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      • Trusted Partner
        The Arts
        May 2022

        Hyde Park

        by James Shirley

        by Helen Ostovich, Eugene Giddens

        Hyde Park (1632) is one of the best-loved comedies of James Shirley, considered to be one of the most important Caroline dramatists. The play showcases strong female characters who excel at rebuking the outlandish courtship of various suitors. Shirley's comic setting, London's Hyde Park, offers ample opportunity for witty dialogue and sport - including foot and horse races - across three love plots. This is the first critical edition of the play, including a wide-ranging introduction and extensive commentary and textual notes. Paying special attention to the culture of Caroline London and its stage, the Revels Plays edition unpicks Shirley's politics of courtship and consent while also underlining the play's dynamics of class and power. A detailed performance history traces productions from 1632, across the Restoration to the present day, including that of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1987. A textual history of the play's first quarto determines how it was printed and what relationship Hyde Park has to other texts by Shirley from the same publishers.

      • Trusted Partner
        The Arts
        April 2024

        Hyde Park

        by James Shirley

        by Eugene Giddens

        Hyde Park (1632) is one of the best-loved comedies of James Shirley, considered to be one of the most important Caroline dramatists. The play showcases strong female characters who excel at rebuking the outlandish courtship of various suitors. Shirley's comic setting, London's Hyde Park, offers ample opportunity for witty dialogue. This is the first critical edition of the play, including a wide-ranging introduction and extensive commentary and textual notes. Paying special attention to the culture of Caroline London and its stage, the volume unpicks Shirley's politics of courtship and consent while also underlining the play's dynamics of class and power. A detailed performance history traces productions from 1632, across the Restoration to the present day, including that of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1987. A textual history of the play's first quarto determines how it was printed and what relationship Hyde Park has to other texts by Shirley.

      • Trusted Partner
        August 1991

        Selbstbewußtseinstheorien von Fichte bis Sartre

        by Manfred Frank, Manfred Frank

        Im Zeitalter der Postmoderne sind Theorien der Subjektivität und des Selbstbewußtseins kaum gefragt. Der »Tod des Subjekts« gilt als ausgemacht. Der herrschende philosophische Diskurs, in dem Theorien der Intersubjektivität und Kommunikation den Ton angeben, hat das »Selbst-bewußtsein« weitgehend verdrängt, erkennt ihm bestenfalls die Rolle eines Epiphänomens zu. Daß das Selbstbewußtsein dennoch nicht nur einen unzweifelhaften Rang in der Geschichte der Philosophie als Kristal-lisationspunkt neuzeitlichen Denkens schlechthin hat, sondern ein nach wie vor ungelöstes Grundproblem der Philosophie von großer Brisanz ist und bleibt, ist die These Manfred Franks. Den Beweis hierfür tritt er in dem vorliegenden Band an.

      • Trusted Partner
        Art forms
        2023

        Famine Tales

        A Graphic Anthology

        by Ayesha Mukherjee, Shrutakirti Dutta, Abhijit Gupta, Sujit Kumar Mandal

        A graphic anthology of five famines in India and Britain, interpreted by traditional scroll painters and comics book artists

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2007

        Religion in Revolutionary England

        by Christopher Durston, Judith Maltby

        This book offers a collection of essays tightly focused around the issue of religion in England between 1640 and 1660, a time of upheaval and civil war in England. Edited by well-known scholars of the subject, topics include the toleration controversy, women's theological writing, observance of the Lord's Day and prayer books. To aid understanding, the essays are divided into three sections examining theology in revolutionary England, inside and outside the revolutionary National Church and local impacts of religious revolution. Carefully and thoughtfully presented, this book will be of great use for those seeking to better understand the practices and patterns of religious life in England in this important and fascinating period. ;

      • June 2024

        Jansenism

        An International Anthology

        by Shaun Blanchard, Richard T. Yoder

        Jansenism: An International Anthology is the first comprehensive anthology of Jansenist texts in English translation. Covering the full sweep of the Jansenist movement from the 1630s until the early nineteenth century, this anthology is a major asset to historians of early modernity, theologians, advanced and beginner students, and interested non-specialists. Readers of English can now directly hear the voices of the women and men, nuns and priests, and politicians and pamphleteers embroiled in some of the most dynamic controversies of early modern Christianity. While giving due attention to France, the anthology showcases the geographic breadth of Jansenism, from Portugal to Lebanon. Consequently, a team of translators have provided texts translated not just from French and Latin; selections from German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Arabic also appear here. Blanchard and Yoder present a diverse range of texts, including letters, tracts, periodical excerpts, books, treatises, and synodal documents. These readings cover the controversies over divine grace and penance for which Jansenism is infamous, but they also show the widening scope of Jansenists’ reformist concerns as the movement developed and changed. They address issues such as liturgical reform, devotion to Mary and the saints, politics, religious toleration, prayer, gender and the role of women in the Church, polemics, and ecclesiastical reform. The whole volume is introduced by an essay introducing Jansenism, exposing the important themes, summarizing the relevant scholarship, and contextualizing the content that will follow. Jansenism: An International Anthology provides the first port-of-call for the study of Jansenism in English. The anthology presents a diverse and rich selection of primary source texts and draws on the best recent research into the fascinating and controversial transnational phenomena called “Jansenism.”

