Sisters of Salome

Sisters of Salome
Author: Toni Bentley
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780803262416

'Sisters of Salome' explores how four influential dancers embraced the persona of the femme fatale & transformed the misogynist image of a dangerously sexual woman into a form of personal liberation.

Richard Strauss's Salome

Richard Strauss's Salome
Author: Burton D. Fisher
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2005
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0977145514

A comprehensive guide to Richard Strauss's SALOME, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with German/English side-by side, and over 25 music highlight examples.

Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils

Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils
Author: Daniel F. Owsley
Publisher: Booktango
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1468942654

Great drama: Niether did John the Baptist have any idea that he would be decapatated over a woman's most hateful scorn just as Adam was destroyed by his beter half's sin. For the approaching seductive deed of that heartless niece of Herod was sure to fill up the long measure of her godless ways. Even Herod would soon discover that her selfish transgressions made the ugliness of her stone cold heart to be hid carefully under the outward beauty of her skin-deep sex appeal. Nor would he see her painted red fingernails as the claws they really were until after it was far too late. So it then came about the next evening, after the feast, that Herodius unexpectedly let Herod know that she had a surprise for him. Therefore she immediately clapped her hands as a signal for Salome to enter into that feasting hall, surrounded by a small multitude of guests, clad in scarlet and purple robes. And to Herod's delight that sultry young woman was all decked out beautifully with seven silk veils, all colors of the rainbow, one layered underneath the preceeding one. But she also knew in advance that she would only be removing four of her seven veils before she ended up her inticing performance, thereby taking Herod to the very edge of the abandonment of his better senses. It was then the seductive moment when that curvy fox began swaying to the dance of the seven veils with the mastery of a well seasoned seductrous. 'Twas additionally the subtle teasing moment of many beckoning twirls, the real flirtatious time of many winking whirls, as well as the R-rated hour of Salome's dress being removed one layer at a time with the expertise of a proffessional belly dancer, deep in the throes of stripping. And as she dipped, jumped, and did some mind blowing splits, Herod began drooling, while his ogling eyes stared at her in utter disbeilief.

Refiguring Oscar Wilde’s Salome

Refiguring Oscar Wilde’s Salome
Author: Michael Y. Bennett
Publisher: Rodopi
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2011
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9401207208

While Oscar Wilde’s delightfully-witty comedies of manners receive the most fanfare from the general public and much of academia, Wilde’s most “serious” play—Salome—rightfully deserves an equal amount of attention. Written by emerging scholars, established scholars, and notable Wilde scholars at the top of the field, the far-ranging essays in this book—the first collection solely on Wilde’s Salome—provide new readings of the play, allowing us to better assess how and why Salome either fits or does not fit into Wilde’s oeuvre. Framed in a new light in this collection, this fuller understanding of Salome should potentially change the way we read both Salome and Wilde’s entire oeuvre.

Sexual Anarchy

Sexual Anarchy
Author: Elaine Showalter
Publisher: Virago Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 1992
Genre: American literature
ISBN: 9781853812774

'Sexual anarchy' - dire predictions, disasters, apocalypse - became the hallmark of the closing decades of the nineteenth century. The New Woman and the Odd Woman threatened male identity and self-esteem; teh emergence of feminism and homosexuality meant the redefining of masculinity and femininity. This is the terrain which Elaine Showalter explores with such consummate originality and wit. Looking at parallels between the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries and their representations in literature, art and film, she ranges over the trial of Oscar Wilde, the public furore over prostitution and syphilis, moral outrage over the breakdown of the family, abortion rights and AIDS. High and low culture - from male quest romances to contemporary male bonding movies (Heart of Darkness reworked into Apocalypse Now), Freud to Fatal Attraction - all are part of this scholarly and entertaining study of the fin de siecle.

Richard Strauss: Salome

Richard Strauss: Salome
Author: Derrick Puffett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1989-10-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521359702

This first full-length study of Salome in English since Lawrence Gilman's (1907) moves from historical and literary analysis to critical appraisal and includes a synopsis, bibliography and discography.

Skinny Legs and All

Skinny Legs and All
Author: Tom Robbins
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2003-06-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0553897934

An Arab and a Jew open a restaurant together across the street from the United Nations.... It sounds like the beginning of an ethnic joke, but it's the axis around which spins this gutsy, fun-loving, and alarmingly provocative novel, in which a bean can philosophizes, a dessert spoon mystifies, a young waitress takes on the New York art world, and a rowdy redneck welder discovers the lost god of Palestine--while the illusions that obscure humanity's view of the true universe fall away, one by one, like Salome's veils. Skinny Legs and All deals with today's most sensitive issues: race, politics, marriage, art, religion, money, and lust. It weaves lyrically through what some call the "end days" of our planet. Refusing to avert its gaze from the horrors of the apocalypse, it also refuses to let the alleged end of the world spoil its mood. And its mood is defiantly upbeat. In the gloriously inventive Tom Robbins style, here are characters, phrases, stories, and ideas that dance together on the page, wild and sexy, like Salome herself. Or was it Jezebel?

P. Craig Russell's Jungle Book and Other Stories Fine Art Edition

P. Craig Russell's Jungle Book and Other Stories Fine Art Edition
Author: Wayne Alan Harold
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2017-10-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9780999810644

This beautiful 12"X17" oversized hardcover features complete stories scanned from P. Craig Russell's stunning original art. While appearing to be in black & white, each page has been scanned in color to recreate as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual originals¿including blue pencils, notes, art corrections and more. Pages are reproduced at original size on heavy paper stock to provide fans, aficionados and collectors with the best possible reproductions.

Salome

Salome
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2021-02-09
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1513276263

When the prophet Jokanaan is brought to the attention of the princess Salomé, he rebukes her interest, which causes her to make a brutal declaration.Oscar Wilde’s one-act tragedy explores the repercussions of her horrifying decision. Originally composed in French in 1892, Salomé is a controversial tale full of cruelty and retribution. Wilde expands on the Biblical story of John the Baptist, whom was captured and beheaded by Herod Antipas. It explores the interaction between the characters showing Salomé’s spiteful nature and Herod’s growing concern. It’s a bold adaptation of a somber tale that leaves a mark on all who read it. Salomé’s one-act story structure immediately dives into the strange dynamic amongst Herod and his family. Once Salomé’s bloodlust is apparent Herod’s forced to reconcile both of their futures. It’s a haunting drama that’s amplified by its Biblical setting and notable characters. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Salomé is both modern and readable.

Salome

Salome
Author: Rosina Neginsky
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2014-10-16
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1443869627

Although the root of the Hebrew name “Salome” is “peaceful”, the image spawned by the most famous woman to carry that name has been anything but peaceful. She and her story have long been linked to the beheading of John the Baptist, as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, since Salome was the supposed catalyst for the prophet’s execution. This history of the myth of Salome describes the process by which that myth was created, the roles that art, literature, theology and music played in that creation, and how Salome’s image as evil varied from one period to another according to the prevailing cultural myths surrounding women. After setting forth the Biblical and historical origins of the Salome story, the book examines the major cultural, literary and artistic works which developed and propagated it, including those by Filippo Lippi, Rogier van der Weyden, Titian, Moreau, Beardsley, Mallarmé, Wilde and Richard Strauss.