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Staging The Peninsular War
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Author : Susan Valladares
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-09
Staging The Peninsular War written by Susan Valladares and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-09 with Performing Arts categories.
From Napoleon's invasion of Portugal in 1807 to his final defeat at Waterloo, the English theatres played a crucial role in the mediation of the Peninsular campaign. In the first in-depth study of English theatre during the Peninsular War, Susan Valladares contextualizes the theatrical treatment of the war within the larger political and ideological axes of Romantic performance. Exploring the role of spectacle in the mediation of war and the links between theatrical productions and print culture, she argues that the popularity of theatre-going and the improvisation and topicality unique to dramatic performance make the theatre an ideal lens for studying the construction of the Peninsular War in the public domain. Without simplifying the complex issues involved in the study of citizenship, communal identities, and ideological investments, Valladares recovers a wartime theatre that helped celebrate military engagements, reform political sympathies, and register the public’s complex relationship with Britain’s military campaign in the Iberian Peninsula. From its nuanced reading of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's Pizarro (1799), to its accounts of wartime productions of Shakespeare, description of performances at the minor theatres, and detailed case study of dramatic culture in Bristol, Valladares’s book reveals how theatrical entertainments reflected and helped shape public feeling on the Peninsular campaign.
Samuel Wesley 1766 837 A Source Book
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Author : Michael Kassler
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Samuel Wesley 1766 837 A Source Book written by Michael Kassler and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Music categories.
Hailed as a child prodigy and later acclaimed as England's finest extempore organist, Samuel Wesley - son of Charles Wesley and nephew of John Wesley, the founders of Methodism - is best known today for his musical compositions and for his promotion of the music of J. S. Bach. At the heart of this source book is a calendar of Samuel Wesley's correspondence. The editors date and summarise the content of over 1100 surviving letters and other documents, most of which have not previously been published. The book accordingly reveals considerable new information about Wesley and his complex personal affairs, including his incarceration for debt and his confinement in a lunatic asylum for a year. Many details are provided about London musical life in the era from Boyce to Mendelssohn that prior scholars have not taken into account. The book also presents a chronology of Wesley's life, a descriptive list of his nearly 550 musical and literary works, a discography, an iconography and a bibliography. It therefore is the most comprehensive available reference source for Wesley's life, times and music.
The Journal Of The Senate During The Session Of The Legislature Of The State Of California
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Author : California. Legislature. Senate
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1907
The Journal Of The Senate During The Session Of The Legislature Of The State Of California written by California. Legislature. Senate and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1907 with California categories.
Abigail Adams
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Author : Woody Holton
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-06-01
Abigail Adams written by Woody Holton and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Winner of the Bancroft Prize The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice American Heritage, Best of 2009 In this vivid new biography of Abigail Adams, the most illustrious woman of the founding era, Bancroft Award–winning historian Woody Holton offers a sweeping reinterpretation of Adams’s life story and of women’s roles in the creation of the republic. Using previously overlooked documents from numerous archives, Abigail Adams shows that the wife of the second president of the United States was far more charismatic and influential than historians have realized. One of the finest writers of her age, Adams passionately campaigned for women’s education, denounced sex discrimination, and matched wits not only with her brilliant husband, John, but with Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. When male Patriots ignored her famous appeal to "Remember the Ladies," she accomplished her own personal declaration of independence: Defying centuries of legislation that assigned married women’s property to their husbands, she amassed a fortune in her own name. Adams’s life story encapsulates the history of the founding era, for she defined herself in relation to the people she loved or hated (she was never neutral), a cast of characters that included her mother and sisters; Benjamin Franklin and James Lovell, her husband’s bawdy congressional colleagues; Phoebe Abdee, her father’s former slave; her financially naïve husband; and her son John Quincy. At once epic and intimate, Abigail Adams, sheds light on a complicated, fascinating woman, one of the most beloved figures of American history.
The Rogue Republic
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Author : William C. Davis
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2011-04-20
The Rogue Republic written by William C. Davis and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-20 with History categories.
The little-known story of the West Florida Revolt: “One rollicking good book.” —Jay Winik When Britain ceded the territory of West Florida—what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida—to Spain in 1783, America was still too young to confidently fight in one of Europe’s endless territorial contests. So it was left to the settlers, bristling at Spanish misrule, to establish a foothold in the area. Enter the Kemper brothers, whose vigilante justice culminated in a small band of American residents drafting a constitution and establishing a new government. By the time President Madison sent troops to occupy the territory, assert US authority under the Louisiana Purchase, and restore order, West Florida’s settlers had already announced their independence, becoming our country’s shortest-lived rogue “republic.” Meticulously researched and populated with some of American history’s most colorful and little-known characters, this is the story of a young country testing its power on the global stage, as well as an examination of how the frontier spirit came to define the nation’s character. The Rogue Republic shows how hardscrabble frontiersmen and gentleman farmers planted the seeds of civil war, marked the dawn of Manifest Destiny, and laid the groundwork for the American empire. “A significant study of an obscure but highly revealing moment in American history . . . Not only does Davis cast a bright light into these murky corners of our national past, he does so with a grace and clarity equal to the best historical writing today.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “A well-documented account of ‘America’s second and smallest rebellion,’ led by a simple storekeeper named Reuben Kemper . . . Davis tells this story with nuance and panache.” —Publishers Weekly
The String Quartets Of Beethoven
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Author : William Kinderman
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2010-10-01
The String Quartets Of Beethoven written by William Kinderman and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-01 with Music categories.
"We do not understand music--it understands us." This aphorism by Theodor W. Adorno expresses the quandary and the fascination many listeners have felt in approaching Beethoven's late quartets. No group of compositions occupies a more central position in chamber music, yet the meaning of these works continues to stimulate debate. William Kinderman's The String Quartets of Beethoven stands as the most detailed and comprehensive exploration of the subject. It collects new work by leading international scholars who draw on a variety of historical sources and analytical approaches to offer fresh insights into the aesthetics of the quartets, probing expressive and structural features that have hitherto received little attention. This volume also includes an appendix with updated information on the chronology and sources of the quartets and a detailed bibliography.
Nasa Technical Note
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Nasa Technical Note written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with categories.
Accounts And Papers Viz Returns From The Boards Of Customs And Excise Relative To The Trade With The East Indies And China
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1813
Accounts And Papers Viz Returns From The Boards Of Customs And Excise Relative To The Trade With The East Indies And China written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1813 with China categories.
The Present State Of Portugal And Of The Portuguese Army
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Author : Andrew Halliday
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1812
The Present State Of Portugal And Of The Portuguese Army written by Andrew Halliday and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1812 with Peninsular War, 1807-1814 categories.
The Chinese Gazette In European Sources
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Author : Nicolas Standaert
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-01-31
The Chinese Gazette In European Sources written by Nicolas Standaert and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-31 with History categories.
The Chinese gazette as a publicly available government publication was distributed in a variety of formats since the twelfth century. Little is known, however, about its form and content before 1800. By looking at China from the periphery, this study shows how European sources offer a unique way of expanding the knowledge about the gazette of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Its interconnected history illustrates how the Chinese gazette, as translated by European missionaries, became a major source for reflections on state and society by Enlightenment thinkers. It thus joined a global public much earlier than so far assumed.