Author: Sheila Stowell
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472082735
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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A Stage of Their Own
Author: Sheila Stowell
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472082735
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472082735
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Colonial Power, Colonial Texts
Author: M. Keith Booker
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472107803
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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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
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Explores the British novel of India from Kipling's Kim to Farrell's The Singapore Grip
The Bookman
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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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
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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 Play Pictorial
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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The Chapbook
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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The Winter's Tale ...
Author: William Shakespeare
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Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Languages : en
Pages : 156
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The Amazons
Author: Arthur Wing Pinero
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Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Languages : en
Pages : 188
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The Plays of Hubert Henry Davis
Author: Hubert Henry Davis
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434411192
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Hubert Henry Davies (1869-1917) was a leading British playwright of the early twentieth century. This volume contains his best known work, The Mollusc, plus A Single Man, Doormats, and Outcast.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434411192
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Hubert Henry Davies (1869-1917) was a leading British playwright of the early twentieth century. This volume contains his best known work, The Mollusc, plus A Single Man, Doormats, and Outcast.
British Books
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1826
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1826
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