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Author: Richard Rushton Publisher: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 139951167X Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 321
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Theatricality and the Arts presents a series of investigations of the notion of 'theatricality'. Primarily, theatricality concerns that which pertains to theatre, but the term has always carried with it the potentially pejorative associations of exaggeration and fakery. The essays here question and contest such associations. The book is divided into four sections which together provide a comprehensive interrogation of theatricality. The four sections begin with multimedia, where theatricality is examined in relation to mixed modes of media (internet art, painting, performance and digital display). A second section takes a philosophical approach to questions of theatricality. A third section looks at art, broadly speaking, but also at the historical contexts of art, photography and other media (literature, film, music). A final section features reflections on theatre and cinema, often in conjunction. Considered as a whole, the collection contributes to debates on theatricality in various fields, while also enabling a cross-examination of approaches to the topic.
Author: Richard Rushton Publisher: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 139951167X Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 321
Book Description
Theatricality and the Arts presents a series of investigations of the notion of 'theatricality'. Primarily, theatricality concerns that which pertains to theatre, but the term has always carried with it the potentially pejorative associations of exaggeration and fakery. The essays here question and contest such associations. The book is divided into four sections which together provide a comprehensive interrogation of theatricality. The four sections begin with multimedia, where theatricality is examined in relation to mixed modes of media (internet art, painting, performance and digital display). A second section takes a philosophical approach to questions of theatricality. A third section looks at art, broadly speaking, but also at the historical contexts of art, photography and other media (literature, film, music). A final section features reflections on theatre and cinema, often in conjunction. Considered as a whole, the collection contributes to debates on theatricality in various fields, while also enabling a cross-examination of approaches to the topic.
Author: D Ferrett Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1501325817 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 273
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Dark sound carries the dense cultural weight of darkness; it is the undertow of music that embodies melancholy, desire, grief, violence, rage, pain, loss and longing. Compelling and unnerving, dark sound immerses bodies in the darkest moments and delves into the depths of our hidden inner selves. There is a strangely perverse appeal about music that conjures intense affective states and about sound that can move its listeners to the very edge of the sayable. Through a series of case studies that include Moor Mother, Anna Calvi, Björk, Chelsea Wolfe and Diamanda Galás, D Ferrett argues that the extreme limits and transgressions of dark sound not only imply the limits of language, but are moreover tied to a cultural and historical association between darkness and the feminine within music and music discourse. Whilst the oppressive and violent associations between darkness and femininity are acknowledged, the author challenges their value to misogynistic, racist, capitalist and patriarchal power, showing how dark sound is charged with social, creative and political momentum.
Author: Jean Chothia Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1315504200 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 351
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The period 1890-1940 was a particularly rich and influential phase in the development of modern English theatre: the age of Wilde and Shaw and a generation of influential actors and managers from Irving and Terry to Guilgud and Olivier. Jean Chothia's study is in two parts beginning with a portrait of the period, setting the narrative context and considering the dramatic social and cultural changes at work during this time. It then focuses on some of the main themes in the theatre, from Shaw and comedy, to the rise of political and radio drama, providing an interpretative framework for the period. This volume will be of great benefit to students and academics of English literature and drama, as it covers the work of the major dramatists of the period as well as considering the dramatic output of literary figures, such as James, Eliot and Lawrence.
Author: David Perry Publisher: Word Alive Press ISBN: 1486621163 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 103
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Christians live in a damaged world and are themselves flawed, jars-of-clay people. They wait for the day when God will renew all things - clay included. That day is not yet. But in the face of this daunting Not Yet, Christians posses a potent Already: the knowledge of God's glory, revealed in Jesus. That is our treasure. In these forty meditations, David Perry engages with Scripture, science, film, literature and personal stories to help us unpack this treasure, and live in its riches. "The wearied and worried will find encouragement in these pages." --Andrew Micklefield, Manitoba MLA, Rossmere
Author: Rachelle Cruz Publisher: FriesenPress ISBN: 1039170080 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 195
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The Great Sickness was new to everyone and there was no known cure. Little was known of its origins. But the first human falling ill from it died after 10 days, a farmer from the southeast states. From this moment, it spread with alarming rapidity. After months of mounting disorder as the sickness decimated one population after another, and resources dwindled, the Great War erupted. The war burnt itself out, leaving behind the smouldering ruins of many cities, lands, and peoples. Families dispersed, many got ill and died, and some went missing. To maintain the fragile peace in what remained, a new world order was created: Nova. It was divided into eight regions, each ruled by a Governor or Autarch. Under the Nova pact, no one was allowed to trespass each other’s borders. Trespassing could mean death. But Estella had to search for her missing loved ones who had left for the war and never returned. She was given a supernatural vision: The key to finding her missing family is to find this golden heart locket. Throughout her journey in search for the locket, she meets friends and foes, ghouls and demons, angels and guides. Will this prophetic quest end in victory or will she lose everything she has, including herself?
Author: Jack Holmes Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc ISBN: 9780822223658 Category : United States Languages : en Pages : 60
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THE STORY: By late summer, 1964, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was a deeply wounded man. Still in shock and consumed with grief and guilt over the assassination of his older brother, President John F. Kennedy, on November 22nd, 1963 in Dallas,
Author: Gene M. Moore Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195303695 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 288
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Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad's fictional account of a journey up the Congo river in 1890, raises important questions about colonialism and narrative theory. This casebook contains materials relevant to a deeper understanding of the origins and reception of this controversial text, including Conrad's own story "An Outpost of Progress," together with a little-known memoir by one of Conrad's oldest English friends, a brief history of the Congo Free State by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and a parody of Conrad by Max Beerbohm. A wide range of theoretical approaches are also represented, examining Conrad's text in terms of cultural, historical, textual, stylistic, narratological, post-colonial, feminist, and reader-response criticism. The volume concludes with an interview in which Conrad compares his adventures on the Congo with Mark Twain's experiences as a Mississippi pilot.
Author: Richard Rushton
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