Author: Christine Varnado Publisher: U of Minnesota Press ISBN: 1452961638 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 240
Book Description
Exploring forms of desire unaccounted for in previous histories of sexuality What can the Renaissance tell us at our present moment about who and what is “queer,” as well as the political consequences of asking? In posing this question, The Shapes of Fancy offers a powerful new method of accounting for ineffable and diffuse forms of desire, mining early modern drama and prose literature to describe new patterns of affective resonance. Starting with the question of how and why readers seek traces of desire in texts from bygone times and places, The Shapes of Fancy demonstrates a practice of critical attunement to the psychic and historical circulations of affect across time within texts, from texts to readers, and among readers. Closely reading for uncharted desires as they recur in early modern drama, witchcraft pamphlets, and early Atlantic voyage narratives and demonstrating how each is structured by qualities of secrecy, impossibility, and excess, Christine Varnado follows four “shapes of fancy”: the desire to be used to others’ ends; indiscriminate, bottomless appetite; paranoid self-fulfilling suspicion; and melancholic longings for impossible transformations and affinities. These affective dynamics go awry in atypical and perverse ways. In other words, argues Varnado, these modes of feeling are recognizable on the page or stage as “queer” because of how, and not by whom, they are expressed. This new theorization of desire expands the notion of queerness in literature, decoupling the literary trace of queerness from the binary logics of same-sex versus opposite-sex and normative versus deviant that have governed early modern sexuality studies. Providing a set of methods for analyzing affect and desire in texts from any period, The Shapes of Fancy stages an impassioned defense of the inherently desirous nature of reading, making a case for readerly investment and identification as vital engines of meaning making and political insight.
Author: Marcia B. Siegel Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 9780520042124 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 420
Book Description
"What is strikingly new about Miss Siegel's achievement is that she goes beyond the usual kind of historical reassessment. . . . She performs on behalf of this most evanescent of the arts an act of significant recovery. By tracking down--often in rare stage revivals, on film or on videotape--as many of the works by major creators of the last half century as survive, and by describing them . . . in a manner that combines accuracy and imagination, she has enriched our knowledge of the past and added immeasurably, to our resent stock of critical resources."--Dale Harris, New York Times Book Review "Siegel has a gut feeling for dance and a razor-sharp intelligence about it. It's an irresistible combination."--Margaret Pierpont, Dance Magazine "After you've seen and felt dance this deeply--even vicariously--your way of looking at dance will never be the same."--William Albright, Houston Post She sees, acutely, with her muscles as well as her eyes. She thinks about dance as much as she experiences it. . . . This is dance choreography reconstituted. Dances leap off the page. . . . The ability to do that is extraordinary."--Jean Bunke, Des Moines Sunday Register "The sections in which she describes the dances themselves make up the bulk of the book and they are profoundly illuminating. . . . These descriptions represent an amazing literary, as well as critical, accomplishment, for they are both accurate and resonant, both objective and enlightening, both formal and personal."--Laura Shapiro, The Real Paper "Siegel draws on her years of experience as a working dance critic, a profession she has helped to shape, and brings to a range of American dance a sense of honesty and a mind that wants to understand the antecedents of what is currently in vogue as the dance explosion."--Iris M. Fanger, The Christian Science Monitor
Author: George Stiny Publisher: MIT Press ISBN: 026254413X Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 249
Book Description
Visual calculating in shape grammars aligns with art and design, bridging the gap between seeing (Coleridge's “imagination”) and combinatoric play (Coleridge's “fancy”). In Shapes of Imagination, George Stiny runs visual calculating in shape grammars through art and design—incorporating Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poetic imagination and Oscar Wilde's corollary to see things as they aren't. Many assume that calculating limits art and design to suit computers, but shape grammars rely on seeing to prove otherwise. Rules that change what they see extend calculating to overtake what computers can do, in logic and with data and learning. Shape grammars bridge the divide between seeing (Coleridge's “imagination, or esemplastic power”) and combinatoric play (Coleridge's “fancy”). Stiny shows that calculating without seeing excludes art and design. Seeing is key for calculating to augment creative activity with aesthetic insight and value. Shape grammars go by appearances, in a full-fledged aesthetic enterprise for the inconstant eye; they answer the question of what calculating would be like if Turing and von Neumann were artists instead of logicians. Art and design are calculating in all their splendid detail.
