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The Dubious Spectacle
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Author : Herbert Blau
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2002-01-01
The Dubious Spectacle written by Herbert Blau and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Performing Arts categories.
Spanning a quarter of a century, the essays in this book rehearse, in the movement of memory and cross-reflection, an extensive career in theater. The work of Herbert Blau-his directing, writing, and criticism-has been a determining force during this period as theater encounters theory. Blau's struggle to bring a critical intelligence to the American stage goes back half a century, to the quiescent postwar years (which he has eloquently described in The Impossible Theater: A Manifesto). His innovations in performance began with early productions of now-canonical plays that were hardly known at that time (works by Brecht, Beckett, Genet, Pinter, Duerrenmatt, and others). His experience is as distinctive as his versatile habits of mind and conceptual urgency of style. If the impossible takes a little time (as the title of one essay states), Blau's struggle now continues in a theoretical vein. Performance-and his own compelling writing- has moved across other genres and disciplines into fashion, politics, sexuality, and theory. His diversity of thought is demonstrated here in commentaries about the newer modes of performance (including conceptual and body art), various American playwrights, Renaissance drama, new music and theater, voice, the senses and the baroque, and the photographic image. As the essays reflect upon each other, a kind of cultural history, with inflections of autobiography, develops-which is what readers of Blau's previous books have come to expect.
Antonin Artaud
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Author : Edward Scheer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-04-04
Antonin Artaud written by Edward Scheer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-04 with Performing Arts categories.
This resource collects for the first time some of the best criticism on Artaud's life and work from writers such as Jacques Derrida, Julia Kristeva, Maurice Blanchot, Herbert Blau, Leo Bersani and Susan Sontag. Antonin Artaud was one of the most brilliant artists of the twentieth century. His writing influenced entire generations, from the French post-structuralists to the American beatniks. He was a key figure in the European cinema of the 1920s and '30s, and his drawings and sketches have been displayed in some of the major art galleries of the Western world. Possibly best known for his concept of a 'theatre of cruelty', his legacy has been to re-define the possibilities of live performance. Containing some of the most intellectually adventurous and emotionally passionate writings on Artaud, this book is essential reading for Artaud scholars working in arts disciplines including theatre, film, philosophy, literature and fine art.
Reality Principles
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Author : Herbert Blau
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2011-06-07
Reality Principles written by Herbert Blau and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
DIVA panoramic view of how we think about life and the imitation of life on stage/div
Performance In The Borderlands
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Author : R. Rivera-Servera
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-11-17
Performance In The Borderlands written by R. Rivera-Servera and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-17 with Performing Arts categories.
A border is a force of containment that inspires dreams of being overcome and crossed; motivates bodies to climb over; and threatens physical harm. This book critically examines a range of cultural performances produced in relation to the tensions and movements of/about the borders dividing North America, including the Caribbean.
The Oxford Handbook Sport And Spectacle In The Ancient World
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Author : Alison Futrell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-09
The Oxford Handbook Sport And Spectacle In The Ancient World written by Alison Futrell and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-09 with History categories.
Sport and spectacle in the ancient world has become a vital area of broad new exploration over the last few decades. This Handbook brings together the latest research on Greek and Roman manifestations of these pastimes to explore current approaches and open exciting new avenues of inquiry. It discusses historical perspectives, contest forms, contest-related texts, civic and social aspects, and use and meaning of the individual body. Greek and Roman topics are interwoven to simulate contest-like tensions and complementarities, juxtaposing, for example, violence in Greek athletics and Roman gladiatorial events, Greek and Roman chariot events, architectural frameworks for contests and games in the two cultures, and contrasting views of religion, bodily regimens, and judicial classification related to both cultures. It examines the social contexts of games, namely the evolution of sport and spectacle across cultural and political boundaries, and how games are adapted to multiple contexts and multiple purposes, reinforcing social hierarchies, performing shared values, and playing out deep cultural tensions. The volume also considers other directing forces in the ancient Mediterranean, such as Bronze Age Egypt and the Near East, Etruria, and early Christianity. It addresses important themes common to both antiquity and modern society, such as issues of class, gender, and health, as well as the popular culture of the modern Olympics and gladiators in cinema. With innovative perspectives from authoratative scholars on a wide range of topics, this Handbook will appeal to both students and researchers interested in ancient history, literature, sports, and games.
