Blasphemy, Immorality, and Anarchy

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Blasphemy, Immorality, and Anarchy by : Jerome Friedman

Download or read book Blasphemy, Immorality, and Anarchy written by Jerome Friedman and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mark of the Sacred

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Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804788456
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mark of the Sacred by : Jean-Pierre Dupuy

Download or read book The Mark of the Sacred written by Jean-Pierre Dupuy and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of religion and violence “forces us to reexamine some of our most cherished self-images of modern liberal democratic societies” (Charles Taylor). Jean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls “enlightened doomsaying,” has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In this book, he pleads for a subversion of this crisis from within, arguing that it is our lopsided view of religion and reason that has set us on this course. In denial of our sacred origins and hubristically convinced of the powers of human reason, we cease to know our own limits: our disenchanted world leaves us defenseless against a headlong rush into the abyss of global warming, nuclear holocaust, and the other catastrophes that loom on our horizon. Reviving the religious anthropology of Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Marcel Mauss and in dialogue with the work of René Girard, Dupuy shows that we must remember the world’s sacredness in order to keep human violence in check. A metaphysical and theological detective, he tracks the sacred in the very fields where human reason considers itself most free from everything it judges irrational: science, technology, economics, political and strategic thought. In making such claims, The Mark of the Sacred takes on religion bashers, secularists, and fundamentalists at once. Written by one of the deepest and most versatile thinkers of our time, it militates for a world where reason is no longer an enemy of faith. “The Mark of the Sacred is one of those rare books . . . which, in an enlightened well-organized state, should be printed and freely distributed in all schools!” —Slavoj Žižek

Orestes

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1627933212
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (279 download)

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Book Synopsis Orestes by : Voltaire

Download or read book Orestes written by Voltaire and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-02 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orestes was produced in 1750, an experiment which intensely interested the literary world and the public. In his Dedicatory Letters to the Duchess of Maine, Voltaire has the following passage on the Greek drama: "We should not, I acknowledge, endeavor to imitate what is weak and defective in the ancients: it is most probable that their faults were well known to their contemporaries. I am satisfied, Madam, that the wits of Athens condemned, as well as you, some of those repetitions, and some declamations with which Sophocles has loaded his Electra: they must have observed that he had not dived deep enough into the human heart. I will moreover fairly confess, that there are beauties peculiar not only to the Greek language, but to the climate, to manners and times, which it would be ridiculous to transplant hither. Therefore I have not copied exactly the Electra of Sophocles-much more I knew would be necessary; but I have taken, as well as I could, all the spirit and substance of it."

Molière, a New Criticism

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (734 download)

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Book Synopsis Molière, a New Criticism by : Will Grayburn Moore

Download or read book Molière, a New Criticism written by Will Grayburn Moore and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Death of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel

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Publisher : Peeters
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1048 pages
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Book Synopsis The Death of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel by : Gilbert van Belle

Download or read book The Death of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel written by Gilbert van Belle and published by Peeters. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume contains the papers read at the 54th Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense (July 27-29, 2005). The general theme of the meeting was "The Death of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel". Part I is comprised of fourteen "Main Papers" delivered by invited speakers. It includes contributions on the sign of the cross (G. Van Belle), the narrative and theological significance of the death of Jesus (J. Frey), the interpretation of the passion in the farewell discourses (J. Zumstein), the characterisation of Pilate (R.A. Piper), a study of God, Jesus, Satan, and human agency (C.R. Koester), two studies on the Lamb of God (R. Bieringer and M. Gourgues), the Markan and Johannine theology of the Cross (U. Schnelle), the anticipations of the death of Jesus (J.-M. Sevrin), the commandment of love interpreted from the perspective of the cross (D. Senior), a diachronical approach to "the lifting up and glorification of the Son of Man" (M. de Boer), a study on tradition, history and theology of the death of Jesus (J. Painter), the meaning of the "laying down" of life in Jn 10,11 and Jn 15,13 (T. Soding), and the role of the Jews in 19,16 (L. Devillers). Part II, "Offered Papers", includes 38 papers with thematic readings or studies on specific passages of the Fourth Gospel.

Molière: A Playwright and His Audience

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Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521286794
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (867 download)

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Book Synopsis Molière: A Playwright and His Audience by : William Driver Howarth

Download or read book Molière: A Playwright and His Audience written by William Driver Howarth and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1982-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the evolution of Molière's comedy as a careful amalgamation of comedy and philosophical satire.

