Degeneration, Normativity and the Gothic at the Fin De Siècle
Author: Stephan Karschay File Type: pdf This exciting new study looks at figures of degeneration and deviance in nineteenth-century science and late-Victorian Gothic fiction. The questions it raises are as relevant today as they were at the nineteenth centurys fin de siecle What constitutes the norm from which a deviation has occurred? When is a variation of the norm pronounced enough to qualify as pathological? What exactly does it mean to be normal or abnormal, and what happens if individuals find themselves on the wrong side of the divide? Stephan Karschay addresses these questions through extensive readings of works by scientists such as Darwin, Lombroso, Maudsley, and Krafft-Ebing, and the most famous Gothic novels of R. L. Stevenson, Arthur Machen, Bram Stoker, Richard Marsh, Oscar Wilde and Marie Corelli.
Author: Robert Gray
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The first of its kind, this landmark poetry anthology contains the work of Australias major poets as well as lesser-known but equally affectingwriters of Australian poetry since 1788. Ranging from concrete to prose poems, from the cerebral to the naive, from the humorous to the confessional, and from formal to free verse, this work also features translations of some striking Aboriginal song poems. With pieces from 170 Australian poets, as well as short critical biographies, this careful reevaluation of Australian poetry makes this a superb book that can be read and enjoyed over a lifetime.**
Author: Emanuel Vlček
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On the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the death of Charles IV in 1978, Professor Emanuel Vlcek, MD, DSc conducted research of the skeletal remains of the Pater patriae, which brought a number of surprising findings, important to a whole range of scientific disciplines at Charles University, and cast light on significant events in Charles life as well as on the cause of his death. The research has presented this prominent ruler as a human being, an ordinary mortal, suffering from many injuries and chronic diseases with which he was coping with indefatigable will, keeping in mind his commitments to God and Kingdom of Bohemia. It may be that all the pain and suffering also influenced his spirituality and his efforts to find salvation by attempting to realize his concept of the supreme being (Imitatio Christi). The results of the research by Professor Vlcek have been repeatedly published, but until now we have had no representative publication in English. The forthcoming celebrations of the 700th anniversary of Charles birth offer an opportunity to fill this gap.
Author: David Barnett
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David Barnett invites readers, students and theatremakers to discover new ways of apprehending and making use of Brecht in this clear and accessible study of Brechts theories and practices. The book analyses how Brechts ideas can come alive in rehearsal and performance, and reveals just how carefully Brecht realized his vision of a politicized, interventionist theatre. What emerges is a nuanced understanding of Brechts concepts, his work with actors and his approaches to directing. The reader is encouraged to engage with his method which sought to make theatre politically, in order to appreciate the innovations he introduced into his stagecraft. Barnett provides many examples of how Brechts ideas can be staged, and the final chapter takes a closer look at two very different plays one written by Brecht and one by a playwright with no acknowledged connection to Brecht. Through an interrogation of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Patrick Marbers Closer, Barnett asks how a Brechtian approach can enliven and illuminate production. **
Author: Tom Conley
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This compendium of original essays offers invaluable insights into the life and works of one of the most important and influential directors in the history of cinema, exploring his major films, philosophy, politics, and connections to other critics and directors. Presents a compendium of original essays offering invaluable insights into the life and works of one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema Features contributions from an international cast of major film theorists and critics Provides readers with both an in-depth reading of Godards major films and a sense of his evolution from the New Wave to his later political periods Brings fresh insights into the great directors biography, including reflections on his personal philosophy, politics, and connections to other critics and filmmakers Explores many of the 80 features Godard made in nearly 60 years, and includes coverage of his recent work in video This compendium of original essays offers invaluable insights into the life and works of one of the most important and influential directors in the history of cinema, exploring his major films, philosophy, politics, and connections to other critics and directors. ullPresents a compendium of original essays offering invaluable insights into the life and works of one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinemallFeatures contributions from an international cast of major film theorists and criticsllProvides readers with both an in-depth reading of Godards major films and a sense of his evolution from the New Wave to his later political periodsllBrings fresh insights into the great directors biography, including reflections on his personal philosophy, politics, and connections to other critics and filmmakersllExplores many of the 80 features Godard made in nearly 60 years, and includes coverage of his recent work in videolul**
Author: Spiro Kostof
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How did architects get to be architects in any given period in history? How were they trained? How did they find their clients and communicate with them? What did society think of them? Spiro Kostofs The Architect, a collection of essays by historians and architects, explores these and other intriguing questions about the profession of architecture. The first book in more than fifty years to survey the profession from its beginnings in ancient Egypt to the modern day, it is the most complete synthesis to date of our knowledge of how the architects profession developed. Included are a major study of the Beaux-Arts, a vivid memoir by the distinguished architect Josephy Esherick, and an excellent chapter on women which demostrates how the ethic of professionalism has contributed to the exploitation of women in this as in many other professions. The Architect places the current dilemma about the architects role in society in historical perspective and offers a good overview of the development of one of the worlds oldest professions. **
Author: Alessandro Ferrara
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span orphans 2 widows 2Inspanspan box-sizing inherit orphans 2 widows 2Rousseau and Critical Theoryspanspan orphans 2 widows 2, Alessandro Ferrara argues that among the modern philosophers who have shaped the world we inhabit, Rousseau is the one to whom we owe the idea that identity can be a source of normativity (moral and political) and that an identitys potential for playing such a role rests on its capacity for being authentic. This normative idea of authenticity brings unity to Rousseaus reflections on the negative effects of the social order, on the just political order, on education, and more generally, on ethics. It is also shown to contain important teachings for contemporary Critical Theory, contemporary views of self-constitution (Korsgaard, Frankfurt and Larmore), and contemporary political philosophy.span
Author: Pang Hwan Ju
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The Kimjongilia is a very large flower and sometimes exceeds 25centimetres in diameter. It is a new variety of the tuberous begoniawhich puts forth glossy and crimson polypetalous flowers of lionshapedflowering. I bred it in my flower garden in 1988, named itKimjongilia and presented it to the dear General Kim Jong Il as a gift.The tuberous begonia is a flowering plant which has been evolvedthrough protracted and complicated crossbreeding of several purebreeds whose original home is the highlands of the Andes in SouthAmerica like Bolivia and Peru. So, if it is grown in the places cool insummer and not very cold in winter and where the sun shines for morethan 12 hours a day like on the highlands of the tropical regions, goodflowers can be bloomed all the year round.
Author: Ada Wolin
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Of the many girl-groups that came out of the 1960s, none is more idiosyncratic and influential than the Shangri-Las. They were together only five years, but within that time they subverted pop standards and foreshadowed a generation of tough women in music. Critically, they are not lauded in the way of the Ronettes, and they are certainly not a household name like the Supremes. They were a little too low-brow with an uncouth flair for theatrics that has placed them just left of the girl-group canon. This book examines the still-elusive validation of 1960s girl-groups as a whole, but also paradoxically aims to free the Shangri-Las from that category, viewing them instead with the sort of individuality traditionally afforded to rock groups. They were somehow able to challenge the status quo under the guise of sticky-sweet pop, a feat not many pop groups can achieve, but which they do fleetingly but not insubstantially in Golden Hits of the Shangri-Las. About the Author Ada Wolin is a Brooklyn-born, Chicago-based writer. A recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she now works at Booklist.