Eight Interludes

Author : Miguel de Cervantes
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781495049682

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Cervantes's Eight Interludes by Miguel de Cervantes Pdf

(Applause Books). Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) is Spain's most famous author, primarily because of his celebrated novel Don Quixote . His first love, however, was the theater, for which he wrote extensively. His Interludes , published 400 years ago in 1615, are short, comic plays that explore the underbelly of Renaissance Spanish society. Their characters include hillbillies and con artists, pimps and prostitutes, adulterous wives and jealous husbands, and an array of other comical figures. Cervantes's treatment of them is simultaneously critical and sympathetic. Although interludes tend to be works of light comedy, Cervantes often imbues his with deeper themes. Charles Patterson, a scholar of Hispanic theater, has created translations of the Interludes that are true to the earthiness of the originals but designed to be readily playable for today's actors and accessible to modern audiences. This book includes an introduction that places the plays in context, briefly describing the life of Cervantes, theater in early modern Spain, Cervantes's interludes, and Patterson's approach to translating them. Casual readers, theater and literature students, and professional actors alike will delight in these comedic gems that reveal a less familiar side of one of history's greatest writers.

Author : John Pinkerton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1792
Category : English poetry
ISBN : OSU:32435024746927

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Scotish Poems: Lindsay's eight interludes, or his play. Additions from the printed play by John Pinkerton Pdf

Author : David Castillo,William Egginton
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780228009306

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What Would Cervantes Do? by David Castillo,William Egginton Pdf

The attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 was a tragic illustration of the existential threat that the viral spread of disinformation poses in the age of social media and twenty-four-hour news. From climate change denialism to the frenzied conspiracy theories and racist mythologies that fuel antidemocratic white nationalist movements in the United States and abroad, What Would Cervantes Do? is a lucid meditation on the key role the humanities must play in dissecting and combatting all forms of disinformation. David Castillo and William Egginton travel back to the early modern period, the first age of inflationary media, in search of historically tested strategies to overcome disinformation and shed light on our post-truth market. Through a series of critical conversations between cultural icons of the twenty-first century and those of the Spanish Golden Age, What Would Cervantes Do? provides a tour-de-force commentary on current politics and popular culture. Offering a diverse range of Cervantist comparative readings of contemporary cultural texts – movies, television shows, and infotainment – alongside ideas and issues from literary and cultural texts of early modern Spain, Castillo and Egginton present a new way of unpacking the logic of contemporary media. What Would Cervantes Do? is an urgent and timely self-help manual for literary scholars and humanists of all stripes, and a powerful toolkit for reality literacy.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498330

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Susan Paun De García,Donald R. Larson,Donald Larson
Publisher : Tamesis Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1855661691

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The Comedia in English by Susan Paun De García,Donald R. Larson,Donald Larson Pdf

"The bringing of Spanish seventeenth-century verse plays to the contemporary English-speaking stage involves a number of fundamental questions. Are verse translations preferable to prose, and if so, what kind of verse? To what degree should translations aim to be 'faithful'? Which kinds of plays 'work', and which do not? Which values and customs of the past present no difficulties for contemporary audiences, and which need to be decoded in performance?Which kinds of staging are suitable, and which are not? To what degree, if any, should one aim for 'authenticity' in staging? In this volume, a group of translators, directors, and scholars explores these and related questions."--Jacket

Author : Intelligent Education
Publisher : Influence Publishers
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-15
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781645423416

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Study Guide to Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes by Intelligent Education Pdf

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote, one of the most widely read texts from Spanish literature. As a novel of chivalry from Spain in the mid-sixteenth century, Don Quixote is a by-product of Renaissance idealism and the trend to narrate the extraordinary adventures of knights-errant. Moreover, critics have argued about the satirical nature of the book, wondering if its intent was to parody chivalrous novels from the years before. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Cervantes’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons it has stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Author : Kerry Wilks,Ian M. Borden
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-29
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781802075199

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The Entremés for Performance by Kerry Wilks,Ian M. Borden Pdf

This bilingual anthology brings together a collection of Spanish entremeses, the comic interludes that were performed between the acts of a comedia. Penned by authors such as Lope de Rueda, Cervantes, Calderón, Quevedo, and Quiñones de Benavente, many of these plays appear here for the first time in English. Translated for performability, these plays create a panoramic view of one-act plays from Spain’s classical theater period. Presented with discussions of dramaturgical and performance possibilities and difficulties, including relevant historical, cultural, and social information for the plays, the collection opens with two precursors to the entremés, moves through the breadth of the entremés form, and concludes with works from the 18th century, including a sainete. There are also examples of trans-adaptation that show how these works can be interpreted through strong directorial concepts that relocate the plays in historical time and location. The selected titles raise challenges to social mores and expectations, surprise with their humor, and delight with their stagecraft. Whether aimed at the classroom or the stage, the collection is valuable for research, pedagogy, and performance.

Author : Christopher Baker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780313013607

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Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1720 by Christopher Baker Pdf

This book—the sixth volume in The Great Cultural Eras of the Western World series—provides information on more than 400 individuals who created and played a role in the era's intellectual and cultural activity. The book's focus is on cultural figures—those whose inventions and discoveries contributed to the scientific revolution, those whose line of reasoning contributed to secularism, groundbreaking artists like Rembrandt, lesser known painters, and contributors to art and music. As the momentum of the Renaissance peaked in 1600, the Western World was poised to move from the Early Modern to the Modern Era. The Thirty Years War ended in 1648 and religion was no longer a cause for military conflict. Europe grew more secularized. Organized scientific research led to groundbreaking discoveries, such as the earth's magnetic field, Kepler's first two laws of motion, and the slide rule. In the arts, Baroque painting, music, and literature evolved. A new Europe was emerging. This book is a useful basic reference for students and laymen, with entries specifically designed for ready reference.

Author : Corliss Richard Arnold
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781461670254

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Organ Literature by Corliss Richard Arnold Pdf

This third edition is a basic textbook on the development of pipe organ composition in geographically diverse schools. Its nineteen chapters include charts of organ composers and a historical background of contemporary events and figures for each organ composition school. Chapter bibliographies cover readings published in the seventies, eighties, and early nineties. A listing of Bach organ compositions with pagination of various editions is also included.

Author : Florence Farr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : English fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039003780

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The Dancing Faun by Florence Farr Pdf

Author : Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Publisher : Namaskar Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Fiction
ISBN : NYPL:33433073355624

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Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Pdf

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a Russian novelist, philosopher, short story writer, essayist, and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed works include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880).

Author : Arlo Bates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : HARVARD:HXDGW8

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In the Bundle of Time by Arlo Bates Pdf

Author : Louise Chandler Moulton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Social ethics
ISBN : HARVARD:HN5EUK

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Ourselves and Our Neighbors by Louise Chandler Moulton Pdf

Author : Bessie Chandler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433074811948

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A Woman who Failed by Bessie Chandler Pdf

Author : Jean de La Brète
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433075815591

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The Story of Reine, Or, My Uncle and My Curé by Jean de La Brète Pdf