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The Sounds of Paris in Verdi's La Traviata
Emilio Sala uses rare documents and images to re-examine Verdi's La traviata in the cultural context of mid-nineteenth-century Paris.
Stutter
In a book that explores the phenomenon of stuttering from its practical and physical aspects to its historical profile to its existential implications, Shell, who has himself struggled with stuttering all his life, plumbs the depths of this murky region between will and flesh, intention and expression, idea and word. Looking into the difficulties encountered by people who stutter--as do fifty million world-wide--Shell shows that stutterers share a kinship with many other speakers, both impeded and fluent. This book takes us back to a time when stuttering was believed to be 'diagnosis-induced, ' then on to the complex mix of physical and psychological causes that were later discovered. Ranging from cartoon characters like Porky Pig to cultural icons like Marilyn Monroe, from Moses to Hamlet, Shell reveals how stuttering in literature plays a role in the formation of tone, narrative progression and character.--From publisher description.
Homosexuality in French History and Culture
Deconstruct changing representations of homosexuality with this important new work of cultural criticism! Homosexuality in French History and Culture explores episodes, patterns, and images of same-sex attraction in France from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century, from the essays of Michel de Montaigne to pride parades in contemporary Paris. This groundbreaking book documents the ways homosexuality has been named, experienced, regulated, understood, and imagined. During these centuries, homosexuality has been stigmatized as a sin, crime, or disease, and denounced as a threat to social order and national identity. Yet the rhetoric of condemnation has always co-existed with the reality o...
Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850
Review: "Written to stress the crosscurrent of ideas, this cultural encyclopedia provides clearly written and authoritative articles. Thoughts, themes, people, and nations that define the Romantic Era, as well as some frequently overlooked topics, receive their first encyclopedic treatments in 850 signed articles, with bibliographies and coverage of historical antecedents and lingering influences of romanticism. Even casual browsers will discover much to enjoy here."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.
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Stavovské divadlo 1824-1862, I. a II. svazek
Publikace navazuje na dvoudílnou monografii Prozatímní divadlo 1862–1883 (Academia – Národní divadlo, Praha 2006). Za použití stejné metodologie do podrobností mapuje českojazyčný repertoár pražského Stavovského divadla od roku 1824, kdy se začal utvářet profesionální český soubor, do vzniku Prozatímního divadla v roce 1862. Z cedulí jako prvořadého a unikátního pramene výzkum vycházel, jejich informace byly však ověřovány a doplňovány na základě studia dalších pramenů, dobového tisku a literatury. Využití specializované databáze Elektronický divadelní archiv umožnilo sestavení nejen soupisu inscenací a představení, ale i přehledu činnosti tvůrců, inscenátorů i interpretů Stavovského divadla v uvedeném období.
