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Wit

Author : Margaret Edson
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466871830
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Wit written by Margaret Edson and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, and the Oppenheimer Award. Adapted to an Emmy Award-winning television movie, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Emma Thompson. Margaret Edson's powerfully imagined Pulitzer Prize–winning play examines what makes life worth living through her exploration of one of existence's unifying experiences—mortality—while she also probes the vital importance of human relationships. What we as her audience take away from this remarkable drama is a keener sense that, while death is real and unavoidable, our lives are ours to cherish or throw away—a lesson that can be both uplifting and redemptive. As the playwright herself puts it, "The play is not about doctors or even about cancer. It's about kindness, but it shows arrogance. It's about compassion, but it shows insensitivity." In Wit, Edson delves into timeless questions with no final answers: How should we live our lives knowing that we will die? Is the way we live our lives and interact with others more important than what we achieve materially, professionally, or intellectually? How does language figure into our lives? Can science and art help us conquer death, or our fear of it? What will seem most important to each of us about life as that life comes to an end? The immediacy of the presentation, and the clarity and elegance of Edson's writing, make this sophisticated, multilayered play accessible to almost any interested reader. As the play begins, Vivian Bearing, a renowned professor of English who has spent years studying and teaching the intricate, difficult Holy Sonnets of the seventeenth-century poet John Donne, is diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer. Confident of her ability to stay in control of events, she brings to her illness the same intensely rational and painstakingly methodical approach that has guided her stellar academic career. But as her disease and its excruciatingly painful treatment inexorably progress, she begins to question the single-minded values and standards that have always directed her, finally coming to understand the aspects of life that make it truly worth living.

Essays on Wit No. 2

Author : Richard Flecknoe
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Essays on Wit No. 2 written by Richard Flecknoe and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-08-19 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on Wit No. 2 emerges as a pivotal collection in the exploration of wit, traversing a broad literary landscape from subtle humor to sharp social commentary. The anthology encapsulates a rich variety of styles and themes, reflecting the breadth and complexity of wit as a literary device across different epochs. The curatorial effort shines in the selection of works, promising a thoughtful journey through the nuances of wit, with contributions that stand as testament to both the enlightenment and decadence of human intellect. The diversity within this collection not only celebrates the ingenuity of authors but also invites readers into a deeper appreciation of wit's versatile nature in literature. The contributors, Richard Flecknoe and Joseph Warton, bring together an exceptional assemblage of insight and perspective. Collectively, their backgrounds span a crucial period in literary history, touching on the evolution of English literature and its engagement with wit. Their anthology aligns with significant literary movements, including the Augustan age and the burgeoning of neoclassical literature, offering a reflective look at the era's intellectual currents. This amalgamation of works serves not only as a historical snapshot but enriches the reader's understanding by juxtaposing contrasting interpretations of wit. Essays on Wit No. 2 is recommended for readers eager to immerse themselves in the complexity and evolution of literary wit. This collection provides a unique lens through which to explore varied expressions of intellect and humor, delivering an educational journey through the art of wit. It promises not merely an encounter with historical perspectives but an ongoing dialogue with the enduring power of words to entertain, critique, and enlighten.

Style, Wit and Word-Play

Author : Tao Tao Liu
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443835935
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Style, Wit and Word-Play written by Tao Tao Liu and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays is dedicated to the memory of David Hawkes (1923–2009), who is remembered as a pre-eminent translator and interpreter of Chinese literature into English, his most famous work being the translation of the classic eighteenth-century Chinese novel, the Hongloumeng or The Story of the Stone. The first part of the collection consists of studies on him and his works; the second part on the art of translation into English from Chinese literature. All the essays are written by scholars in the field from Britain, America, Australia and Hong Kong.

