Download or read book Wuhan written by John Fletcher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multi-stranded historical epic set in China in 1937, when Wuhan stood alone against a whirlwind of war and violence. 'Fletcher impresses in this searing debut... Fletcher makes all his characters realistic, even if they only appear briefly, and excels at portraying the horrors of war and the moral challenges it poses. Fans of J.G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun will be riveted' Publishers Weekly, Starred Review 1937. CHINA IS AT WAR. Soldiers of the Empire of Japan sweep through the country, killing and displacing the millions who stand in their way. As vast swathes of the country fall to the invaders, Wuhan, an industrial city in the centre of China, is appointed wartime capital. While the rest of the world looks the other way, the citizens of Wuhan stand alone against a whirlwind of violence – transforming militarily, educationally, medically and culturally. Their heroic efforts halted the Japanese. Weaving together a multitude of narratives, Wuhan is a historical fiction epic that pulls no punches: the heart-in-mouth tale of a peasant family forced onto a thousand-mile refugee death-march; the story of Lao She – China's greatest writer – leaving his family in a war zone to assist with the propaganda effort in Wuhan; the hellish battlefields of the Sino-Japanese war; the approaching global conflict seen through a host of colourful characters – from Chiang Kai-Shek, China's nationalist leader, to Peter Fleming, a British journalist based in Wuhan and the prototype for his younger brother Ian Fleming's James Bond.
Download or read book The Tamer Tamed written by John Fletcher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tamer Tamed is the subtitle or alternative title to John Fletcher's The Woman's Prize, a comedic sequel and reply to The Taming of the Shrew. The plot switches the gender roles of Shakespeare's play: the women seek to tame the men. Katherine (the "shrew" of the original) has died, and Petruchio takes a second wife, Maria. Maria denounces her former mildness and vows not to sleep with Petruchio until she "turn him and bend him as [she] list, and mold him into a babe again." After many comedic exchanges and plot twists, Petruchio is finally "tamed" in the eyes of Maria, and the play ends with the two reconciled. The play is seen to reflect how society's views of women, femininity, and "domestic propriety" were beginning to change. It is said that Fletcher wrote this play to attract Shakespeare's attention - the two went on to collaborate on at least three plays together. This brand new New Mermaid edition offers unique and fresh insight into the critical interpretation of the play. It builds on current critical foundations (the relationship with Taming of the Shrew, gender relations etc) and suggests different areas of interest (popular associations of the shrew, the question of reputation, and a re-examination of the play's structure). as well as examining stage history and recent productions.
Download or read book The Selected Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher written by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 3734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life of Francis Beaumont Life of John Fletcher Prefaces Commendatory poems Verses on an honest man s fortune Beaumont s letter to Jonson Last editor s preface Maid s tragedy Philaster King and no king Scornful lady Custom of the country Elder brother Spanish curate Wit without money Beggar s bush Humorous lieutenant Faithful shepherdess Mad lover Loyal subject Rule a wife and have a wife Laws of candy False one written by Francis Beaumont and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Selected Poems of John Gould Fletcher written by John Fletcher and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 1988-07-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pulitzer Prize winner best known as an imagist, John Gould Fletcher experimented with every facet of Modernist poetry and influenced poets in both England and the United States. this is the first collection to span his entire career, and brings again to the public eye work that has been unavailable for thirty-five years. Fletcher is responsible for introducing Ezra Pound to French symbolism, and Amy Lowell to “polyphonic prose,” and his connection with the Southern Fugitive Agrarian movement adds to his significance as the first modern Southern poet. The editors have chosen representative works for his many stages of development and discuss in the introduction Fletcher’s influence on the better-known modernists. Selected Poems of John Gould Fletcher is the first n a series of books by or about Fletcher to fill an important space in home and public libraries with American literature collections.
Download or read book John Fletcher s Rome written by Domenico Lovascio and published by Revels Plays Companion Library. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines Fletcher's Roman plays and identifies disorientation as the unifying principle of his portrayal of imperial Rome. The book sheds new light on his intellectual life by arguing that his dramatization of Rome exudes a sense of scepticism over the authority of Roman models resulting from his irreverent approach to the classics.
Download or read book The Meaning of Pentecost in Early Methodism written by Laurence W. Wood and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Fletcher was an influential figure in the history of Methodism. This study, based on a reading of the primary sources in Fletcher and John Wesley, looks at Fletcher's pneumatological and dispensational themes and examines Fletcher's relationship with Wesley and other significant figures of early Methodism in England and America. The author, professor of systematic theology at Asbury Theological Seminary, argues that Fletcher and Wesley agreed on the meaning of sanctification in light of the language of the Pentecost. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book The whole works of John Fletcher written by John William Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Select Plays by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher written by Francis Beaumont and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher written by Francis Fletcher, John Beaumont and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher by Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher
Download or read book Tourism written by Chris Cooper and published by Ft Press. This book was released on 2007-06-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text introduces the fundamental principles of tourism and provides a framework that effectively integrates theory and practice. A global and diverse spread of examples shows the impacts and influences of this fast-changing industry on its environment and vice versa. Companion website includes an Instructor's Manual and Powerpoint slides for the tutor; self-assessment questions, weblinks and a glossary of key terms for the student. Suitable for a wide range of introductory and other modules on undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in Tourism
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Download or read book The Works of Rev John Fletcher written by John Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
