Behind the Arras
Author : Bliss Carman
Publisher : Boston ; New York : Lamson, Wolffe ; Toronto : W. Briggs
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 24,24 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Bookbinding
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Author : Bliss Carman
Publisher : Boston ; New York : Lamson, Wolffe ; Toronto : W. Briggs
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 24,24 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Bookbinding
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Author : Rose Champion De Crespigny
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Page : pages
File Size : 30,92 MB
Release : 1902
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Author : Marvin Rosenberg
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Page : 1006 pages
File Size : 44,30 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780874134803
Every reader is an actor according to Rosenberg. To prepare the actor-reader for insights, Rosenberg draws on major intepretations of the play worldwide, in theatre and in criticism, wherever possible from the first known performances to the present day. The book is rich and provocative on every question about the play.
Author : Bliss Carman
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 14,32 MB
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781428039438
Author : Rebecca Olson
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 25,70 MB
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1644530686
Textiles have long provided metaphors for storytelling: a compelling novel “weaves a tapestry” and we enjoy hearing someone “spin” a tale. To what extent, however, should we take these metaphors seriously? Arras Hanging: The Textile That Determined Early Modern Literature and Drama reveals that in the early modern period, when cloth-making was ubiquitous and high-quality tapestries called arras hangings were the most valuable objects in England, such metaphors were literal. The arras in particular provided a narrative model for writers such as Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare, who exploited their audience’s familiarity with weaving to engage them in highly idiosyncratic and “hands on” ways. Specifically, undescribed or “blank” tapestries in the period’s fiction presented audiences with opportunities to “see” whatever they desired, and thus weave themselves into the story. Far more than background objects, literary and dramatic arras hangings have much to teach us about the intersections between texts and textiles at the dawn of print, and, more broadly, about the status of visual art in post-Reformation England. Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
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File Size : 39,6 MB
Release : 2001
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Author : William Shakespeare
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Page : 696 pages
File Size : 33,49 MB
Release : 1793
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Page : pages
File Size : 26,43 MB
Release : 1895
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Author : George Payne Rainsford James
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Page : 456 pages
File Size : 45,13 MB
Release : 1846
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Author : Patrick McGrath
Publisher : Random House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 29,84 MB
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1473544807
***SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION*** From the bestselling author of Asylum, Trauma and Spider 'Ghosts of the theatre and the spectre of fascism haunt cold and grimy London in this atmospheric tale from a master of the grotesque.' Guardian JANUARY 1947. London is in ruins, there’s nothing to eat, and it’s the coldest winter in living memory. To make matters worse, Charlie Grice, one of the great stage actors of the day, has suddenly died. His widow Joan, the wardrobe mistress, is beside herself with grief. Then one night she discovers Gricey’s secret. Plunged into a dark new world, Joan realises that though fascism might hide, it never dies. Her war isn’t over after all. 'McGrath is one of the age's most elegantly accomplished divers into the human psyche . . . a master writer.' John Banville ‘McGrath is that rare yet essential thing, a writer who can expose our darkest fears without making us run away from them.' New Statesman 'Wonderfully sinister ... a delight ... you are in for a thrilling ride.' Spectator 'A brilliant evocation of the theatrical world’s seedy glamour, The Wardrobe Mistress is also a moving portrait of a woman struggling to make sense of her past and imagine a future for herself.' Sunday Times '[A] rich and highly spiced feast of a novel, even before it reaches its classically gothic McGrath climax.' Reader's Digest