Essay Upon Wit

Author : Joseph Addison
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781547218684
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Essay Upon Wit written by Joseph Addison and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN ESSAY UPON WIT. The Inclinations of Men, in this their degenerate State, carry them with great Force to those voluptuous Objects, that please their Appetites and gratify their Senses; and which not only by their early Acquaintance and Familiarity, but as they are adapted to the prevailing Instincts of Nature, are more esteem'd and pursu'd than all other Satisfactions. As those inferior Enjoyments, that only affect the Organs of the Body are chiefly coveted, so next to these, that light and facetious Qualification of the Mind, that diverts the Hearers and is proper to produce Mirth and Alacrity, has, in all Ages, by the greatest Part of Mankind, been admir'd and applauded. No Productions of Human Understanding are receiv'd with such a general Pleasure and Approbation, as those that abound with Wit and Humour, on which the People set a greater Value, than on the wisest and most instructive Discourses. Hence a pleasant Man is always caress'd above a wise one, and Ridicule and Satyr, that entertain the Laughers, often put solid Reason and useful Science out of Countenance. The wanton Temper of the Nation has been gratify'd so long with the high Seasonings of Wit and Raillery in Writing and Conversation, that now almost all Things that are not accommodated to their Relish by a strong Infusion of those Ingredients, are rejected as the heavy and insipid Performances of Men of a plain Understanding and meer Masters of Sense. Since the Power of Wit is so prevalent, and has obtained such Esteem and Popularity, that a Man endow'd with this agreeable Quality, is by many look'd on as a Heavenly Being, if compar'd with others, who have nothing but Learning and a clear arguing Head; it will be worth the while to search into its Nature, and examine its Usefulness, and take a View of those fatal Effects which it produces, when it happens to be misapply'd. Tho perhaps the Talent which we call Wit, like that of Humour, is as clearly understood by its simple Term, as by the most labour'd Description; an Argument or which is this, That many ingenious Persons, by their unsuccessful Essays to explain it, have rather obscur'd than illustrated its Idea; I will notwithstanding adventure to give the Definition of it, which tho it may fall short of Perfection, yet I imagine, will come nearer to it, than any that has yet appear'd. Wit is a Qualification of the Mind, that raises and enlivens cold Sentiments and plain Propositions, by giving them an elegant and surprizing Turn. It is evident, that Wit cannot essentially consist in the Justness and Propriety of the Thoughts, that is, the Conformity of our Conceptions to the Objects we conceive; for this is the Definition of Truth, when taken in a Physical Sense; nor in the Purity of Words and Expression, for this may be eminent in the Cold, Didactick Stile, and in the correct Writers of History and Philosophy: But Wit is that which imparts Spirit to our Conceptions and Diction, by giving them a lively and novel, and therefore an agreeable Form: And thus its Nature is limited and diversify'd from all other intellectual Endowments....

Essays on Wit

Author : Richard Flecknoe
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781547218677
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Essays on Wit written by Richard Flecknoe and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES ON WIT The age of Dryden and Pope was an age of wit, but there were few who could explain precisely what they meant by the term. A thing so multiform and. Protean escaped the bonds of logic and definition. In his sermon "Against Foolish Talking and Jesting" the learned Dr. Isaac Barrow attempted to describe some of the forms which it took; the forms were many, and it is difficult to discover any element which they held in common. Nevertheless Barrow ventured a summary: It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way, (such as Reason teacheth and proveth things by, ) which by a pretty surprizing uncouthness in conceit of expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto. And about sixty years later, despite the work of Hobbes and Locke in calling attention to the importance of semantics, the confusion still existed. According to John Oldmixon (Essay on Criticism, 1727, p. 21), "Wit and Humour, Wit and good Sense, Wit and Wisdom, Wit and Reason, Wit and Craft; nay, Wit and Philosophy, are with us almost the same Things." Some such confusion is apparent in the definition presented by the Essay on Wit (1748, p. 6). In general it was recognized that there were two main kinds of wit. Both fancy and judgment, said Hobbes (Human Nature, X, sect. 4), are usually understood in the term wit; and wit seems to be "a tenuity and agility of spirits," opposed to the sluggishness of spirits assumed to be characteristic of dull people. Sometimes wit was used in this sense to translate the words ingenium or l'esprit. But Hobbes's disciple Walter Charleton objected to making it the equivalent of ingenium, which, he said, rather signified a man's natural inclination-that is, genius. Instead, he described wit as either the faculty of understanding, or an act or effect of that faculty; and understanding is made up of both judgment and Imagination. The Ample or Happy Wit exhibits a fine blend of the two (Brief Discourse concerning the Different Wits of Men, 1669, pp. 10, 17-19). In this sense wit combines quickness and solidity of mind. In the other, and more restricted sense, wit was made identical with fancy (or imagination) and distinguished sharply from reason or judgment. So Hobbes, recording a popular meaning of wit, remarked (Leviathan. I, viii) that people who discover rarely observed similitudes in objects that otherwise are much unlike, are said to have a good wit. And judgment, directly opposed to it, was taken to be the faculty of discerning differences in objects that are superficially alike. (Between this idea of wit as discovering likeness in things unlike, and the Platonic idea of discovering the One in the Many, the Augustans made no connection.) A similar distinction between wit and judgment was made by Charleton, Robert Boyle, John Locke, and many others. The full implication lying in Hobbes's definition can be seen in Walter Charleton, who said (Brief Discourse, pp. 20-21) that imagination (or wit) is the faculty by which "we conceive some certain similitude in objects really unlike, and pleasantly confound them in discourse: Which by its unexpected Fineness and allusion, surprizing the Hearer, renders him less curious of the truth of what is said." In short, wit is delightful, but, because it leads away from truth, unprofitable and, it may be, even dangerous....

