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ZOUNDS!

Author : Mark Dunn

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 245 pages

File Size : 17,19 MB

Release : 2005-03

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0312330804

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FromGeronimo!togesundheittohaminahaminatoholymackerel, and fromabracadabratozoinks, Mark Dunn and Sergio Aragonés show you interjections like you've never seen them before. Often thought of as unnecessary verbal fringe or simply linguistic decoration, interjections (ahem,howdy,mammamia,pshaw,tally-ho,whoop-de-do) may well be the most overlooked part of speech in the English language.ZOUNDS! A Browser's Dictionary of Interjectionsfocuses the spotlight on this most deserving (and sometimes most demented) grammatical group. A light-hearted look at more than 500 interjections,ZOUNDS!explores the origins of these essential words and highlights the contributions of these previously unheralded parts of speech. Perfect for both word lovers and the casual reader,ZOUNDS!brings together the linguistic talents of Mark Dunn, author of the award-winning novelElla Minnow Pea, and the graphic hilarity of Sergio Aragonés, the legendary cartoonist and contributor to Mad Magazine, for a delightful romp through grammar, culture, and the English language. Famous interjections include: "Eureka!" -Archimedes "Badabing-badaboom" -Tony Soprano "Stuff and nonsense!" -Alice,Alice in Wonderland "Bah! Humbug!" -Scrooge "Fiddle-dee-dee !" -Scarlett O'Hara "Leapin' lizards!" -Little Orphan Annie "Nanoo, nanoo" -Mork, from "Mork & Mindy" "Dyn-O-Mite!" -Jimmie Walker, "Good Times" "Bully!" -President Theodore Roosevelt



Shakespeare's Religious Language

Author : R. Chris Hassel Jr.

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 480 pages

File Size : 13,66 MB

Release : 2015-03-26

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1472577299

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Religious issues and discourse are key to an understanding of Shakespeare's plays and poems. This dictionary discusses over 1000 words and names in Shakespeare's works that have a religious connotation. Its unique word-by-word approach allows equal consideration of the full nuance of each of these words, from 'abbess' to 'zeal'. It also gradually reveals the persistence, the variety, and the sophistication of Shakespeare's religious usage. Frequent attention is given to the prominence of Reformation controversy in these words, and to Shakespeare's often ingenious and playful metaphoric usage of them. Theological commonplaces assume a major place in the dictionary, as do overt references to biblical figures, biblical stories and biblical place-names; biblical allusions; church figures and saints.



Best Loved Plays;

Author : William 1564-1616 Shakespeare

Publisher : Hassell Street Press

Page : 504 pages

File Size : 11,44 MB

Release : 2021-09-09

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ISBN : 9781013599606

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.



Midnight

Author : Kathryn Moreno

Publisher : AuthorHouse

Page : 652 pages

File Size : 29,52 MB

Release : 2009-08-20

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1449013899

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Five friends: Caleb, Leion, Dean, Armand and Zahir, attend Astoria High School, like every other day until five new students arrive. From the minute they walked into their classroom the boys got a feeling that they didn't want to be friends. As they find out that the new students are hunters they begin to fear for their lives. Because Caleb and his friends aren't just human but they are also vampires and werewolves. Until the day they turn eighteen they will remain human, but on their eighteenth birthday they will turn into what they need to be. Will the hunters let them turn into the creatures that are waiting to come out? Will they be able to stop the hunters from hurting their friends and families? And to top it all off, will they be able to control their new side once they turn?



Music as a Chariot

Author : Richard K. Thomas

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 393 pages

File Size : 35,47 MB

Release : 2018-02-02

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1351382071

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Music as a Chariot offers a multidisciplinary perspective whose primary proposition is that theatre is a type of music. Understanding how music enables the theatre experience helps to shape our entire approach to the performing arts. Beginning with a discussion on the origin and nature of time, the author takes us on an evolutionary journey to discover how music, language and mimesis co-evolved, eventually coming together to produce the complex way we experience theatre. The book integrates the evolutionary neuroscience of the human brain into this journey, offering practical implications and applications for the auditory expression of this concept—namely the fundamental techniques artists use to create sound scores for theatre. With contributions from directors, playwrights, actors and designers, Music as a Chariot explores the use of music to carry ideas into the human soul—a concept that extends beyond the theatrical to include film, video gaming, dance, or anywhere art is manipulated in time.



The Knickerbocker

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Publisher :

Page : 624 pages

File Size : 25,18 MB

Release : 1844

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Tamburlaine Must Die

Author : Louise Welsh

Publisher : Canongate Books

Page : 93 pages

File Size : 33,63 MB

Release : 2009-08-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1847676944

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London, 1593. A city on edge. Under threat from plague and war, strangers are unwelcome, suspicion is wholesale, severed heads grin from the spikes on Tower Bridge. Playwright, poet and spy, Christopher Marlowe walks the city's mean streets with just three days to find the murderous Tamburlaine, a killer escaped from the pages of his most violent play. Tamburlaine Must Die is the searing adventure of a man who dares to defy both God and the state and whose murder remains a taunting mystery to the present day.



The Knickerbacker

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Page : 624 pages

File Size : 27,34 MB

Release : 1844

Category : American periodicals

ISBN :

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William Shakespeare's Star Wars

Author : Ian Doescher

Publisher : Quirk Books

Page : 178 pages

File Size : 33,40 MB

Release : 2013-07-09

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1594746559

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The New York Times Best Seller Experience the Star Wars saga reimagined as an Elizabethan drama penned by William Shakespeare himself, complete with authentic meter and verse, and theatrical monologues and dialogue by everyone from Darth Vader to R2D2. Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. Authentic meter, stage directions, reimagined movie scenes and dialogue, and hidden Easter eggs throughout will entertain and impress fans of Star Wars and Shakespeare alike. Every scene and character from the film appears in the play, along with twenty woodcut-style illustrations that depict an Elizabethan version of the Star Wars galaxy. Zounds! This is the book you’re looking for.