A History of Character
Author | : Jimmy Patterson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2014-09-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780578144269 |
A history of Midland, Texas
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Author | : Jimmy Patterson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2014-09-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780578144269 |
A history of Midland, Texas
Author | : Marjorie Garber |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2020-07-14 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0374709378 |
What is “character”? Since at least Aristotle’s time, philosophers, theologians, moralists, artists, and scientists have pondered the enigma of human character. In its oldest usage, “character” derives from a word for engraving or stamping, yet over time, it has come to mean a moral idea, a type, a literary persona, and a physical or physiological manifestation observable in works of art and scientific experiments. It is an essential term in drama and the focus of self-help books. In Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession, Marjorie Garber points out that character seems more relevant than ever today, omnipresent in discussions of politics, ethics, gender, morality, and the psyche. References to character flaws, character issues, and character assassination and allegations of “bad” and “good” character are inescapable in the media and in contemporary political debates. What connection does “character” in this moral or ethical sense have with the concept of a character in a novel or a play? Do our notions about fictional characters catalyze our ideas about moral character? Can character be “formed” or taught in schools, in scouting, in the home? From Plutarch to John Stuart Mill, from Shakespeare to Darwin, from Theophrastus to Freud, from nineteenth-century phrenology to twenty-first-century brain scans, the search for the sources and components of human character still preoccupies us. Today, with the meaning and the value of this term in question, no issue is more important, and no topic more vital, surprising, and fascinating. With her distinctive verve, humor, and vast erudition, Marjorie Garber explores the stakes of these conflations, confusions, and heritages, from ancient Greece to the present day.
Author | : Colin Woodard |
Publisher | : Viking Adult |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0525427899 |
The struggle between individualism and the good of the community as a whole has been the basis of every major disagreement in America's history, from the debates at the Constitutional Convention to the civil rights movement to the Tea Party. In American Character, Colin Woodard traces these two key strands in American politics through the four centuries of the nation's existence, from the first colonies through the Gilded Age and Great Depression to the present day, and how different regions of the country have successfully or disastrously accommodated them.
Author | : J.T. McNeill |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 1967-12-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0199727996 |
A comprehensive history of the Calvinist movement.
Author | : Nieves Mathews |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 1996-01-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780300064414 |
In 1621 Bacon fell from power as Lord Chancellor, the highest position in the land. Charged with accepting bribes, he was convicted, fined, imprisoned and exiled from the Court. He died five years later, disgraced and deeply in debt.
Author | : A. J. Hoenselaars |
Publisher | : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780838637869 |
"Many fictional works have real, historical authors as characters. Great national literary icons like Virgil and Shakespeare have been fictionalized in novels, plays, poems, movies, and operas. This fashion might seem typically postmodern, the reverse side of the contention that the Author is Dead; but this collection of essays shows that the representation of historical authors as characters can boast of a considerable history, and may well constitute a genre in its own right. This volume brings together a collection of articles on appropriations of historical authors, written by experts in a wide range of major Western literatures."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Charles E. Mackenzie |
Publisher | : Addison Wesley Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : |
The standards process. Terms and concepts. Early codes. The duals of BCDIC. The size of BCDIC. The size and structure of PTTC. The structure of EBCDIC. The sequence of EBCDIC. The duals of EBCDIC. The graphic subsets of EBCDIC. The card code of EBCDIC. The new PTTC. The size and structure of ASCII. The sequence of ASCII. Which bit first?. Decimal ASCII. Which Hollerith?. Katakana and the Hollerith card code. What is a CPU code?. ASCII in 8-bit interchange environment. The alphabetic extender problem. Graphic subsets for the government. Which ASCII? Logical or, logical not. A comparison of contiguous, noncontiguous, and interleaved alphabets. Code extension examples. The 96-column card code. Glossary. Index.
Author | : Charlotte Mason |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2013-04-30 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 1627931155 |
Formation of Character is the fifth volume of Charlotte Mason's Homeschooling series. The chapters stand alone and are valuable to parents of children of all ages. Part I includes case studies of children (and adults) who cured themselves of bad habits. Part II is a series of reflections on subjects including both schooling and vacations (or "stay-cations" as we now call them). Part III covers various aspects of home schooling, with a special section detailing the things that Charlotte Mason thought were important to teach to girls in particular. Part IV consists of examples of how education affected outcome of character in famous writers of her day. Charlotte Mason was a late nineteenth-century British educator whose ideas were far ahead of her time. She believed that children are born persons worthy of respect, rather than blank slates, and that it was better to feed their growing minds with living literature and vital ideas and knowledge, rather than dry facts and knowledge filtered and pre-digested by the teacher. Her method of education, still used by some private schools and many homeschooling families, is gentle and flexible, especially with younger children, and includes first-hand exposure to great and noble ideas through books in each school subject, conveying wonder and arousing curiosity, and through reflection upon great art, music, and poetry; nature observation as the primary means of early science teaching; use of manipulatives and real-life application to understand mathematical concepts and learning to reason, rather than rote memorization and working endless sums; and an emphasis on character and on cultivating and maintaining good personal habits. Schooling is teacher-directed, not child-led, but school time should be short enough to allow students free time to play and to pursue their own worthy interests such as handicrafts. Traditional Charlotte Mason schooling is firmly based on Christianity, although the method is also used successfully by s
Author | : Harold Melvin Hyman |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 718 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780820319735 |
The history of Vinson & Elkins both mirrors and contrasts that of many other large American law firms. The firm was founded in 1917 by two partners, who pooled a handful of clients and ten thousand dollars. By the 1990s the firm retained more than five hundred lawyers, represented more than eight thousand clients on several continents, and posted multi-million dollar annual earnings.
Author | : Triffin I. Morris |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2021-09-30 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1351052330 |
A History of the Theatre Costume Business is the first-ever comprehensive book on the subject, as related by award-winning actors and designers, and first hand by the drapers, tailors, and craftspeople who make the clothes that dazzle on stage. Readers will learn why stage clothes are made today, by whom, and how. They will also learn how today’s shops and ateliers arose from the shops and makers who founded the business. This never-before-told story shows that there is as much drama behind the scenes as there is in the performance: famous actors relate their intimate experiences in the fitting room, the glories of gorgeous costumes, and the mortification when things go wrong, while the costume makers explain how famous shows were created with toil, tears, and sweat, and sometimes even a little blood. This is history told by the people who were present at the creation – some of whom are no longer around to tell their own story. Based on original research and first-hand reporting, A History of the Theatre Costume Business is written for theatre professionals: actors, directors, producers, costume makers, and designers. It is also an excellent resource for all theatregoers who have marveled at the gorgeous dresses and fanciful costumes that create the magic on stage, as well as for the next generation of drapers and designers.