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Book Synopsis All the King's Men by : Robert Penn Warren
Download or read book All the King's Men written by Robert Penn Warren and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dynamic backwoods lawyer batters his way into the governor's mansion, where he uses his unprincipled charm to become a brutal dictator.
Download or read book The King's Men written by Robert Grant and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men by : Jonathan S. Cullick
Download or read book Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men written by Jonathan S. Cullick and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Penn Warren is one of the best-known and most consequential Kentucky writers of the twentieth century and the only American writer to have won three Pulitzers in two different genres. All the King's Men, generally considered one of the finest novels ever written on American politics, transcends sensationalism and topicality to stand as art. It was a bestseller, won the Pulitzer Prize, and became an Academy Award--winning movie. Depicting the rise and fall of a dictatorial southern politician -- modeled on Huey Long of Louisiana -- the timeless story and memorable characters raise questions about the importance of history, moral conflicts in public policy, and idealism in government. In Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men: A Reader's Companion, author Jonathan S. Cullick considers the themes of this famous novel within the context of America's current political climate. He addresses the novel's continuing relevance and interviews a cross-section of elected and appointed officials, as well as journalists, in Kentucky to explore how Warren's novel has influenced their work and approach to politics. By focusing on what Warren's novel has to say about power, populism, ethics, and the force of rhetoric, Cullick encourages readers to think about their own identities and responsibilities as American citizens. This volume promises to be not only an indispensable companion to All the King's Men but it also provides context and a new diverse set of perspectives from which to understand this seminal novel.
Book Synopsis All the Kings Horses, All the Kings Men by : Donna Purves
Download or read book All the Kings Horses, All the Kings Men written by Donna Purves and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the Kings Horses, All the Kings Men is a deeply moving account of the life of the author's son, previous to and following the discovery of the presence of a tumour in his bones, a result of Osteogenic Sarcoma. The story begins at the beginning - with Jonathan's birth. A first-time mother, the author has her life and her home carefully planned and prepared in anticipation of the arrival of 'Boots'. She is soon to realize that having a child is not something one can plan; they arive when they like and they occupy one's thoughts and affections to such an extent that all the best-laid plans for going back to her career make less and less sense. After a year, the author makes the decision to become a 'full-time, on-location mom'. The closeness that this allows to develop is to stand her and her son in good stead for the difficult time to come when Jonathan's illness is discovered. The author's prose is fluid and articulate, conveying with ease the deep love which she feels for her son. The description of these carefree early years draws the reader into their extraordinary story, so that he too feels affection for this boy at whom life is about to throw its worst, whilst the day-to-day struggle which is to follow is a lesson in courage for us all. This is a well-written book, with an important message for parents, parents-to-be, and anyone who has felt and given the precious love unique to parent and child.
Book Synopsis Costumes and Scripts in the Elizabethan Theatres by : Jean MacIntyre
Download or read book Costumes and Scripts in the Elizabethan Theatres written by Jean MacIntyre and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 1992 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scripts of the Admiral's Men (later Prince Henry's Men), the Chamberlain's Men (later the King's Men) boy actors and Worcester's/Queen Anne's Men are examined in detail to document the differing costume practices of these companies, especially the ways in which in their earlier days they reconciled visual splendor with the greatest possible economy.
Download or read book Macbeth written by William Shakespeare and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-07-24 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most extensively annotated edition of Macbeth currently available, offering a thorough reconsideration of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. A full and accessible introduction studies the immediate theatrical and political contexts of Macbeth's composition, especially the Gunpowder Plot and the contemporary account of an early performance at the Globe. It treats such celebrated issues as whether the Witches compel Macbeth to murder; whether Lady Macbeth is herself a witch; whether Banquo is Macbeth's accomplice in crime and what criticism is levelled against Macduff. An extensive, well-illustrated account of the play in performance examines several cinematic versions, such as those by Kurosawa and Roman Polanski, and other dramatic adaptations. Several possible new sources are suggested, and the presence of Thomas Middleton's writing in the play is proposed. Appendixes contain additional text and accompanying music.
Book Synopsis All the Kings Men by : Leonard Michael Parsons
Download or read book All the Kings Men written by Leonard Michael Parsons and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Liberalism and Its Discontents by : Alan Brinkley
Download or read book Liberalism and Its Discontents written by Alan Brinkley and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did liberalism, the great political tradition that from the New Deal to the 1960s seemed to dominate American politics, fall from favor so far and so fast? In this history of liberalism since the 1930s, a distinguished historian offers an eloquent account of postwar liberalism, where it came from, where it has gone, and why. The book supplies a crucial chapter in the history of twentieth-century American politics as well as a valuable and clear perspective on the state of our nation's politics today. Liberalism and Its Discontents moves from a penetrating interpretation of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal to an analysis of the profound and frequently corrosive economic, social, and cultural changes that have undermined the liberal tradition. The book moves beyond an examination of the internal weaknesses of liberalism and the broad social and economic forces it faced to consider the role of alternative political traditions in liberalism's downfall. What emerges is a picture of a dominant political tradition far less uniform and stable--and far more complex and contested--than has been argued. The author offers as well a masterly assessment of how some of the leading historians of the postwar era explained (or failed to explain) liberalism and other political ideologies in the last half-century. He also makes clear how historical interpretation was itself a reflection of liberal assumptions that began to collapse more quickly and completely than almost any scholar could have imagined a generation ago. As both political history and a critique of that history, Liberalism and Its Discontents, based on extraordinary essays written over the last decade, leads to a new understanding of the shaping of modern America.