Author: Christopher Hart Publisher: Chris Hart Books ISBN: 9781936096954 Category : ART Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
If you can draw a simple circle, square, rectangle, or triangle, you can draw any of the more than 100 cartoon animals in this fun and colorful book by Christopher Hart, the world's bestselling author of how-to-draw books. In this follow-up to the popular book Drawing Shape by Shape, kids and adults alike will learn how to draw a wide variety of animals, from common dogs and cats to safari animals, sea creatures, birds, bugs, reptiles, dinosaurs and much more. With step-by-step instructions and a colorful collection of cartoon creatures, drawing animals is as easy as it is fun
Author: Jane O'Connor Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0061703729 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 38
Book Description
Nancy and her partner for the talent show are very different. They don't have any of the same talents. How will they ever come up with an act?
Author: Stacy Bettencourt Publisher: becker&mayer! Books ISBN: 0760364389 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 50
Book Description
Craft gorgeous works of art from strips of rolled paper! Paper Monograms provides step-by-step instructions to form every letter of the alphabet, along with the most popular quilled shapes, following the designs of prominent quilling artists. The kit is designed for beginners and comes complete with a rolling tool, ready-to-go paper strips in multiple colors, and a thorough guidebook. The delicate yet vibrant artwork created by quilling, or paper filigree, has taken over art sites like Pinterest and Etsy. Large monogram letters are a favorite project for quillers. By placing quilled shapes onto the provided predesigned templates, you, too, can create gorgeously quilled letters. The intricately rolled and spiraled paper brings the alphabet to life! Accent your home with your initials or make the ultimate personalized gift for a friend or new baby. Paper Monograms has everything you need to get started, so you will have frame-ready works of quilled art in no time. This Kit Includes: Quilling roller tool 320 Pre-cut paper strips (16 colors) Designed letter templates (26) Full-color instruction book
Author: Antoinette Matlins Publisher: Gemstone Press ISBN: 0943763738 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 242
Book Description
Whether buying for personal pleasure or for investment, in today's market of Internet auctions, new diamond cuts, new colours, new treatments and new frauds buyers need a source of expert guidance. This comprehensive guide, from diamond expert and best-selling author Antoinette Matlins, is the unofficial bible for all diamond buyers who want to get the most for their money.
Author: Antoinette Leonard Matlins Publisher: Gemstone Press ISBN: 0943763460 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 209
Book Description
Whether you are buying a diamond for an engagement ring, anniversary, to commemorate a special moment, or for personal pleasure, today it is more important than ever to understand what you are buying. There are new shapes and cuts, fancy colours, high-tech treatments, and sophisticated frauds. There are new ways to buy -- such as Internet auctions and TV shopping. Buyers need a source of expert guidance. Practical, comprehensive, and easy to understand, this book offers in depth all the information you need to buy sparkling diamonds with confidence, including: What is a diamond?; The factors affecting quality differences in diamonds; Diamond grading reports and how to interpret them; How to compare prices; How to spot differences in stones that may appear to be the same quality; How to protect yourself from misrepresentation; Questions to ask when buying any diamond; What to get in writing; How to get what you want within your budget; Important information about buying on the Internet and much more.
Author: Sanjay Srivastava Publisher: OUP India ISBN: 9780198085577 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Sexuality in general and particularly in India remains an ever enigmatic phenomenon, giving rise to a vast field of academic study across the social and human sciences. Through in-depth theoretical analysis and an array of case studies, this volume establishes a firm analytical framework for sexuality studies in the country.
Author: Christine Varnado
Author: Marcia B. Siegel
Author: George Stiny
Author: Christopher Hart
Author: Jane O'Connor
Author: Stacy Bettencourt
Author: Marcia B. Siegel
Author: Antoinette Matlins
Author: Antoinette Leonard Matlins
Author: Sanjay Srivastava