Download or read book The Cleopatra Boy written by Eric Malpass and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2001 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Shakespeare has reached middle age. England is at a critical point in its history: Queen Elizabeth is dead, James I is waiting to claim the English throne, and the plague menaces once again. William Shakespeare is a much-changed man. Returning to London from Stratford, he is struggling with his own personal crises - not least the death of his son, Hamnet. He no longer wants to write comic plays and his mind is obsessed with the story of a beautiful Egyptian queen and her Roman lover? This compelling and evocative sequel to 'Sweet Will' is a magnificent portrayal of life in and around London's Globe Theatre.
Download or read book The Cleopatra Boy written by Eric Malpass and published by . This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the life of William Shakespeare.
Download or read book Boy Actors in Early Modern England written by Harry R. McCarthy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-09 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative study draws on theatre history and present-day performance to re-appraise the remarkable skills of early modern boy actors.
Download or read book Shakespeare and the Cleopatra Caesar Intertext written by Sarah Hatchuel and published by Fairleigh Dickinson. This book was released on 2011-07-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra a sequel to the earlier Julius Caesar? If this question raises issues of authorship and reception, it also interrogates the construction of dramatic sequels: how does a playtext ultimately become the follow-up of another text? This book explores how dramatic works written before and after Shakespeare's time have encouraged us to view Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra as strongly interconnected plays, encouraging their sequelization in the theater and paving the way toward the filmic conflations of the twentieth century. Uniquely blending theories of literary and filmic intertextuality with issues of race and gender, and written by an experienced author trained both in early modern and film studies, this book can easily find its place in any syllabus in Shakespeare or in media studies, as well as in a wide range of cultural and literary courses.
Download or read book Desire and Pleasure in Seventeenth Century Music written by Susan McClary and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Susan McClary examines the mechanisms through which seventeenth-century musicians simulated extreme affective states--desire, divine rapture, and ecstatic pleasure. She demonstrates how every major genre of the period, from opera to religious music to instrumental pieces based on dances, was part of this striving for heightened passions by performers and listeners. ... McClary shows how musicians--whether working within the contexts of the Reformation or Counter-Reformation, Absolutists courts or commercial enterprises in Venice--were able to manipulate known procedures to produce radically new ways of experiencing time and the Self."--Dust jacket.
Download or read book The Boy s Own Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shakespeare Theory and Performance written by James C. Bulman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare, Theory and Performance is a groundbreaking collection of seminal essays which apply the abstract theory of Shakespearean criticism to the practicalities of performance. Bringing together the key names from both realms, the collection reflects a wide range of sources and influences, from traditional literary, performance and historical criticism to modern cultural theory. Together they raise questions about the place of performance criticism in modern and often competing debates of cultural materialism, new historicism, feminism and deconstruction. An exciting and fascinating volume, it will be important reading for students and scholars of literary and theatre studies alike.
Download or read book Guy in the Jungle Or A Boy s Adventure in the Wilds of Africa written by William Murray Graydon and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In William Murray Graydon's 'Guy in the Jungle; Or, A Boy's Adventure in the Wilds of Africa', readers are taken on a thrilling journey through the dangerous and exciting landscapes of Africa. Written in a style that combines adventure with elements of coming-of-age, this novel engages readers with its vivid descriptions of the wild and untamed African wilderness. Graydon's attention to detail and ability to paint a realistic portrait of life in the jungle makes this book a standout in the adventure genre, appealing to both young adult and adult readers alike. Set against the backdrop of colonial Africa, the novel explores themes of survival, friendship, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Graydon's use of first-person narrative gives a personal touch to the story, allowing readers to connect with the protagonist on a deeper level. William Murray Graydon, a prolific writer of adventure stories for young readers, drew inspiration for 'Guy in the Jungle' from his own experiences traveling in Africa. His passion for exploration and his love of storytelling are evident in the vivid and captivating narrative he weaves. Graydon's deep knowledge of the African continent and its diverse cultures adds authenticity to the novel, making it a compelling read for those interested in the history and geography of Africa. I highly recommend 'Guy in the Jungle; Or, A Boy's Adventure in the Wilds of Africa' to readers looking for a gripping adventure story set in the heart of Africa. Graydon's masterful storytelling and engaging characters make this novel a must-read for anyone interested in exploring the mysteries of the African wilderness and the human spirit.