      • Biography: historical, political & military

        The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixth

        From the Seventh to the Thirteenth Century

        by Barrett Beer (author)

        Barrett Beer here presents the first scholarly edition of Sir John Hayward’s Life and Raigne of King Edward VI, the earliest biography of the last Tudor king.  Originally published in 1630 and again in 1636, Hayward’s account was reprinted in White Kennett’s Complete History of England in 1706. Beer uses the printed editions and unpublished manuscripts to produce a more complete text of Hayward’s book than has ever before appeared in print.  In his introduction he examines the environment in which Hayward wrote and considers the influence this pioneering work has had on attitudes toward the mid-Tudor period.The only son of Henry VIII, Edward VI (1537-53) ruled during the Protestant Reformation in England, a period not only of dramatic religious change, but also of warfare, political intrigue, and popular rebellion.  Hayward, who was imprisoned by Elizabeth I for his controversial book on Henry IV and his involvement in the conspiracy of the Earl of Essex in 1600, wrote his biography of Edward at the end of the Jacobean period when major challenges were facing the monarchy.  He proclaimed that his narrative was intended to be a “monument” to the “un-perishable fame” of the king and focused his efforts on court politics, foreign policy, and military affairs.Although few contemporary scholars would accept Hayward’s interpretation of the reign at face value, his work influenced historical thinking for over three centuries.

      • History of Art / Art & Design Styles
        August 2014

        Mediating Netherlandish Art and Material Culture in Asia

        by Edited by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann and Michael North

        Scholars have extensively documented the historical and socioeconomic impact of the Dutch East India Company. They have paid much less attention to the company’s significant influence on Asian art and visual culture. Mediating Netherlandish Art and Material Culture in Asia addresses this imbalance with a wide range of contributions covering such topics as Dutch and Chinese art in colonial and indigenous households; the rise of Hollandmania in Japan; and the Dutch painters who worked at the court of the Persian shahs. Together, the contributors shed new light on seventeenth-century Dutch visual culture“and the company that spread it across Asia.

      • History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400
        May 2011

        The Last American Puritan

        The Life of Increase Mather, 1639–1723

        by Michael G. Hall

        A critically acclaimed and accessible biography of one of the towering figures of New England's colonial period; winner of The Conference on Christianity and Literature's Book Award.

      • March 2022

        The Many Faces of Ruan Dacheng

        Poet, Playwright, Politician in Seventeenth-Century China

        by Alison Hardie

        The Many Faces of Ruan Dacheng: Poet, Playwright, Politician in Seventeenth-Century China is the first monograph in English on a controversial Ming dynasty literary figure. It examines and re-assesses the life and work of Ruan Dacheng (1587–1646), a poet, dramatist, and politician in the late Ming period. Ruan Dacheng was in his own time a highly regarded poet, but is best known as a dramatist, and his poetry is now largely unknown. He is most notorious as a ‘treacherous official’ of the Ming–Qing transition, and as a result his literary work—his plays as well as his poetry—has been neglected and undervalued. Hardie argues that Ruan’s literary work is of much greater significance in the history of Chinese literature than has generally been recognised since his own time. Ruan, rather than being a transgressive figure, is actually a very typical late Ming literatus, and as such his attitudes towards identity and authenticity can add to our understanding of these issues in late Ming intellectual history. These insights will impact on the cultural and intellectual history of late imperial China.

      • Trusted Partner
        Business, Economics & Law
        June 2021

        Small Company Big Crisis

        How to prepare for, respond to and recover from a business crisis.

        by Brownyn Reid

        When the next crisis comes, will you freeze – or flourish?Global pandemics. Raging bushfires. The death of a loved one. Severe floods. Stock market crashes. Sudden illness. It seems that we no sooner get through one crisis when we’re faced with another. That is exactly what does happen, and businesses will continue to be buffeted by such crises. Whether personal or international, a crisis can have devastating consequences for a small business. This book is a timely, practical guide to preparing for, surviving, and coming out the other side of a crisis – with your business and sanity intact. 25+ years’ experience as a small business owner, Bronwyn Reid has experienced many economic booms and busts, natural disasters, and personal crises that can derail a small business. She shares the vital lessons learned along the way and outlines the actions you can take to ensure your business weathers any storm. • Explore the history of boom and bust• Learn the SEVEN KEY QUESTIONS you must ask yourself to build resilient businesses• Understand the TEN STEPS of dealing with a crisis – without freezing• Discover the opportunities that develop from a crisis, and how to seize them• Investigate the ways we can all do business better in the future Whether you’ve already experienced a business crisis, or whether you’re looking to future-proof your venture, Small Company, Big Crisis will help you confront the inevitable, protect your business (and yourself), and grow stronger as a result.

      • History of Art / Art & Design Styles
        March 2015

        Confronting the Golden Age

        Imitation and Innovation in Dutch Genre Painting 1680-1750

        by Junko Aono

        Is it possible to talk about Dutch art after 1680 outside the prevailing critical framework of the "age of decline"? Although an increasing number of studies are being published on the art and society of this period, genre painting of this era continues to be dismissed as an uninspired repetition of the art of the second and third quarters of the seventeenth century, known as the Dutch Golden Age/ In this stunningly illustrated study, Aono reconsiders the long-dismissed genre painting from 1680-1750. Grounded in close analysis of a range of paintings and primary sources, this study illuminates the main features of genre painting, highlighting the ways in which these elements related to the painters' close connections to, on the one hand, collectors, and on the other, to classicism, one of the dominant artistic styles of that time. Three case studies, richly supplemented by a catalogue of 29 selected painters and their work, offer the first clear picture of the genre painting of the period while providing new insights into painters' activities, collectors' tastes and the contemporary art market.

      • The Forest Gardening Principle

        The Seven Layers to Growing Fruit, Vegetables, Herbs, Nuts and Berries

        by Sandra und Michael Skala

        The special thing about this book is its accessible tone and the authors’ direct, personal approach. Thanks to many years of experience, they know exactly how to create a forest garden and can share vast amounts of practical knowledge – made simple and accessible for everyone, even if you’re totally new to gardening. And it isn’t just (budding) forest gardeners who can benefit from this book; anyone who likes to grow their own can learn something from the many different methodologies explained here. No matter whether you want to plant your own forest garden or just to learn about the different methods this principle uses: in this book you’ll find plenty of useful guidance, valuable tips and tons of inspiration for how to integrate these elements into your very own space. Planning aids, plant lists for the individual layers, and numerous sketches and information tables will help you to implement it all smoothly at home and to find the strategy that works for you. Dig in!

      • September 2012

        Stove by a Whale

        Owen Chase and the Essex

        by Thomas Farel Heffernan

        A thrilling documentation of the first sinking of a ship by a whale.

      • June 2014

        Prudence Crandall’s Legacy

        The Fight for Equality in the 1830s, Dred Scott, and Brown v. Board of Education

        by Jr. Donald E. Williams

        Compelling account of the abolitionist’s life, legal battles, and legacy

      • May 2011

        Puritan Village

        The Formation of a New England Town

        by Sumner Chilton Powell

        An award-winning study of Puritans and the formation of their towns.

      • November 2012

        Carved in Stone

        The Artistry of Early New England Gravestones

        by Photographs by Thomas E. Gilson, other William Gilson

        Evocative photographs and essay illuminate early American gravestones

      • Pushkin. Boldino. Quarantine.

        Chronicle of self-isolation in 1830.

        by Vizel Michail

        “Nothing is more like a Russian village in 1662 than a Russian village in 1833,” said Pushkin. And Gogol wrote about Pushkin: "This is a Russian person in his development, in which he, perhaps, will appear in 200 years." Leafing through the calendar of the Boldinskaya autumn, a Moscow journalist and translator, editor-in-chief of the portal GodLiterature.RF Mikhail Vizel parses letters sent by Pushkin from the Nizhny Novgorod estate to his bride, friends, and business partners. Nothing is more like self-isolation in 2020 than the quarantine of 1830, right down to the genius's addiction to buckwheat! Pushkin and this is our everything. Author's introduction:“Any quarantine can turn into the Boldin autumn,” we say in Russia. Indeed, if you look at it, it's just amazing how a short and purely economic trip to the Nizhny Novgorod estate in the fall of 1830 unexpectedly became a three-month "creative trip" for 31-year-old Pushkin. As we remember, from September 5 to December 1, 1830 "Onegin" was completed, "Little Tragedies" and innovative (for Pushkin himself and for all Russian literature) "Belkin's Tale", the poem "House in Kolomna" were written, not to mention several dozen lyric poems. Thanks to this, the Boldinskaya autumn went down in history as the highest rise of a genius in his prime.And Pushkin also wrote letters. We have received 19 letters to various correspondents - first of all, of course, to the bride - m-lle Goncharova, 18-year-old Natasha. But also to friends and colleagues, in which he adhered to the style, to put it bluntly, informal. And now we have at our disposal something like Instagram or Facebook, from which we can restore: what exactly did Pushkin do in his Boldin autumn? How did she end up - Boldinskaya? Pushkin's letters make it clear how.

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