to recent times. Cless focuses on the few, yet well-known plays in which nature is at stake in the action or the environment is a dramatic force. Though theater predominantly explores human and cultural themes, these plays fully display the power of the other-than-human world and its endangerment during the history of Europe. While offering a broad overview, the book features extensive case studies of several playwrights, plays, and eco-theater productions: Aristophanes’ The Birds, Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest, and Giraudoux’s The Madwoman of Chaillot. In each case, Cless connects nature in the play to nature in the life of the playwright based on biographical research into the understanding of natural philosophy and awareness of the immediate environment that influenced the specific play. The book is one of the first of its kind in a growing field of ecocriticism and emerging eco-studies of theater.
Author: Liz Skilton Publisher: LSU Press ISBN: 0807171468 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 359
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Liz Skilton’s innovative study tracks the naming of hurricanes over six decades, exploring the interplay between naming practice and wider American culture. In 1953, the U.S. Weather Bureau adopted female names to identify hurricanes and other tropical storms. Within two years, that convention came into question, and by 1978 a new system was introduced, including alternating male and female names in a pattern that continues today. In Tempest: Hurricane Naming and American Culture, Skilton blends gender studies with environmental history to analyze this often controversial tradition. Focusing on the Gulf South—the nation’s “hurricane coast”—Skilton closely examines select storms, including Betsy, Camille, Andrew, Katrina, and Harvey, while referencing dozens of others. Through print and online media sources, government reports, scientific data, and ephemera, she reveals how language and images portray hurricanes as gendered objects: masculine-named storms are generally characterized as stronger and more serious, while feminine-named storms are described as “unladylike” and in need of taming. Further, Skilton shows how the hypersexualized rhetoric surrounding Katrina and Sandy and the effeminate depictions of Georges represent evolving methods to define and explain extreme weather events. As she chronicles the evolution of gendered storm naming in the United States, Skilton delves into many other aspects of hurricane history. She describes attempts at scientific control of storms through hurricane seeding during the Cold War arms race of the 1950s and relates how Roxcy Bolton, a member of the National Organization for Women, led the crusade against feminizing hurricanes from her home in Miami near the National Hurricane Center in the 1970s. Skilton also discusses the skyrocketing interest in extreme weather events that accompanied the introduction of 24-hour news coverage of storms, as well as the impact of social media networks on Americans’ tracking and understanding of hurricanes and other disasters. The debate over hurricane naming continues, as Skilton demonstrates, and many Americans question the merit and purpose of the gendered naming system. What is clear is that hurricane names matter, and that they fundamentally shape our impressions of storms, for good and bad.
Author: Leslie Dunton-Downer Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0744055962 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 480
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A comprehensive collection of the life and works of a literary great — William Shakespeare! The beautifully illustrated guide unravels the life and works of Shakespeare and his plays, from language, history, and themes to plays, poems, and sonnets. Explore the art of this famous playwright and his enduring legacy through the stunning gift format. Celebrate one of the theaters most influential contributors through his legendary works of comedy, tragedy, romance, and poetry. Inside this playbook, you’ll find: • A clear and accessible format. • Plot summaries of all 39 plays with lists of characters. • Guidance on how to read and interpret his great sonnets and narrative poems. • Plays ordered by time and genre, helping readers trace the development of Shakespeare’s topics, themes, and artistry. • Sidebars that clarify the mythological, geographical and historical context of each play and decode its language, dramatic action, and themes. • Illuminated guidance on how to approach reading the play and seeing it perform. Shakespeare fans will revel in the marvelous depiction of the Stratford-upon-Avon born Bard himself! His drama book allows you to dive into famous works like Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and explore Shakespeare’s sources and inspirations for each! Themes, plots, characters, and language are brought to life with act-by-act plot summaries, resumes of main characters, and in-depth analysis of Shakespeare’s use of the English language. Shakespeare: His Life and Works is a wonderful exploration of plays, poems, and sonnets in the context of his life and the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre, further enriching your on the page (or stage, or screen!) experience.
Author: Patrick M. Murphy Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136601147 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 608
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The Tempest: Critical Essays traces the history of Shakespeare's controversial late romance from its early reception (and adaptation) in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the present. The volume reprints influential criticism, and it also offers eight originalessays which study The Tempest from a variety of contemporary perspectives, including cultural materialism, feminism, deconstruction, performance theory, and postcolonial studies. Unlike recent anthologies about The Tempest which reprint contemporary articles along with a few new essays, this volume contains a mixture of old and new materials pertaining to the play's use in the theater and in literary history.
Author: William Shakespeare Publisher: Bantam Classics ISBN: 030742183X Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 850
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Pericles The first of Shakespeare’s late romances moves spectacularly from one dramatic period to another as the hero, Pericles, sails off to adventure and love, and experiences what for him is a miracle. Cymbeline A favorite romantic drama, this play of a wife unjustly accused of faithlessness moves from a world of intrigue and slander to one of reconciliation and forgiveness, and contains two of Shakespeare’s most poignantly beautiful songs. The Winter's Tale From a darkly melodramatic beginning to a joyous pastoral ending, this romance of a jealous king and his long-suffering queen is superb entertainment, with revelations, plot twists, and a final compelling theatrical moment of discovery. The Tempest This tale of the exiled Duke of Milan, marooned on an enchanted island, is so richly filled with music and magic, romance and comedy, that its theme of love and reconciliation offers a splendid feast for the senses and the heart.
Author: EJOL NOCSET
Author: EJOL NOCSET
Author: Michel Reich
Author: Downing Cless
Author: Bobbi Smith
Author: Liz Skilton
Author: Nicole Duval
Author: Leslie Dunton-Downer
Author: Janet Mitchell
Author: Patrick M. Murphy
Author: William Shakespeare