Thornton Wilder, Classical Reception, and American Literature

Thornton Wilder, Classical Reception, and American Literature
Author: Stephen J. Rojcewicz
Publisher: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2021-11-26
Genre: Classical literature
ISBN: 9781032014654

This book delineates how Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), a learned playwright and novelist, embeds himself within the classical tradition, integrating Greek and Roman motifs with a wide range of sources to produce heart-breaking masterpieces such as Our Town and comedy sensations such as Dolly Levi. Through this study of archival sources and close reading, readers will understand Wilder's avant-garde staging and innovative time sequences not as a break with the past, but as a response to the classics. The author traces the genesis of unforgettable characters like Dolly Levi in The Matchmaker, Emily Webb in Our Town, and George Antrobus in The Skin of Our Teeth. Vergil's expression, Here are the tears of the world, and human matters touch the heart haunts Wilder's oeuvre. Understanding Vergil's phrase as tears for the beauty of the world, Wilder utilizes scenes depicting the beauty of the world and the sorrow when individuals recognize this too late. Wilder exhorts us to observe lovingly, alert to the wonder of the everyday. This work will appeal to actors and directors, professors and students in classics and in American literature, those fascinated by modern drama and performance studies, and non-specialists, theatre-goers, and readers in the general public.

Ireland, Literature, and the Coast

Ireland, Literature, and the Coast
Author: Nicholas Allen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2020-11-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 019885787X

Ireland is home to one of the world's great literary and artistic traditions. This book reads Irish literature and art in context of the island's coastal and maritime cultures, setting a diverse range of writing and visual art in a fluid panorama of liquid associations that connect Irish literature to an archipelago of other times and places.

English 3D

English 3D
Author: Kate Kinsella
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2017
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780545823029

English 3D was designed to accelerate language development for English learners who have agility with social interactional English while lacking the advanced linguisitic knowledge and skills required by complex coursework in school. English 3D propels students to higher language proficiency through a consistent series of lessons derived from research-based principles and classroom-tested practices that maximize students' verbal and written engagement with conceptually rigorous content.--Teaching Guide Course A, Volume 1, Overview p. T10.

Edward Thomas and World Literary Studies

Edward Thomas and World Literary Studies
Author: Andrew Webb
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2013-07-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0708326234

This book uses models of 'world literature' to present this 'quintessentially English' writer as a pioneering figure in an Anglophone Welsh literary tradition, a controversial reading that contributes to the present-day reconfiguration of cultural relations between Wales, England, Scotland

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Publisher: Arihant Publications India limited
Total Pages: 497
Release:
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ISBN: 9326191974

A Sportsman's Sketches, Volume 2

A Sportsman's Sketches, Volume 2
Author: Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2021-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A Sportsman's Sketches, Volume 2 by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev: This volume is part of a collection of short stories by Ivan Turgenev that delve into the lives of the Russian peasantry and the countryside. Through these sketches, Turgenev presents poignant portrayals of human nature, love, and the social and political realities of 19th-century Russia. Key Aspects of the Book "A Sportsman's Sketches, Volume 2": Portraits of Peasant Life: The collection offers intimate and insightful portraits of the lives and struggles of the Russian peasantry. Human Emotions and Relationships: Turgenev's stories delve into the complexities of human emotions, love, and the intricacies of interpersonal relationships. Social Commentary: "A Sportsman's Sketches" serves as a powerful social commentary on the realities of rural life and the prevailing social and political conditions in 19th-century Russia. Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883) was a Russian novelist, poet, and playwright. He was a prominent figure in Russian literature and is often regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 19th century. Turgenev's works, characterized by their psychological depth and realistic portrayal of Russian society, have left a lasting impact on literature and continue to be studied and admired by readers and scholars around the world.

The Dial

The Dial
Author: Francis Fisher Browne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 540
Release: 1914
Genre: Literature
ISBN:

I Have No Enemies

I Have No Enemies
Author: Perry Link
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2023-06-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0231556446

Late one night in December 2008, police arrived at the home of Liu Xiaobo—China’s leading dissident, a key figure in the prodemocracy manifesto Charter 08—and took him away. When Liu won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize as a political prisoner, the award was bestowed on an empty chair. Inside China, the regime sought to erase every trace of his existence. Liu died of liver cancer in 2017 without ever having been allowed to return home. I Have No Enemies is the definitive biography of Liu Xiaobo, offering a meticulously researched account of the twists and turns of a remarkable life. Perry Link and Wu Dazhi explore Liu’s upbringing, immersion in classical Chinese poetry and philosophy, bold challenges to literary conformity, and involvement in democratic movements. They trace the lifelong evolution of his thinking and chronicle his persecution, incarceration, and death. I Have No Enemies emphasizes Liu’s principled commitment to dissent and the significance of the example he set in China and around the world. Liu was a farsighted strategist whose ultimate goal was “to change a regime by changing a society.” In Tiananmen Square, he showed others how to face down armed soldiers; in daily life, he looked for ways to build a more democratic culture. A powerful record of Liu’s life and times, this book also tells the story of a generation of Chinese intellectuals who sought a better way forward.

The Oxford Handbook of Modern Chinese Literatures

The Oxford Handbook of Modern Chinese Literatures
Author: Carlos Rojas
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 953
Release: 2016-07-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0199383324

With over forty original essays, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Chinese Literatures offers an in-depth engagement with the current analytical methodologies and critical practices that are shaping the field in the twenty-first century. Divided into three sections--Structure, Taxonomy, and Methodology--the volume carefully moves across approaches, genres, and forms to address a rich range topics that include popular culture in Late Qing China, Zhang Guangyu's Journey to the West in Cartoons, writings of Southeast Asian migrants in Taiwan, the Chinese Anglophone Novel, and depictions of HIV/AIDS in Chu T'ien-wen's Notes of a Desolate Man.