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The Malevolent Comedy

Author : Edward Marston
Publisher : Allison & Busby
ISBN 13 : 0749015365
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Malevolent Comedy written by Edward Marston and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Westfield's Men, the most successful troupe in London and a prime target for jealousy and resentment, are plagued by a series of practical jokes. But when one of their actors is murdered, the humour turns distinctly sour. Appalling events continue: Lawrence Firethorn, actor-manager, is stalked by a mysterious lady; the sole copy of 'The Malevolent Comedy'- the company's new play - is stolen, their leading apprentice is abducted and there is an attempt on the life of Lord Westfield, their patron. It's soon clear that someone more vicious than a practical jokester is trying to destroy the troupe and that Nicholas Bracewell, the resourceful book holder, has an almighty struggle to save his beloved company from certain demise.

The Malevolent Comedy

Author : Edward Marston
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312342838
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book The Malevolent Comedy written by Edward Marston and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Elizabethan Theater Mystery, Westfield's Men are plagued by a series of practical jokes, but when one of their actors is murdered, the humor turns sour.

Malevolent Republic

Author : K.S. (Kapil Satish) Komireddi
Publisher : Hurst Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1805261789
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Malevolent Republic written by K.S. (Kapil Satish) Komireddi and published by Hurst Publishers. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After decades of imperfect secularism, presided over by an often corrupt Congress establishment, Nehru’s diverse republic has yielded to Hindu nationalism. India, the first major democracy to fall to demagogic populism in the twenty-first century, is racing to a point of no return. Since 2014, the ruling BJP has unleashed forces that are irreversibly transforming the country. Indian democracy, honed over decades, is now the chief enabler of Hindu extremism. Bigotry has been ennobled as a healthy form of self-assertion. Anti Muslim vitriol has deluged the mainstream. Religious minorities live in terror of a vengeful majority. Congress now mimics Modi; other parties pray for a miracle. In this highly acclaimed critique of post-Independence India from Nehru to Narendra Modi, revised and expanded with a new chapter, K.S. Komireddi charts the dismaying course of the world’s largest democracy. He argues that the missteps of the nation’s founders, the mistakes of Nehru, the betrayals of his daughter and her sons, the anti-democratic fetish for technocracy carried to extremes by Manmohan Singh—all of them prepared the way for Modi’s march to absolute power. If secularists fail to wrest the republic from Hindu supremacists, Komireddi argues, India may go the way of Yugoslavia and collapse under the burden of sinister ethno-religious nationalism. A gripping short history of modern India, Malevolent Republic is also a passionate plea for India’s reclamation.

The Malevolent's Mark

Author : Ripley Grimms
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Malevolent's Mark written by Ripley Grimms and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dark fantasy romance, a powerful young woman must face the destructive truths of a forgotten past if her kingdom has any hope of a future. It's 1921 in Camelot City, and King Arthur is still missing. Not that nineteen-year-old Birdie Smith, the Siren Thief, much cares. She's too busy getting arrested. Only the machines are allowed to use magic according to the king regent. To clear her name, Birdie will have to help a fallen knight, Sir Gawain, save the king by listening for a shattered sword's song that only she can hear. And she'll have to find it before Mordred, a handsome traitor from a past Birdie doesn't want to remember, can enslave the seven United Kingdoms with his mark. Ensnared in a world where machines control magic, dark secrets abound, and forbidden romances await, Birdie is unsure whom she should trust, even her own heart.

W.S. Gilbert and the Context of Comedy

Author : Richard Moore
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429859619
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book W.S. Gilbert and the Context of Comedy written by Richard Moore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To what extent is a great comic writer the product of his time? How far is he (or she) influenced by factors of personal psychology upbringing and environment? To what is the writing actually part of a long continuum in which there is continuity within change and change within continuity? The Progress of Fun considers principally the last of these areas, focussing on the case of W.S. Gilbert and challenging the frequently held view that he is pre-eminently a typical Victorian. This it does by tracing his roots back to Ancient Greek comedy and to the various comedic developments that have dominated Western Europe thereafter. Also included is a careful examination of the constraints and limitations that in various forms have long affected comedy-writing, and an evaluation of Gilbert’s particular skills and legacy within the on-going process. The whole is a suitable prelude to a second volume (Pipes and Tabors) which will consider Genre in W.S. Gilbert, again relating it to comedic precedents and the universally timeless within the particular.

