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Total Pages : 307 pages
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Download or read book Amphitryon written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Amphitryon: Three Plays in New Verse Translations written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Together with a comprehensive account of the evolution of the legend and its subsequent history on the stage.
Author : O. Classe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9781884964367
Total Pages : 930 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (643 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L written by O. Classe and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : V. Ulea
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809324521
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (245 download)
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Author : Matthias Konzett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113594122X
Total Pages : 1159 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of German Literature written by Matthias Konzett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 1159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to provide English readers of German literature the opportunity to familiarize themselves with both the established canon and newly emerging literatures that reflect the concerns of women and ethnic minorities, the Encyclopedia of German Literature includes more than 500 entries on writers, individual work, and topics essential to an understanding of this rich literary tradition. Drawing on the expertise of an international group of experts, the essays in the encyclopedia reflect developments of the latest scholarship in German literature, culture, and history and society. In addition to the essays, author entries include biographies and works lists; and works entries provide information about first editions, selected critical editions, and English-language translations. All entries conclude with a list of further readings.
Author : Heinrich von Kleist
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826402639
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (26 download)
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Author : Susan Bernofsky
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 081433735X
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Foreign Words written by Susan Bernofsky and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining a broad historical approach with individual readings of the work of several different translators, Foreign Words paints a full picture of translation during the Age of Goethe and provides all scholars of translation theory with an important new perspective.
Author : Robert J. Forman
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780893566593
Total Pages : 258 pages
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Download or read book Classical Greek and Roman Drama written by Robert J. Forman and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential companion for the student of literature. Works selected include the best-known works of the classical Greek and Roman theatre.
Author : Jean-Charles Houzeau
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807126899
Total Pages : 188 pages
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Author : Martha Craven Nussbaum
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393046489
Total Pages : 360 pages
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Author : Lisa Zunshine
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421406705
Total Pages : 353 pages
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Download or read book Strange Concepts and the Stories They Make Possible written by Lisa Zunshine and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2008-07-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fresh and often playful interdisciplinary study, Lisa Zunshine presents a fluid discussion of how key concepts from cognitive science complicate our cultural interpretations of “strange” literary phenomena. From Short Circuit to I, Robot, from The Parent Trap to Big Business, fantastic tales of rebellious robots, animated artifacts, and twins mistaken for each other are a permanent fixture in popular culture and have been since antiquity. Why do these strange concepts captivate the human imagination so thoroughly? Zunshine explores how cognitive science, specifically its ideas of essentialism and functionalism, combined with historical and cultural analysis, can help us understand why we find such literary phenomena so fascinating. Drawing from research by such cognitive evolutionary anthropologists and psychologists as Scott Atran, Paul Bloom, Pascal Boyer, and Susan A. Gelman, Zunshine examines the cognitive origins of the distinction between essence and function and how unexpected tensions between these two concepts are brought into play in fictional narratives. Discussing motifs of confused identity and of twins in drama, science fiction’s use of robots, cyborgs, and androids, and nonsense poetry and surrealist art, she reveals the range and power of key concepts from science in literary interpretation and provides insight into how cognitive-evolutionary research on essentialism can be used to study fiction as well as everyday strange concepts.
Author : Bruce McConachie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135989478
Total Pages : 254 pages
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Download or read book Performance and Cognition written by Bruce McConachie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-10-16 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book invites theatre and performance scholars to incorporate many of the insights of cognitive science into their work and to begin considering all of their research projects from the perspective of cognitive studies. As well as including a comprehensive introduction to the challenges of cognitive studies for theatre and performance scholarship, the volume features essays in all of the major areas of theatre and performance. Several of the contributions use cognitive studies to challenge some of the key scholarly and practical orientations in theatre and performance studies. The experimentally based insights of cognitive science are shown to be at odds with Saussurean semiotics, psychoanalysis, and aspects of deconstruction, new historicism, and Foucauldian discourse theory. Performance and Cognition opens up fresh perspectives on theatre studies – with applications for dramatic criticism, performance analysis, acting practice, audience response, theatre history, and other important areas –and sets the agenda for future work, helping to map the emergence of this new approach.
Author : David E. Klemm
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 9781438409306
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Figuring the Self written by David E. Klemm and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1997-02-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Figuring the Self consists of twelve essays which present, discuss, and assess the principal accounts of the self in classical German philosophy, focusing on the period around 1800 and covering Kant, Fichte, Hölderlin, Novalis, Schelling, Schleiermacher, and Hegel.
Author : Dorota Dutsch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118957997
Total Pages : 512 pages
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Download or read book A Companion to Plautus written by Dorota Dutsch and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important addition to contemporary scholarship on Plautus and Plautine comedy, provides new essays and fresh insights from leading scholars A Companion to Plautus is a collection of original essays on the celebrated Old Latin period playwright. A brilliant comic poet, Plautus moved beyond writing Latin versions of Greek plays to create a uniquely Roman cultural experience worthy of contemporary scholarship. Contributions by a team of international scholars explore the theatrical background of Roman comedy, the theory and practice of Plautus’ dramatic composition, the relation of Plautus’ works to Roman social history, and his influence on later dramatists through the centuries. Responding to renewed modern interest in Plautine studies, the Companion reassesses Plautus’ works—plays that are meant to be viewed and experienced—to reveal new meaning and contemporary relevance. Chapters organized thematically offer multiple perspectives on individual plays and enable readers to gain a deeper understanding of Plautus’ reflection of, and influence on Roman society. Topics include metatheater and improvisation in Plautus, the textual tradition of Plautus, trends in Plautus Translation, and modern reception in theater and movies. Exploring the place of Plautus and Plautine comedy in the Western comic tradition, the Companion: Addresses the most recent trends in the study of Roman comedy Features discussions on religion, imperialism, slavery, war, class, gender, and sexuality in Plautus’ work Highlights recent scholarship on representation of socially vulnerable characters Discusses Plautus’ work in relation to Roman stages, actors, audience, and culture Examines the plot construction, characterization, and comic techniques in Plautus’ scripts Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World series, A Companion to Plautus is an important resource for scholars, instructors, and students of both ancient and modern drama, comparative literature, classics, and history, particularly Roman history.
Author : Jennifer Forrest
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
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Download or read book The Legend Returns and Dies Harder Another Day written by Jennifer Forrest and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines film series. Some are representative of three periods in American film history--silent cinema, Classic Hollywood cinema, and the post-Classic or New Hollywood cinema. And some are in the tradition of other national cinemas, including those of France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan and India. The series are examined from a variety of cultural and critical perspectives. In the initial chapter the editor analyzes the series form. Part One examines early cinema, outlining the events and situations after 1907 that allowed early filmmakers to begin creating series based on the complex narratives of popular fiction. Part Two explores the cultural implications of such series as Tarzan, Nancy Drew, and Maisie. Chapters in Part Three analyze James Bond and Star Wars, two of the most widely recognized series in Hollywood history. Part Four examines mid-century Germany's Fridericus and France's Angelique and Caroline. The final part presents studies of the postwar Japanese series Godzilla and Tora-San, the popular Better Tomorrow series from Hong Kong, and several Hindi series from postcolonial India.
Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226156443
Total Pages : 631 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)
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