As If
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Author : Herbert Blau
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2011-06-08
As If written by Herbert Blau and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A legendary figure in American theater looks back
Poor Tom
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Author : Simon Palfrey
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2014-09-10
Poor Tom written by Simon Palfrey 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 2014-09-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
King Lear is perhaps the most fierce and moving play ever written. And yet there is a curious puzzle at its center. The figure to whom Shakespeare gives more lines than anyone except the king—Edgar—has often seemed little more than a blank, ignored and unloved, a belated moralizer who, try as he may, can never truly speak to the play’s savaged heart. He saves his blinded father from suicide, but even this act of care is shadowed by suspicions of evasiveness and bad faith. In Poor Tom, Simon Palfrey asks us to go beyond any such received understandings—and thus to experience King Lear as never before. He argues that the part of Edgar is Shakespeare’s most radical experiment in characterization, and his most exhaustive model of both human and theatrical possibility. The key to the Edgar character is that he spends most of the play disguised, much of it as “Poor Tom of Bedlam,” and his disguises come to uncanny life. The Edgar role is always more than one person; it animates multitudes, past and present and future, and gives life to states of being beyond the normal reach of the senses—undead, or not-yet, or ghostly, or possible rather than actual. And because the Edgar role both connects and retunes all of the figures and scenes in King Lear, close attention to this particular part can shine stunning new light on how the whole play works. The ultimate message of Palfrey’s bravura analysis is the same for readers or actors or audiences as it is for the characters in the play: see and listen feelingly; pay attention, especially when it seems as though there is nothing there.
Technology Self Fashioning And Politeness In Eighteenth Century Britain
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Author : A. Withey
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-12-03
Technology Self Fashioning And Politeness In Eighteenth Century Britain written by A. Withey and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-03 with History categories.
The second half of the eighteenth century brought important changes in attitudes towards shaping the body. New expectations of polite conduct, deportment and demeanour were projected onto the body, with emphasis laid upon neatness, elegance and a 'natural' body shape. Deformities were to be concealed, whilst bodily surfaces were managed to convey a harmonious whole. A large number of 'technologies of the body' were involved in this process, including wooden legs, elastic trusses, and even wigs. But the introduction of a new type of steel - cast steel - around 1750, offered new material possibilities for shaping the body. The physical properties of steel transformed the design and function of many instruments, from postural devices to spectacles, and even the smallest daily items of toilette. By no means was steel the only material involved in transforming the body. Neither did it simply sweep away all that had gone before. But, as an 'enlightened metal', cast steel was a key material in the refinement of the body.
The Last King S Last Will
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Author : Anita Wolf
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-03-16
The Last King S Last Will written by Anita Wolf and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-16 with Fiction categories.
It has been decades since the last human king of Goidelia died without naming a successor, as his will has disappeared. Now, the unsuspecting Matanie, of all people, is revealed as the heiress, attracting the interest of various factions with nefarious purposes. Together with her elven friends, she sets out find the will in order to destroy it. But soon it becomes unclear, where everyone's loyalties lie... Both fantasy fans and fantasy haters will look forward to the witty allusions and dry humour in this second volume of the Witch Hunters series.
The Duchess Of Malfi
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Author : Christina Luckyj
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-04-14
The Duchess Of Malfi written by Christina Luckyj and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
John Webster's classic revenge tragedy The Duchess of Malfi was first performed in 1613 and published in 1623. This guide offers students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including recent versions on stage and screen. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays presenting new critical positions that offer divergent perspectives on Webster's religio-political allegiances and the politics and gendering of secrecy in the play. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further individual research.