Book Synopsis The Incorporation and Integration of the King's Tributary Lands into the Norwegian Realm c. 1195-1397 by : Randi Bjørshol Wærdahl
Download or read book The Incorporation and Integration of the King's Tributary Lands into the Norwegian Realm c. 1195-1397 written by Randi Bjørshol Wærdahl and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-05-23 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by transnational research on medieval state formation, this book presents a comprehensive study of the political incorporation and subsequent judicial and administrative integration of Iceland, the Faroes, Shetland, and Orkney, into the Norwegian realm c. 1195-1397.
Book Synopsis Heimskringla: The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by : Snorri Sturluson
Download or read book Heimskringla: The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway written by Snorri Sturluson and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 1683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heimskringla is a collection of sagas about the Norwegian kings, beginning with the saga of the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings, followed by accounts of historical Norwegian rulers from Harald Fairhair of the 9th century up to the death of the pretender Eystein Meyla in 1177. Contents: Kings' Sagas Ynglinga Saga Halfdan the Black Saga Harald Harfager's Saga Hakon the Good's Saga Saga of King Harald Grafeld and of Earl Hakon Son of Sigurd King Olaf Trygvason's Saga Saga of Olaf Haraldson (St. Olaf) Saga of Magnus the Good Saga of Harald Hardrade Saga of Olaf Kyrre Magnus Barefoot's Saga Saga of Sigurd the Crusader and His Brothers Eystein and Olaf Saga of Magnus the Blind and of Harald Gille Saga of Sigurd, Inge, and Eystein, the Sons of Harald Saga of Hakon Herdebreid Magnus Erlingson's Saga
Book Synopsis The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway (Heimskringla) by : Snorri Sturluson
Download or read book The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway (Heimskringla) written by Snorri Sturluson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 1331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heimskringla is a collection of sagas about the Norwegian kings, beginning with the saga of the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings, followed by accounts of historical Norwegian rulers from Harald Fairhair of the 9th century up to the death of the pretender Eystein Meyla in 1177. Contents: Kings' Sagas Ynglinga Saga Halfdan the Black Saga Harald Harfager's Saga Hakon the Good's Saga Saga of King Harald Grafeld and of Earl Hakon Son of Sigurd King Olaf Trygvason's Saga Saga of Olaf Haraldson (St. Olaf) Saga of Magnus the Good Saga of Harald Hardrade Saga of Olaf Kyrre Magnus Barefoot's Saga Saga of Sigurd the Crusader and His Brothers Eystein and Olaf Saga of Magnus the Blind and of Harald Gille Saga of Sigurd, Inge, and Eystein, the Sons of Harald Saga of Hakon Herdebreid Magnus Erlingson's Saga
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson by : Richard Harp
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson written by Richard Harp and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-11-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible, up-to-date introduction to the life and works of poet and dramatist Ben Jonson.
Book Synopsis The Curious Death of the Novel by : Louis D. Rubin, Jr.
Download or read book The Curious Death of the Novel written by Louis D. Rubin, Jr. and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the country’s more perceptive younger critics, Louis Rubin is well known for his commentaries on the literature of the South. These essays—selected from his critical works over a period of more than a dozen years—reflect his wider concern with the whole spectrum of American literature. In the title essay Rubin treats “tired literary critics” and the often-heard pronouncement that the novel is dead. He argues that the response of novelists to our difficult and demanding times “will doubtless be what the response of writers to difficult and demanding times always has been: namely, difficult and demanding works of literature.” Another essay, “The Experience Difference: Southerners and Jews,” is a perceptive examination of the parallels in different factors and cultural experiences which brought Southern and Jewish writers to prominence. Rubin explores the potential pitfalls for Southern writers today in an essay called “Getting Out From Under William Faulkner.” Edgar Allan Poe’s position in American literary history and H.L. Mencken’s role as a literary critic and an “artist of destruction” who cleared the way and created an audience for the major American writers of the twenties are dealt with in other essays. The collection includes imaginative studies of Henry James, Mark Twain, Edmund Wilson, and Karl Shapiro. Several Southern writers, including Faulkner, Ellen Glasgow, Robert Penn Warren, Flannery O’Connor, and James Branch Cabell, also come under Rubin’s scrutiny.
Book Synopsis Heimskringla Or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by : Snorri Sturlason
Download or read book Heimskringla Or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway written by Snorri Sturlason and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-25 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Revenger's Tragedy by : Cyril Tourneur
Download or read book The Revenger's Tragedy written by Cyril Tourneur and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1996-05-15 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book depicts a morally corrupt universe where the desire for justice is contaminated by the obsession for revenge. The denunciations of sin are countered at each turn by the pleasure characters take in acting or watching adultery, incest & murder.
Download or read book The Process written by Judith Wilde and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 813 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Process: A New Foundation in Art and Design is a compendium of 13 experimental projects designed to teach conceptual thinking and problem solving to art and design students. The projects, created by Judith Wilde and Richard Wilde, focus on developing formal excellence and a strong sense of aesthetics, along with the ability to generate new ideas. Each project is illustrated with multiple visual solutions, provided to inspire creativity and illustrate that there can be multiple solutions to a single problem.
Book Synopsis The Heimskringla; Or, Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by :
Download or read book The Heimskringla; Or, Chronicle of the Kings of Norway written by and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: