The Impossible Craft
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The Impossible Craft
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Author : Scott Donaldson
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2015-02-16
The Impossible Craft written by Scott Donaldson and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-16 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In The Impossible Craft, Scott Donaldson explores the rocky territory of literary biography, the most difficult that biographers try to navigate. Writers are accustomed to controlling the narrative, and notoriously opposed to allowing intruders on their turf. They make bonfires of their papers, encourage others to destroy correspondence, write their own autobiographies, and appoint family or friends to protect their reputations as official biographers. Thomas Hardy went so far as to compose his own life story to be published after his death, while falsely assigning authorship to his widow. After a brief background sketch of the history of biography from Greco-Roman times to the present, Donaldson recounts his experiences in writing biographies of a broad range of twentieth-century American writers: Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Cheever, Archibald MacLeish, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Winfield Townley Scott, and Charlie Fenton. Donaldson provides readers with a highly readable insiders’ introduction to literary biography. He suggests how to conduct interviews, and what not to do during the process. He offers sound advice about how closely biographers should identify with their subjects. He examines the ethical obligations of the biographer, who must aim for the truth without unduly or unnecessarily causing discomfort or worse to survivors. He shows us why and how misinformation comes into existence and tends to persist over time. He describes “the mythical ideal biographer,” an imaginary creature of universal intelligence and myriad talents beyond the reach of any single human being. And he suggests how its very impossibility makes the goal of writing a biography that captures the personality of an author a challenge well worth pursuing.
Impossible Mission
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Author : Northwestern Publishing House Staff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999-01-01
Impossible Mission written by Northwestern Publishing House Staff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with categories.
The Impossible Fridge
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Author : Tom Sandqvist
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Impossible Fridge written by Tom Sandqvist and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Aesthetics categories.
Bible Stories Crafts New Testament
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Author : Mary Tucker
language : en
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Release Date : 2007-01-10
Bible Stories Crafts New Testament written by Mary Tucker and has been published by Teacher Created Resources this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-10 with Religion categories.
Bible stories from the Old and New Testaments are presented in creative ways to help children understand God's work and His presence in their everyday lives. Each story is accompanied by discussion questions, a memory verse, and a fun craft activity.
Style In Defence Of Arts Crafts
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Author : Annie Warburton
language : en
Publisher: Machine Books
Release Date : 2015-08-25
Style In Defence Of Arts Crafts written by Annie Warburton and has been published by Machine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-25 with Architecture categories.
This series is about style. Philosopher Georg Lukacs described the style of a piece of work as the attempt to reproduce one's view of the world within it. Looked at in this way, he says, style ceases to be a formalistic category but rather, “it is rooted in content; it is the specific form of a specific content.” After all, style is not technique, but ought to convey an intention. Sociologist Georg Simmel said that style is the aesthetic attempt to provide a “unifying encompassing context”. This series is about the content and context of style. Undoubtedly, it will irritate and enthuse but it is intended to be a fillip for our contemporary era in which style is often equated with fashion - where style can be dismissed in order to avoid dealing with its essence. Therefore these essays are not style over substance, but the very substance of style. The De Stijl manifesto of 1918 argued that the liberal arts should engage in a dialogue to create a new “wisdom of life”. The robustness of these essays suggests that such an ambition still resonates. Such an exchange can still appear vital and captivating. Each Style: In Defence Of… confronts us with new ideas for contemplation and critique. We hope that minds might be open to critically engage with each of these polemical bulletins. In so doing, we might reasonably formulate what we stand for.
Sloppy Craft
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Author : Elaine Cheasley Paterson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-09-24
Sloppy Craft written by Elaine Cheasley Paterson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-24 with Design categories.
Sloppy Craft: Postdisciplinarity and the Crafts brings together leading international artists and critics to explore the possibilities and limitations of the idea of 'sloppy craft' – craft that is messy or unfinished looking in its execution or appearance, or both. The contributors address 'sloppiness' in contemporary art and craft practices including painting, weaving, sewing and ceramics, consider the importance of traditional concepts of skill, and the implications of sloppiness for a new 21st century emphasis on inter- and postdisciplinarity, as well as for activist, performance, queer and Aboriginal practices. In addition to critical essays, the book includes a 'conversation' section in which contemporary artists and practitioners discuss challenges and opportunities of 'sloppy craft' in their practice and teaching, and an afterword by Glenn Adamson.
