Forgetting Lots Wife
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Forgetting Lot S Wife
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Author : Martin Harries
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2009-08-25
Forgetting Lot S Wife written by Martin Harries and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-25 with Performing Arts categories.
Can looking at disaster and mass death destroy us? Forgetting Lot’s Wife provides a theory and a fragmentary history of destructive spectatorship in the twentieth century. Its subject is the notion that the sight of historical catastrophe can destroy the spectator. The fragments of this history all lead back to the story of Lot’s wife: looking back at the destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, she turns into a pillar of salt. This biblical story of punishment and transformation, a nexus of sexuality, sight, and cities, becomes the template for the modern fear that looking back at disaster might petrify the spectator. Although rarely articulated directly, this idea remains powerful in our culture. This book traces some of its aesthetic, theoretical, and ethical consequences. Harries traces the figure of Lot’s wife across media. In extended engagements with examples from twentieth-century theater, film, and painting, he focuses on the theatrical theory of Antonin Artaud, a series of American films, and paintings by Anselm Kiefer. These examples all return to the story of Lot’s wife as a way to think about modern predicaments of the spectator. On the one hand, the sometimes veiled figure of Lot’s wife allows these artists to picture the desire to destroy the spectator; on the other, she stands as a sign of the potential danger to the spectator. These works, that is, enact critiques of the very desire that inspires them. The book closes with an extended meditation on September 11, criticizing the notion that we should have been destroyed by witnessing the events of that day.
Greek Religion And Culture The Bible And The Ancient Near East
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Author : Jan N. Bremmer
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008
Greek Religion And Culture The Bible And The Ancient Near East written by Jan N. Bremmer and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Religion categories.
This book greatly enhances our knowledge of the interrelationship of Greek religion & culture and the Ancient Near East by offering important analyses of Greek myths, divinities and terms like a ~magica (TM) and 'paradise', but also of the Greek contribution to the Christian notion of atonement.
Persecution Plague And Fire
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Author : Ellen MacKay
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2011-02-15
Persecution Plague And Fire written by Ellen MacKay and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
The theater of early modern England was a disastrous affair. The scant record of its performance demonstrates as much, for what we tend to remember today of the Shakespearean stage and its history are landmark moments of dissolution: the burning down of the Globe, the forced closure of playhouses during outbreaks of the plague, and the abolition of the theater by its Cromwellian opponents. Persecution, Plague, and Fire is a study of these catastrophes and the theory of performance they convey. Ellen MacKay argues that the various disasters that afflicted the English theater during its golden age were no accident but the promised end of a practice built on disappearance and erasure—a kind of fatal performance that left nothing behind but its self-effacing poetics. Bringing together dramatic theory, performance studies, and theatrical, religious, and cultural history, MacKay reveals the period’s radical take on the history and the future of the stage to show just how critical the relation was between early modern English theater and its public.
Nostalgia In The Early Modern World
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Author : Harriet Lyon
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2023-05-23
Nostalgia In The Early Modern World written by Harriet Lyon and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-23 with categories.
How can the concept of nostalgia illuminate the culturally specific ways in which societies understand the contested relationship between the past, present, and future? The word nostalgia was invented in the late seventeenth century to describe the debilitating effects of homesickness. Now widely defined as a sense of longing for a lost past, initially it was more closely linked with dislocation in space. By exploring some of its many textual, visual and musical manifestations in the tumultuous period between c. 1350 and 1800, this volume resists the assumption that nostalgia is a distinctive by-product of modernity. It also forges a fruitful link between three lively areas of current scholarly enquiry: memory, temporality, and emotion. The contributors deploy nostalgia as a tool for investigating perceptions of the passage of time and historical change, unsettling experiences of migration and geographical displacement, and the connections between remembering and forgetting, affect and imagination. Ranging across Europe and the Atlantic world, they examine the moments, sites and communities in which it arose, alongside how it was used to express both criticism and regret about the religious, political, social and cultural upheavals that shaped the early modern world. They approach it as a complex mixed feeling that opens a new window into individual subjectivities and collective mentalities.
Remember Lots Wife Two Godly And Fruitfull Sermons Etc B L
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Author : John CARPENTER (Minister at Norleigh, Devon.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1588
Remember Lots Wife Two Godly And Fruitfull Sermons Etc B L written by John CARPENTER (Minister at Norleigh, Devon.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1588 with categories.
The Forgotten Wife
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Author : Emma Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Bookouture
Release Date : 2020-01-27
The Forgotten Wife written by Emma Robinson and has been published by Bookouture this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-27 with categories.
