Download or read book Seriously Funny written by Howard Jacobson and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation of the origins of comedy and the meaning of laughter, drawing on biology, anthropology, classical studies, behavioural science, philosophy and psychology - with a few authorial jokes along the way.
Download or read book Sublime to Ridiculous written by Terri Powers and published by . This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sublime Ridiculous and Profane written by Lillian Randall and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime written by Slavoj Žižek and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sublime Ridiculous written by George H. Coes and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SUBLIME RIDICULOUS written by George H. Coes and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book What Have You Done written by Louis Zorich and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All actors, and many other performers, have one experience in common - the audition. This process is often a dreaded, nerve-wracking trial by fire, but it is also a source of many a great story. What Have You Done? is a treasure trove of such stories." "With hundreds of anecdotes from and about the illustrious and the anonymous, Louis Zorich brings us up on stage, into the producer's office, onto the casting couch - and, frequently, through the exit door - to share how a brief few moments can seem like an eternity, and how individual triumphs and failures reveal the enduring spirit of the performer. Included are stories about Robert De Niro, Madonna, Oprah Winfrey, Renee Zellweger, Barbra Streisand, James Dean, Will Ferrell, Nathan Lane, and many more." --Book Jacket.
Download or read book From the sublime to the ridiculous written by S. W. Clark and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Madame Ridiculous and Lady Sublime written by Elouise M. Bell and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She has always been funny. Now retired in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (What a change from Provo, Utah!), Elouise adds a hint of nostalgia. As always, she captures in a few words the essence of a situation--such as what it has been like being a woman then and now. Mostly she finds irony in life's little absurdities. But she also offers an honest, bittersweet reminiscence of her late, reclusive father that may draw readers into their own private reverie. She contrasts quaint, country-ish cafes of bygone days with lackluster chain restaurants. She thinks about how we used to say "Sir" or "Miss" and now opt for the politically correct "Umm." But whether reaching into a past century to "cheer the sublime plums of pioneer Patty Sessions," remembering a magnificent watchdog named Maggie, musing about "sleeping beauties who wake up," or relating her funniest night at the opera, she reminds us of a common humanity: a persistent awkwardness with ourselves and the occasional goodness that we all share.
Download or read book From the Ridiculous to the Sublime written by Marjorie Easter Kemp and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful written by Edmund Burke and published by . This book was released on 1803 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lesbian Lyre written by Jeffrey M. Duban and published by CLAIRVIEW BOOKS. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed by Plato as the “Tenth Muse” of ancient Greek poetry, Sappho is inarguably antiquity’s greatest lyric poet. Born over 2,600 years ago on the Greek island of Lesbos, and writing amorously of women and men alike, she is the namesake lesbian. What’s left of her writing, and what we know of her, is fragmentary. Shrouded in mystery, she is nonetheless repeatedly translated and discussed – no, appropriated – by all. Sappho has most recently undergone a variety of treatments by agenda-driven scholars and so-called poet-translators with little or no knowledge of Greek. Classicist-translator Jeffrey Duban debunks the postmodernist scholarship by which Sappho is interpreted today and offers translations reflecting the charm and elegant simplicity of the originals. Duban provides a reader-friendly overview of Sappho’s times and themes, exploring her eroticism and Greek homosexuality overall. He introduces us to Sappho’s highly cultured island home, to its lyre-accompanied musical legends, and to the fabled beauty of Lesbian women. Not least, he emphasizes the proximity of Lesbos to Troy, making the translation and enjoyment of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey a further focus. More than anything else, argues Duban, it is free verse and its rampant legacy – and no two persons more than Walt Whitman and Ezra Pound – that bear responsibility for the ruin of today’s classics in translation, to say nothing of poetry in the twentieth century. Beyond matters of reflection for classicists, Duban provides a far-ranging beginner’s guide to classical literature, with forays into Spenser and Milton, and into the colonial impulse of Virgil, Spenser, and the West at large.
Download or read book Sublime and ridiculous written by Stephen J. Sidelinger and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sublime and the Ridiculous written by Ashley Burgoyne and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From birds and beasts, fairy tales, dreams and flights of fancy to harsh reality, this weird and wonderful collection of poetry takes you on an emotional journey through life. Birth, growth, love and loss are explored through humour, high drama and tight poetic forms. It is a unique poetic journey that is, like life, sublime and ridiculous.
Download or read book Tales Ridiculous and Sublime written by Cyril Smith and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TALES RIDICULOUS AND SUBLIME There is something for all tastes in these Tales GINGER This is about a kind hearted chap who does not always get things right at work and who rescues two pets from owners who could no longer look after the creatures. JAKE is a beautiful hound. The important part of this tale is fact. The remainder is fi ction. All animal lovers will understand the bond between Jake and his master Nigel. TRADE SECRET is entirely fi ction about a family that has its own small company and the men-folk are excellent tree surgeons except that on one occasion the instructions were not carried out correctly. THE HAPPY ONE about Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy is a very brief biography of Mendelssohn who composed some very beautiful music. THE WEDDING where several events occur to make a couple’s special day a little haphazard to say the least. HAMMER & SICKLE a purely imaginary piece of work that will make any secret agent smile. THE REFUSE MAN although all the characters are fi ctitious there is an element of fact in the story of an innocent individual being accused of doing wrong and the dreadful consequences. SHERLOCK HOMES one will have to read this story about a very strange homicide case and why HOMES is spelt this way. THE REVEREND a kind and gentle man has more than he bargains for when he opens the door one night. Read on to see how the story evolves.
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Download or read book from the Ridiculous to The Sublime written by Ted Harrison and published by Balta Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