Craft And The Kingly Ideal
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Author : Mary W. Helms
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2013-08-26
Craft And The Kingly Ideal written by Mary W. Helms and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-26 with Social Science categories.
In ancient Mediterranean cultures, diamonds were thought to endow their owners with invincibility. In contemporary United States culture, a foreign-made luxury car is believed to give its owner status and prestige. Where do these beliefs come from? In this study of craft production and long-distance trade in traditional, nonindustrial societies, Mary W. Helms explores the power attributed to objects that either are produced by skilled artisans and/or come from "afar." She argues that fine artisanship and long-distance trade, both of which are more available to powerful elites than to ordinary people, are means of creating or acquiring tangible objects that embody intangible powers and energies from the cosmological realms of gods, ancestors, or heroes. Through the objects, these qualities become available to human society and confer honor and power on their possessors. Helms’ novel approach equates trade with artistry and emphasizes acquisition rather than distribution. She rejects the classic Western separation between economics and aesthetics and offers a new paradigm for understanding traditional societies that will be of interest to all anthropologists and archaeologists.
Speaking Shakespeare
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Author : Patsy Rodenburg
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-08-24
Speaking Shakespeare written by Patsy Rodenburg and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-24 with Drama categories.
From A Midsummer Night's Dream's Puck to Othello's Desdemona, this new edition of Speaking Shakespeare gives you all the necessary tools to bring any of Shakespeare's eclectic characters to life. Patsy Rodenburg uses practical exercises and textual analysis to hone in on your dramatic resonance, breathing and placement in order to unlock your potential for playing these iconic characters. Speeches and scenes such as Mark Antony's 'O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth' and the bloody scene in which Macbeth admits to Lady Macbeth that he has 'done the deed' are placed in context and discussed in depth. Combining clear practical, textual and imaginative work with a brilliant analysis of scenes and speeches from the whole range of Shakespeare's plays, this is an essential and inspiring guide for anyone working on his plays today. It brings a renewed focus on the language of power, so frequently spoken in the worlds of politicians and company directors, which will give readers insight into the potency of clear, direct communication, specifically in the context of Shakespeare. Each chapter has been revised following the author's 20 additional years of experience as a voice coach and includes techniques necessary for a clear and convincing performance.
Harsh Reality Impossible Dream
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Author : Shanise Craft
language : en
Publisher: Esinahs Incorporated
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Harsh Reality Impossible Dream written by Shanise Craft and has been published by Esinahs Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with categories.
Shanise Craft was born and raised among the harsh realities of an environment dominated by alcohol, drug use, welfare, and single motherhood. But none of that stopped her from dreaming a seemingly impossible dream. She was determined to succeed, rise above her environment, and break dark curses that gripped her family for years. Though she was focused and driven, her journey did not go quite as planned. After two destructive relationships, Shanise found herself raising four children alone. Never giving up on herself or her children, she knew she had to move in a new direction. Shanise thought she had it all but was quick to learn how easy material items could be gone in a blink of an eye. Without warning her life began to fall apart. General manager of a successful luxury car dealership....gone! She lost her home and even her church home...both gone! But God wasn't finished with her and his plans were yet to be revealed. Plans so overwhelming they tested her faith. Through each round of loss, Shanise realized more each time how God wanted the best for her. It was time to do away with old things, before new blessings would flow in abundance. Shanise Craft continued to dream with her eyes wide open, her faith remaining a driving force behind an inspirational story. God redirected her course while in the midst of her ever-changing world... transforming the impossible into the possible.
Craft Is Political
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Author : D Wood
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-04-22
Craft Is Political written by D Wood and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-22 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Throughout the 21st century, various craft practices have drawn the attention of academics and the general public in the West. In Craft is Political, D Wood has gathered a collection of essays to argue that this attention is a direct response to and critique of the particular economic, social and technological contexts in which we live. Just as Ruskin and Morris viewed craft and its ethos in the 1800s as a kind of political opposition to the Industrial Revolution, Wood and her authors contend that current craft activities are politically saturated when perspectives from the Global South, Indigenous ideology and even Western government policy are examined. Craft is Political argues that a holistic perspective on craft, in light of colonialism, post-colonialism, critical race theory and globalisation, is overdue. A great diversity of case studies is included, from craft and design in Turkey and craft markets in New Zealand to Indigenous practitioners in Taiwan and Finnish craft education. Craft is Political brings together authors from a variety of disciplines and nations to consider politicised craft.