Author: M. Keith Booker
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472107803
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Explores the British novel of India from Kipling's Kim to Farrell's The Singapore Grip
Colonial Power, Colonial Texts
Author: M. Keith Booker
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472107803
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Explores the British novel of India from Kipling's Kim to Farrell's The Singapore Grip
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472107803
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Explores the British novel of India from Kipling's Kim to Farrell's The Singapore Grip
The Play Pictorial
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett
Author: Kirsten E. Shepherd-Barr
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231538928
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Evolutionary theory made its stage debut as early as the 1840s, reflecting a scientific advancement that was fast changing the world. Tracing this development in dozens of mainstream European and American plays, as well as in circus, vaudeville, pantomime, and "missing link" performances, Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett reveals the deep, transformative entanglement among science, art, and culture in modern times. The stage proved to be no mere handmaiden to evolutionary science, though, often resisting and altering the ideas at its core. Many dramatists cast suspicion on the arguments of evolutionary theory and rejected its claims, even as they entertained its thrilling possibilities. Engaging directly with the relation of science and culture, this book considers the influence of not only Darwin but also Lamarck, Chambers, Spencer, Wallace, Haeckel, de Vries, and other evolutionists on 150 years of theater. It shares significant new insights into the work of Ibsen, Shaw, Wilder, and Beckett, and writes female playwrights, such as Susan Glaspell and Elizabeth Baker, into the theatrical record, unpacking their dramatic explorations of biological determinism, gender essentialism, the maternal instinct, and the "cult of motherhood." It is likely that more people encountered evolution at the theater than through any other art form in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Considering the liveliness and immediacy of the theater and its reliance on a diverse community of spectators and the power that entails, this book is a key text for grasping the extent of the public's adaptation to the new theory and the legacy of its representation on the perceived legitimacy (or illegitimacy) of scientific work.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231538928
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Evolutionary theory made its stage debut as early as the 1840s, reflecting a scientific advancement that was fast changing the world. Tracing this development in dozens of mainstream European and American plays, as well as in circus, vaudeville, pantomime, and "missing link" performances, Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett reveals the deep, transformative entanglement among science, art, and culture in modern times. The stage proved to be no mere handmaiden to evolutionary science, though, often resisting and altering the ideas at its core. Many dramatists cast suspicion on the arguments of evolutionary theory and rejected its claims, even as they entertained its thrilling possibilities. Engaging directly with the relation of science and culture, this book considers the influence of not only Darwin but also Lamarck, Chambers, Spencer, Wallace, Haeckel, de Vries, and other evolutionists on 150 years of theater. It shares significant new insights into the work of Ibsen, Shaw, Wilder, and Beckett, and writes female playwrights, such as Susan Glaspell and Elizabeth Baker, into the theatrical record, unpacking their dramatic explorations of biological determinism, gender essentialism, the maternal instinct, and the "cult of motherhood." It is likely that more people encountered evolution at the theater than through any other art form in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Considering the liveliness and immediacy of the theater and its reliance on a diverse community of spectators and the power that entails, this book is a key text for grasping the extent of the public's adaptation to the new theory and the legacy of its representation on the perceived legitimacy (or illegitimacy) of scientific work.
The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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The Publisher
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
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Languages : en
Pages : 1180
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The Bookseller
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
Books of 1912-
Author: Chicago Public Library
Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The Edwardian Theatre
Author: John Courtenay Trewin
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Unknown
Author: William Somerset Maugham
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Maid's Money
Author: Mrs. Henry Dudeney
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Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 356
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