The Public Mirror

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226591530
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Book Synopsis The Public Mirror by : Larry F. Norman

Download or read book The Public Mirror written by Larry F. Norman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though much beloved and widely produced, Molière's satirical comedies pose a problem for those reading or staging his works today: how can a genre associated with biting caricature and castigation deliver engaging theater? Instead of simply dismissing social satire as a foundation for Molière's theater, as many have done, Larry F. Norman takes seriously Molière's claim that his satires are first and foremost effective theater. Pairing close readings of Molière's comedies with insightful accounts of French social history and aesthetics, Norman shows how Molière conceived of satire as a "public mirror" provoking dynamic exchange and conflict with audience members obsessed with their own images. Drawing on these tensions, Molière portrays characters satirizing one another on stage, with their reactions providing dramatic conflict and propelling comic dialogue. By laying bare his society's system of imagining itself, Molière's satires both enthralled and enraged his original audience and provide us with a crucial key to the classical culture of representation.

Tartuffe and Other Plays

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698196678
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Book Synopsis Tartuffe and Other Plays by : Jean-Baptiste Moliere

Download or read book Tartuffe and Other Plays written by Jean-Baptiste Moliere and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven plays by the genius of French theater. Including The Ridiculous Precieuses, The School for Husbands, The School for Wives, Don Juan, The Versailles Impromptu, and The Critique of the School for Wives, this collection showcases the talent of perhaps the greatest and best-loved French playwright. Translated and with an Introduction by Donald M. Frame With a Foreword by Virginia Scott And a New Afterword by Charles Newell

Parody

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521429245
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (292 download)

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Book Synopsis Parody by : Margaret A. Rose

Download or read book Parody written by Margaret A. Rose and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-09-09 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this definitive work Margaret Rose presents an analysis and history of theories and uses of parody from ancient to contemporary times and offers a new approach to the analysis and classification of modern, late-modern, and post-modern theories of the subject. The author's Parody/Meta-Fiction (1979) was influential in broadening awareness of parody as a 'double-coded' device which could be used for more than mere ridicule. In the present study she both expands and revises the introductory section of her 1979 text and adds substantial new sections on modern and post-modern theories and uses of parody and pastiche which also discuss the work of theorists and writers including the Russian formalists, Mikhail Bakhtin, Hans Robert Jauss, Wolfgang Iser, Julia Kristeva, Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Ihab Hassan, Jean Baudrillard, Fredric Jameson, A. S. Byatt, Martin Amis, Charles Jencks, Umberto Eco, David Lodge, Malcolm Bradbury and others.

Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521225922
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (259 download)

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Book Synopsis Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse by : Keir Elam

Download or read book Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse written by Keir Elam and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-06-21 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes ample use of approaches to language within linguistics, semiotics, the philosophy of language and sociology, in order to do justice to the subtlety of Shakespeare's verbal artistry. Keir Elam adopts a fresh approach to the language of Shakespeare's comedies, considering it not simply as 'style' but as the principal dramatic and comic substance of the plays. Traditional analysis of the language as 'diction', 'expression' or 'verbal structure' is not adequate to describe the range and importance of linguistic functions in these plays. This book shows that in Shakespearean comedy language, or rather 'discourse', language in use, is always a dynamic, active protagonist of the drama. The author explores the extraordinary gamut of verbal activities or 'language-games' that contribute to the rich rhetorical make-up of the comedies. The historical framework complements the application of critical theory which will assure a readership among students and teachers of Shakespeare as well as those interested in liguistics and semiotics.

Indiscernible Counterparts

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Publisher : Unc Department of Romance Studies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Indiscernible Counterparts by : Christopher Braider

Download or read book Indiscernible Counterparts written by Christopher Braider and published by Unc Department of Romance Studies. This book was released on 2002 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indiscernible Counterparts: The Invention of the Text in French Classical Drama

Sociolinguistic Variation in Seventeenth-Century France

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139453572
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Book Synopsis Sociolinguistic Variation in Seventeenth-Century France by : Wendy Ayres-Bennett

Download or read book Sociolinguistic Variation in Seventeenth-Century France written by Wendy Ayres-Bennett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-14 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a systematic study of sociolinguistic variation in seventeenth-century France. Drawing on a range of case studies, Wendy Ayres-Bennett makes available data about linguistic variation in this period, showing the wealth and variety of language usage at a time that is considered to be the most 'standardising' in the history of French. Variation is analysed in terms of the speaker's 'pre-verbal constitution' - such as gender, age and socio-economic status - or by the medium, register or genre used. As well as examining linguistic variation itself, the book also considers the fundamental methodological issues that are central to all socio-historical linguistic accounts and, more importantly, addresses the question of what the appropriate sources are for linguists taking a socio-historical approach. In each chapter, the case studies present a range of phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical issues, which pose different methodological questions for sociolinguists and historical linguists alike.