Essay upon Wit

Author : Richard Sir Blackmore
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Essay upon Wit written by Richard Sir Blackmore and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Essay upon Wit" by Richard Sir Blackmore. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Free-thinker

Author : Ambrose Philips
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Free-thinker written by Ambrose Philips and published by . This book was released on 1739 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Essays on Wit, Series One, No. 3. Essays on Poetry, Series Two, No. 3. Essays on the Stage, Series Three, No. 3. Essays on Wit, Series One, No. 4. Essays on Poetry, Series Two, No. 4. Essays on the Stage, Series Three

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Essays One

Author : Lydia Davis
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0374719241
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Essays One written by Lydia Davis and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of essays on writing and reading by the master short-fiction writer Lydia Davis Lydia Davis is a writer whose originality, influence, and wit are beyond compare. Jonathan Franzen has called her “a magician of self-consciousness,” while Rick Moody hails her as "the best prose stylist in America." And for Claire Messud, “Davis's signal gift is to make us feel alive.” Best known for her masterful short stories and translations, Davis’s gifts extend equally to her nonfiction. In Essays One, Davis has, for the first time, gathered a selection of essays, commentaries, and lectures composed over the past five decades. In this first of two volumes, her subjects range from her earliest influences to her favorite short stories, from John Ashbery’s translation of Rimbaud to Alan Cote’s painting, and from the Shepherd’s Psalm to early tourist photographs. On display is the development and range of one of the sharpest, most capacious minds writing today.

Wit, Humor, and Shakespeare

Author : John Weiss
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Wit, Humor, and Shakespeare

Author : John Weiss
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ISBN 13 : 9781331124061
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Wit, Humor, and Shakespeare written by John Weiss and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Wit, Humor, and Shakespeare: Twelve Essays This subject is best reached from the point of reflecting that, of all the animals, man alone appears to be capable of laughter. If, as so many naturalists now claim, man has ascended by successive evolutions of varieties from a lower animal type, we ought to be able to find some germs of the laughing propensity among our ancestors. The first witness we summon on this question is the anatomist, because the physical expression that accompanies an act of laughter depends upon the connection of the respiratory nerves with the diaphragm below and the orbicular and straight muscles of the mouth above. But these muscles are not perfectly developed in the animals. When dogs are fondly gambolling about you, there is "a slight eversion of the lips," which is a rudimentary hint of man's facial expression in an act of mirth. The dog has been the associate of human moods in all countries, and for thousands of years; yet, although we arc told that "the little dog laughed to see the sport," he has not yet made up his mouth for any thing more emphatic than a simper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Selected Literary Essays

Author : C. S. Lewis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107685389
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Selected Literary Essays written by C. S. Lewis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume includes over twenty of C. S. Lewis's most important literary essays, written between 1932 and 1962. The topics discussed range from Chaucer to Kipling, from 'The Literary Impact of the Authorized Version' to 'Psycho-Analysis and Literary Criticism,' from Shakespeare and Bunyan to Sir Walter Scott and William Morris. Common to each essay, however, is the lively wit, the distinctive forthrightness and the discreet erudition which characterizes Lewis's best critical writing.

The Free-thinker

Author : Ambrose Philips
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
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Download or read book The Free-thinker written by Ambrose Philips and published by . This book was released on 1739 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wit, Humor, and Shakspeare

Author : John Weiss
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
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Download or read book Wit, Humor, and Shakspeare written by John Weiss and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets

Author : Leigh Hunt
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
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Download or read book Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets written by Leigh Hunt and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Social Constructionism

Author : Vivien Burr
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317503953
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Social Constructionism written by Vivien Burr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its third edition, this successful book introduces students to the area of social science theory and research known as social constructionism. Using a variety of examples from everyday experience and from existing research in areas such as personality, sexuality and health, it clearly explains the basic theoretical assumptions of social constructionism. Key debates, such as the nature and status of knowledge, truth, reality and the self are given in-depth analysis in an accessible style. Drawing on a range of empirical studies, the book clearly defines the various different approaches to social constructionist research and explores the theoretical and practical issues involved. While the text is broadly sympathetic to social constructionism, it also adopts a critical perspective to the material, addressing its weaknesses and, in the final chapter, subjecting the theory itself to a more extensive critique. New to this edition: Extended coverage of the relationship between 'mainstream' psychology and social constructionism and how the two fields can engage with each other. An exploration of the rise and popularity of neuroscience and the challenge it poses to social constructionism. New material on the field of psychosocial studies. Updated coverage of existing key issues such as age and sexuality, and inclusion of more recently emerging issues (e.g. status and role of affect). Updated discussion of key social constructionist contributors, with revised references. Updated chapter on research methods, including more on narrative and critical narrative analysis, and personal construct methods. The third edition of Social Constructionism extends and updates the material covered in previous editions and will be an invaluable and informative resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students across the social and behavioural sciences.

Essays of E. B. White

Author : E. B. White
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062348752
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Essays of E. B. White written by E. B. White and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Some of the finest examples of contemporary, genuinely American prose. White's style incorporates eloquence without affection, profundity without pomposity, and wit without frivolity or hostility. Like his predecessors Thoreau and Twain, White's creative, humane, and graceful perceptions are an education for the sensibilities." — Washington Post The classic collection by one of the greatest essayists of our time. Selected by E.B. White himself, the essays in this volume span a lifetime of writing and a body of work without peer. "I have chosen the ones that have amused me in the rereading," he writes in the Foreword, "alone with a few that seemed to have the odor of durability clinging to them." These essays are incomparable; this is a volume to treasure and savor at one's leisure.