Gumshoes

Author : Mitzi M. Brunsdale
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313040885
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Gumshoes written by Mitzi M. Brunsdale and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-04-30 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enormous explosion of crime fiction over the last decade means that more people are looking for a good mystery than ever before. This dictionary of fictional detectives helps readers learn about the series in which their favorite detectives are featured. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on roughly 150 fictional detectives, which provide information about the works in which the detective appears, the locales in which the detective operates, the detective's investigative methods, and other important information. Helpful bibliographical citations direct the reader to other interesting works. The volume closes with a selected, general bibliography; various appendices; and an extensive index. The enormous explosion of crime fiction over the last decade means that more people are looking for a good mystery than ever before. Many of the most popular mystery books appear in series, and these series feature carefully developed detectives.

Studies in the Comic Spirit in Modern Japanese Fiction

Author : Joel R. Cohn
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1684170214
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Studies in the Comic Spirit in Modern Japanese Fiction written by Joel R. Cohn and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike traditional Japanese literature, which has a rich tradition of comedy, modern Japanese literature is commonly associated with a high seriousness of purpose. In this pathbreaking study, Joel R. Cohn analyzes works by three writers—Ibuse Masuji (1898–1993), Dazai Osamu (1909–1948), and Inoue Hisashi (1934– )—whose works constitute a relentless assault on the notion that comedy cannot be part of serious literature. Cohn focuses on thematic, structural, and stylistic elements in the works of these writers to show that modern Japanese comedic literature is a product of a particular set of historical, social, and cultural experiences. Cohn finds that cultural and social forces in modern Japan have led to the creation of comic literature that tends to deflect attention away from a human other and turn in on itself in different forms.

Catullus and Roman Comedy

Author : Christopher B. Polt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108879578
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Catullus and Roman Comedy written by Christopher B. Polt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past century, scholars have observed a veritable full cast of characters from Roman comedy in the poetry of Catullus. Despite this growing recognition of comedy's allusive presence in Catullus' work, there has never been an extended analysis of how he engaged with this foundational Roman genre. This book sketches a more coherent picture of Catullus' use of Roman comedy and shows that individual points of contact with the theatre in his corpus are part of a larger, more sustained poetic program than has been recognized. Roman comedy, it argues, offered Catullus a common cultural vocabulary, drawn from the public stage and shared with his audience, with which to explore and convey private ideas about love, friendship, and social rivalry. It also demonstrates that Roman comedy continued to present writers after the second century BCE with a meaningful source of social, cultural, and artistic value.

The Horror Film

Author : Stephen Prince
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 081354257X
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book The Horror Film written by Stephen Prince and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2004-02-09 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, Stephen Prince has collected essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal, as well as discussions of the developmental responses of young adult viewers and children to the genre. The book focuses on recent postmodern examples such as The Blair Witch Project. In a daring move, the volume also examines Holocaust films in relation to horror. Part One features essays on the silent and classical Hollywood eras. Part Two covers the postWorld War II era and discusses the historical, aesthetic, and psychological characteristics of contemporary horror films. In contrast to horror during the classical Hollywood period, contemporary horror features more graphic and prolonged visualizations of disturbing and horrific imagery, as well as other distinguishing characteristics. Princes introduction provides an overview of the genre, contextualizing the readings that follow. Stephen Prince is professor of communications at Virginia Tech. He has written many film books, including Classical Film Violence: Designing and Regulating Brutality in Hollywood Cinema, 19301968, and has edited Screening Violence, also in the Depth of Field Series.

The Counterfeit Crank

Author : Edward Marston
Publisher : Allison & Busby
ISBN 13 : 0749015314
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Counterfeit Crank written by Edward Marston and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Bracewell befriends a young beggar who is trying to eke out a living as a counterfeit crank, pretending to have spectacular epileptic fits in order to get money from gullible bystanders. When the beggar is murdered inside Bridewell, Nicholas has to pose as a beggar himself in order to get inside the notorious institution so that he can solve the crime. Counterfeiting of all kinds is exposed.

The Comedy of Philosophy

Author : Lisa Trahair
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791479323
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book The Comedy of Philosophy written by Lisa Trahair and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Comedy of Philosophy brings modern debates in continental philosophy to bear on the historical study of early cinematic comedy. Through the films of Mack Sennett, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and the Marx Brothers, Lisa Trahair investigates early cinema's exploration of sense and nonsense by utilizing the contributions to the philosophy of comedy made by Freud and Bataille and by examining significant poststructuralist interpretations of their work. Trahair explores the shift from the excessive physical slapstick of the Mack Sennett era to the so-called structural comedy of the 1920s, and also offers a new perspective on the importance of psychoanalysis for the study of film by focusing on the implications of Freud's theory of the unconscious for our understanding of visuality.