Download or read book Guy in the Jungle or A Boy s Adventure in the Wilds of Africa written by William Graydon and published by Litres. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Limits of Eroticism in Post Petrarchan Narrative written by Dorothy Stephens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although theories of exploitation and subversion have radically changed our understanding of gender in Renaissance literature, to favour only those theories is to risk ignoring productive exchanges between 'masculine' and 'feminine' in Renaissance culture. 'Appropriation' is too simple a term to describe these exchanges - as when Petrarchan lovers flirt dangerously with potentially destructive femininity. Spenser revises this Petrarchan phenomenon, constructing flirtations whose participants are figures of speech, readers or narrative voices. His plots allow such exchanges to occur only through conditional speech, but this very conditionality powerfully shapes his work. Seventeenth-century works - including a comedy by Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Brackley, and Upon Appleton House by Andrew Marvell - suggest that the civil war and the upsurge of female writers necessitated a reformulation of conditional erotics.
Download or read book The Reception of Cleopatra in the Age of Mass Media written by Gregory N. Daugherty and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-06 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the reception of Cleopatra from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day as it has been reflected in popular culture in the United States of America. Daugherty provides a broad overview of the influence of the Egyptian queen by looking at her presence in film, novels, comics, cartoons, TV shows, music, advertising and toys. The aim of the book is to show the different ways in which the figure of Cleopatra was able to reach a large and non-elite audience. Furthermore, Daugherty makes a study of the reception of Cleopatra during her own lifetime. He begins by looking at her portrayal in the vicious propaganda campaign waged by Octavian against his rival Marc Antony. The consequence was that Cleopatra was left with a tarnished reputation after the civil war. Daugherty's examination of both the historical and contemporary reception of Cleopatra shows the enduring legacy of one of history's most remarkable queens.
Download or read book Essays in Interpretation written by S.Viswanathan and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2007 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cleopatra Rules written by Vicky Alvear Shecter and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn all about Cleopatra, a far more capable and powerful ruler than people have thought, in this lively and informative biography. Most of what we've known about Cleopatra—and what crept into art, film, and literature—came from her enemies, the Romans. Ascending to the throne at young age of 17, Cleopatra proved to be a brilliant negotiator who forged alliances that kept her in power and in control of her kingdom. This book about Egypt's last and most famous pharaoh features an inviting text, many sidebars, and excellent color illustrations: maps, photos of ancient artifacts, and artworks from many historical periods.
Download or read book Shakespeare s Visionary Women written by Laura Jayne Wright and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-12-06 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare's visionary women, usually confined to the periphery, claim centre stage to voice their sleeping and waking dreams. These women recount their visions through acts of rhetoric, designed to persuade and, crucially, to directly intervene in political action. The visions discussed in this Element are therefore not simply moments of inspiration but of political intercession. The vision performed or recounted on stage offers a proleptic moment of female speech that forces audiences to confront questions of narrative truth and women's testimony. This Element interrogates the scepticism that Shakespeare's visionary women face and considers the ways in which they perform the truth of their experiences to a hostile onstage audience. It concludes that prophecy gives women a brief moment of access to political conversations in which they are not welcome as they wrest narrative control from male speakers and speak their truth aloud.
Download or read book Shakespeare Cinema and Desire written by S. Ryle and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare, Cinema and Desire explores the desires and the futures of Shakespeare's language and cinematographic adaptations of Shakespeare. Tracing ways that film offers us a rich new understanding of Shakespeare, it highlights issues such as media technology, mourning, loss, the voice, narrative territories and flows, sexuality and gender.
Download or read book The Masks of Anthony and Cleopatra written by Marvin Rosenberg and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In his analysis, Marvin Rosenberg sets out to steer a path between the "extremes" of Rome and Egypt and all they stand for: and to explore the relentless "to and back" confrontation of their different sets of values which leads ultimately to destruction."
Download or read book Shakespeare and the Language of Translation written by Ton Hoenselaars and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare's international status as a literary icon is largely based on his masterful use of the English language, yet beyond Britain his plays and poems are read and performed mainly in translation. Shakespeare and the Language of Translation addresses this apparent contradiction and is the first major survey of its kind. Covering the many ways in which the translation of Shakespeare's works is practised and studied from Bulgaria to Japan, South Africa to Germany, it also discusses the translation of Macbeth into Scots and of Romeo and Juliet into British Sign Language. The collection places renderings of Shakespeare's works aimed at the page and the stage in their multiple cultural contexts, including gender, race and nation, as well as personal and postcolonial politics. Shakespeare's impact on nations and cultures all around the world is increasingly a focus for study and debate. As a result, the international performance of Shakespeare and Shakespeare in translation have become areas of growing popularity for both under- and post-graduate study, for which this book provides a valuable companion.