Figuring the East

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Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791443866
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Book Synopsis Figuring the East by : Marie-Paule Ha

Download or read book Figuring the East written by Marie-Paule Ha and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the ambiguous constructions of the Orient in the works of four major twentieth-century French writers.

Comedy in Context

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ISBN 13 : 9781604735161
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (351 download)

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Book Synopsis Comedy in Context by : H. Gaston Hall

Download or read book Comedy in Context written by H. Gaston Hall and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comedy in Context: Essays on Moliere by H. Gaston Hall This book brings together a dozen essays devoted to the aspects of Moliere's stagecraft, each of which illustrates in its way Hall's thesis of comedy in context. It is only in the later generations that some knowledge of Moliere has become a part of French popular culture through universal education, for in his own time Moliere's art did not reach the vast majority even of Frenchmen. This volume of essays thus complements other studies of the comedies by focusing attention for an even larger audience upon the plays as Hall believes the playwright conceived them. The first seven essays consider questions and themes common to a number of Moliere's plays, and the last five deal with individual comedies in the order in which they were originally published: L'Ecole des femmes, Tartuffe, Dom Juan, and Le Misanthrope. All the essays convey the author's conviction that Moliere was a writer of comedies which can be properly understood only in the historical and literary context in which they were imagined, written, performed, and published. For Hall, the historical context of the comedies is clearly a reflection of Moliere's activities as an actor-manager of his own company as well as a reflection of the social conditions of seventeenth-century France. In addition, Hall shows the rich literary context of the plays by discussing resources of literary works and of authors that provided subjects for Moliere. Through a close analysis of the texts, Hall establishes historical and literary bases for the plays and gives them new dimension and meaning. H. Gaston Hall, a distinguished Moliere scholar, translator, and author of many learned works in French, Spanish, and Italian, is a reader in French at the University of Warwick in England.

Molière and Plurality

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Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Molière and Plurality by : Larry W. Riggs

Download or read book Molière and Plurality written by Larry W. Riggs and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacques Lacan's comments on Le Misanthrope focus on the inauthenticity of any unified discourse (173-75), which is also Molière's concern in that play, though he used different terms. Molière does not subscribe to the myth of the classicist subject, a subject characterized by a theoretically universal - and «universalizable» - ability to produce and consume «true, » impersonal language. The ineluctability of pluralism within the «individual, » as well as among people and sub-cultures, is a fundamental theme of Moliéresque comedy, and is particularly important in the plays studied here. The critical study of discourses which has flourished in recent criticism and theory has not only a legitimate object of study, but also a precursor and ally in Molière.

Essays on French Comic Drama from the 1640s to the 1780s

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Publisher : Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
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Book Synopsis Essays on French Comic Drama from the 1640s to the 1780s by : Derek F. Connon

Download or read book Essays on French Comic Drama from the 1640s to the 1780s written by Derek F. Connon and published by Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a rich collection of essays on French comic drama of the period from the renewal of comic drama in the 1640s to the eve of the French Revolution. The book offers exciting new studies of individual works and authors, while giving full consideration to broader issues. Major authors (such as Molière, Marivaux and Beaumarchais) are treated alongside authors who, while famous in their day and instrumental in the development of the genre, have lesser reputations today. The collection reveals the continuities, variations and new departures in the diverse comic traditions of the period in the different Paris theatres, including both the officially recognised Comédie-Française and Comédie-Italienne and the independent commercial Fair companies.

Intruders in the Play World

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Intruders in the Play World by : Roxanne Decker Lalande

Download or read book Intruders in the Play World written by Roxanne Decker Lalande and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike the ingenue, the servant girl frequently participates as a shrewd countertactician in the ludic sphere. Toinette in Le Malade imaginaire provides an enlightening example of this character type, but her hilarity is not so much a sign of participation in the play world as a direct attack upon it.