When you see them, they are so happy, so in love. He's holding the door open for her, she's pregnant. You think: she has everything I don't. Everything I ever dreamed of... When Shelley first met Greg, her life had been full of possibility. A whirlwind romance, a dream wedding, moving into their first house together, thinking about starting a family... But now it's ten years since their wedding. Greg has gone. And there's a room in the house where Shelley has shut a baby blanket away. In a box, under a bed, in a spare room, behind a door that she never opens. If it's there, she can forget about it. Just like everything else in that room. Just like her other memories. Of a marriage that perhaps hadn't been perfect. Of a life that hadn't gone the way she had expected. She's been managing to hide from her past. Every day she acts like everything is normal. Going to work and following a routine helps her pretend the bad stuff never happened. Until one day, everything changes. She sees the couple moving in next door, giggling as they walk up the path to their new home. The woman is pregnant. It's like she has everything that Shelley has lost. But when Shelley properly meets Lara, she soon discovers she is in fact carrying a heartache to match Shelley's own. As her friendship with Lara deepens, Shelley starts to wonder what might happen if she opens the box she's hidden away. Will the secrets from her past - about what she lost, what she's hiding from, and what she has been doing her best to forget - destroy her? A heartbreaking emotional drama about the power of friendship that will make readers laugh and cry, perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Dani Atkins and Daniela Sacerdoti. Readers are loving The Forgotten Wife 'I'm not sure where to start with this review as I just loved this book so much. If I could give it more than 5 stars I would!... I laughed out loud, I gasped and I sobbed like a small child. Everything you could want from a book and more.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'The book is heartbreaking, eye-opening and also hilarious in places. If you read one book this year, make it this.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'This book took me on an extreme emotional roller-coaster ride... I couldn't put [it] down, it's a fantastic but also heartbreaking read, extremely emotional and will bring tears to everyone that reads it.' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars 'A heart-warming, emotional read with real depth.' S.E. Lynes, 5 stars 'I was so excited for this book and the wait was completely worth it!!... I have gasped, laughed and cried throughout the book. It is a fantastic read that I could not put down! I cannot recommend Emma's books enough!' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars Readers love Emma Robinson: 'Omg! What a heartbreaking story... My absolute favourite book ever!' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars 'I'm not sure I have an adequate vocabulary to explain how much I loved this book! I couldn't put it down and read it in just a day...This beautiful book deals with difficult issues, but does so sensitively and with huge empathy and a whole lot of heart.' Jan's Book Buzz, 5 stars
The Wife He Couldn T Forget
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Author : Yvonne Lindsay
language : en
Publisher: Harlequin
Release Date : 2015-06-01
The Wife He Couldn T Forget written by Yvonne Lindsay and has been published by Harlequin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-01 with Fiction categories.
A husband's amnesia means a second chance at love in this story by USA TODAY bestselling author Yvonne Lindsay After an accident leaves Xander Jackson with no memory of the past several years, he doesn't realize he walked out on his marriage. And his wife, Olivia, grabs this chance to start over with the man she still desires. Allowing Xander to believe they're still the passionate, loving couple they once were is one thing. But Olivia must also hide all evidence of the devastating loss that destroyed their relationship. It's the biggest gamble of her life…and everything depends on reclaiming Xander's heart.
The Man Who Forgot His Wife
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Author : John O'Farrell
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-03-15
The Man Who Forgot His Wife written by John O'Farrell and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-15 with Fiction categories.
Lots of husbands forget things: they forget that their wife had an important meeting that morning; they forget to pick up the dry cleaning; some of them even forget their wedding anniversary. But Vaughan has forgotten he even has a wife. Her name, her face, their history together, everything she has ever told him, everything he has said to her - it has all gone, mysteriously wiped in one catastrophic moment of memory loss. And now he has rediscovered her - only to find out that they are getting divorced. The Man Who Forgot His Wife is the funny, moving and poignant story of a man who has done just that. And who will try anything to turn back the clock and have one last chance to reclaim his life.
Social Dance And The Modernist Imagination In Interwar Britain
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Author : Rishona Zimring
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2013
Social Dance And The Modernist Imagination In Interwar Britain written by Rishona Zimring and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
Arguing that social dance haunted the interwar imagination, Zimring reveals the powerful figurative importance of music and dance, both in the aftermath of war, and during Britain's entrance into cosmopolitan modernity and the modernization of gender relations. Analysing paintings, films, memoirs, ballet, documentary texts and writings by Modernist authors, Zimring illuminates the ubiquitous presence of social dance in the British imagination during a time of cultural transition and recuperation.
The Aesthetics Of Horror Films
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Author : Forrest Adam Sopuck
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-09-24
The Aesthetics Of Horror Films written by Forrest Adam Sopuck and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-24 with Philosophy categories.
This book analyzes the nature and functions of horror films from the vantage of a theoretical reconstruction of George Santayana’s account of beauty. This neo-Santayanan framework forms the conceptual backdrop for a new model of horror’s aesthetic enjoyment, the nature of which is detailed through the examination of plot, cinematic, and visual devices distinctive of the popular genre. According to this model, the audience derives pleasure from the films through confronting the aversive scenarios they communicate and rationalizing a denial of their personal applicability. The films then come to embody these acts of self-assertion and intellectual overcoming and become objects of pride. How horror films can acquire necropolitical functions within the context of abusive systems of power is also clarified. These functions, which exploit the power of anti-tragedy, downward social comparison, or vicarious emotion, work to remediate aggressive, ascetic, or revolutionary impulses in ways that are not injurious to the status quo. This book champions horror as a source of self-empowerment and unmitigated beauty, but also attests to the potential social harms of the genre.