The Psychology of Comedy

Author : G Neil Martin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000428842
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Comedy written by G Neil Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes us laugh? Why is comedy so important? How does comedy affect our behaviour? The Psychology of Comedy provides a unique insight into the role of laughter and humour in our lives. From the mechanics of comedy and what makes a good joke, to the health benefits of laughter, the book delves into different types of comedy, from slapstick to complex puns, and the physiological response it provokes. The dark side of comedy is also considered, confronting the idea that what is funny to some can be offensive to others, making this universal experience also highly subjective. In a time when comedy continues to be one of the most popular and enduring forms of art, The Psychology of Comedy reminds us that laughter really is good for the soul.

Comedy

Author : Andrew Stott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134424094
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Comedy written by Andrew Stott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than attempting to produce a totalising definition of 'the comic', this volume focuses on the significance of comic 'events' through study of various theoretical methodologies, including deconstruction, psychoanalysis and gender theory.

John Hughes: A Life in Film

Author : Kirk Honeycutt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1631060228
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book John Hughes: A Life in Film written by Kirk Honeycutt and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Hughes: A Life in Film is the first complete illustrated tribute to the legendary mind ehind Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and The Breakfast Club.

The Comedy of Entropy

Author : Patrick O'Neill
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487586493
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book The Comedy of Entropy written by Patrick O'Neill and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1990-12-15 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entropic comedy is the phrase coined by Patrick O'Neill in this study to identify a particular mode of twentieth-century narrative that is not generally recognized. He describes it as the narrative expression of forms of decentred humour, or what might more loosely be called 'black humour.' O'Neill begins his investigation by examining the rise of an essentially new form of humour over the last three hundred years or so in the context of a rapid decay of confidence in traditional authoritative value systems. O'Neill analyses the resulting reorganization of the spectrum of humour, and examines th implications of this for the ways in which we read texts and the world we live in. He then turns from intellectual history to narratology and considers the relationship, in theoretical terms, of homour, play, and narrative as systems of discourse and the role of the reader as a textualizing agent. Finally, he considers some dozen twentieth-century narratives in French, German, and English (with occasional reference to other literatures) in the context of those historical and theoretical concerns. Authors of the texts analysed include Céline, Camus, Satre, and Robbe-Grillet in French; Heller, Beckett, Pynchon, Nabokov, and Joyce in English; Grass, Kafka, and Handke in German. The analyses proceed along lines suggested by structuralist, semiotic, and post-structuraist narrative and literary theory. From his analyses of these works O'Neill concludes they illustrate in narrative terms a mode of modern writing definable as entropic comedy, and he develops a taxonomy of the mode.

The Profane Book of Irish Comedy

Author : David Krause
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501744011
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Profane Book of Irish Comedy written by David Krause and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fierce mirth characterizes antic Irish comedy. To the degree to which everyone sympathizes with the need to mock repressive authority, everyone is potentially Irish. It is the Irish dramatists themselves, says David Krause, that are the true authors of the profane book of Irish comedy. The body of literature they have produced desecrates the sacred in Ireland and launches a sardonic attack on the queen of Irish nationalism, Cathleen Ni Houlihan, the old sow who, according to Joyce's tragicomic jest, tries to devour her creative farrow. Krause discusses the major works of fourteen Irish playwrights—Samuel Beckett, Brendan Behan, Dion Boucicault, William Boyle, Paul Vincent Carroll, George Fitzmaurice, Lady Gregory, Denis Johnston, Sean O'Casey, Lennox Robinson, Bernard Shaw, George Shields, J. M. Synge, and W. B. Yeats—and shows the ways in which these works are linked, emotionally and thematically, to early Gaelic literature and the tradition of the mythic pagan playboy Oisin or Usheen. As the last great pagan hero of Ireland, Oisin emerges as an archetype for the many playboys and paycocks of Irish comedy. Oisin was the antithesis of St. Patrick, the first great Christian saint of Ireland, who, condemning pleasure and threatening eternal damnation, came to represent all authority. The bearers of this dark and wild Celtic tradition, which Synge and O'Casey associated with a daimonic or barbarous impulse, laugh irreverently at their own creations. This laughter, the laughter of the culture's mythmakers, brings with it emotional relief, comic catharsis.

Redefining Black Film

Author : Mark A. Reid
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520079027
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Redefining Black Film written by Mark A. Reid and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993-02-23 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This assessment of black film history distinguishes between American films that are controlled by Blacks and those which utilize black talent, but are controlled by Whites. The study ranges from the earliest black involvement in Hollywood to present feminist influences in black productions.