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The updated version of this authoritative biography of Wallenberg offers a "closing" to the greatest unsolved mystery of the Rosenfeld's "lucid evaluation of the evidence pro and con is the most sensible so far this is the book of choice for those who want the most complete account of Wallenberg's heroism and martyrdom."-Publishers Weekly
This text introduces upper-level undergraduates to Lie group theory and physical applications. It further illustrates Lie group theory's role in several fields of physics. 1974 edition. Includes 75 figures and 17 tables, exercises and problems.
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
The first fifty volumes of this yearbook of Shakespeare studies are being reissued in paperback.
The study of Shakespeare's plays as scripts of performance in the theater has grown in recent years to become a major interest for may university, college and secondary-school students and their teachers. In this play, it must be confessed that there are many passages mean, childish, and vulgar; and some which ought not to have been exhibited, as we are told they were, to a maiden queen.
In this engaging cross-disciplinary study, Timothy Murray examines the artistic struggle over traumatic fantasies of race, gender, sexuality, and power. Establishing a retrospective dialogue between past and present, stage and video, Drama Trauma links the impact of trauma on recent political projects in performance and video with the specters of difference haunting Shakespeare's plays. The book provides close readings of cultural formations as diverse as Shakespearean drama, the Statue of Liberty, contemporary plays by women, African-American performance, and feminist interventions in video, performance and installation. The texts discussed include: * installations by Mary Kelly and Dawn Dedeaux, * plays by Ntozake Shange, Rochelle Owens, Adrienne Kennedy, Marsha Norman and Amiri Baraka * performances by Robbie McCauley, Jordan, Orlan, and Carmelita Tropicana * stage, film and video productions of King Lear, Othello, Romeo and Juliet and All's Well that Ends Well.
Examines the BBC productions of all thirty-seven Shakespeare plays, discussing how the plays were adapted for television and the different approaches taken by each play's director
Described as one of Shakespeare’s most intriguing plays, All’s Well That Ends Well has only recently begun to receive the critical attention it deserves. Noted as a crucial point of development in Shakespeare’s career, this collection of new essays reflects the growing interest in the play and presents a broad range of approaches to it, including historical, feminist, performative and psychoanalytical criticisms. In addition to fourteen essays written by leading scholars, the editor’s introduction provides a substantial overview of the play’s critical history, with a strong focus on performance analysis and the impact that this has had on its reception and reputation. Demonstrating a variety of approaches to the play and furthering recent debates, this book makes a valuable contribution to Shakespeare criticism.
A detailed introduction to the principles of particle detectors used in physics, biology, and medicine. Introductory chapters review the interactions of particles and radiation with matter, introduce the principles of detector operation and describe different types of measurement. The main body of the book describes all currently used detectors and counters, including their basic principles, potential uses and limitations. Two chapters are dedicated to electronics (readout methods, monitoring, data acquisition) and data analysis. A final chapter gives examples of detector systems. Concludes with a glossary of terms, tables of units and physical constants, and a reference list. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR