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The ArtsJanuary 2022The Family of Love
By Lording Barry
by Helen Ostovich, Sophie Tomlinson
The Family of Love charts a successful love intrigue between the cash-strapped Gerardine, and Maria, the sequestered niece of the mercenary Doctor Glister. Their romance unfolds against the dissection of two citizen marriages, the Glisters' and the Purges'. Mistress Purge attends Familist meetings independently, arousing her husband's suspicions about her marital fidelity. Two libertines, Lipsalve and Gudgeon, go in search of sex and solubility (freedom from constipation), receiving more than they bargain for in respect of the latter. This scholarly edition of Family of Love marks the first occasion on which the comedy is attributed to Lording Barry in print. It brings together literary and historical discussion with a thorough analysis of the play's disputed authorship. Tomlinson highlights Barry's rich vein of burlesque humour in a comedy that combines magic, a trunk, and a mock-court session with vigorous colloquial language.
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The ArtsMay 2024The Family of Love
By Lording Barry
by Sophie Tomlinson
The Family of Love charts a successful love intrigue between the cash-strapped Gerardine, and Maria, the sequestered niece of the mercenary Doctor Glister. Their romance unfolds against the dissection of two citizen marriages, the Glisters' and the Purges'. Mistress Purge attends Familist meetings independently, arousing her husband's suspicions about her marital fidelity. Two libertines, Lipsalve and Gudgeon, go in search of sex and solubility (freedom from constipation), receiving more than they bargain for in respect of the latter. This scholarly edition of Family of Love marks the first occasion on which the comedy is attributed to Lording Barry in print. It brings together literary and historical discussion with a thorough analysis of the play's disputed authorship. Tomlinson highlights Barry's rich vein of burlesque humour in a comedy that combines magic, a trunk, and a mock-court session with vigorous colloquial language.
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September 1979Reflexionen über die Universalgrammatik
by Helen Leuninger
Noam Chomskys Buch »Reflexionen über die Sprache« (= stw 185) stellt eine Zusammenfassung der sprachphilosophischen Kontroverse zwischen Empirismus und Rationalismus und zwischen Semantik und Pragmatik dar. Es präsentiert aber auch einen neuen Entwicklungsstand in der Kontroverse darum, ob die Syntax unabhängig von der Semantik operieren kann. Chomsky führt in diesem Buch die bereits 1973 in den »Conditions of Transformation« entwickelte Spurentheorie ein und motiviert diese sowohl aus empirischen Gründen der Sprachbeschreibung als auch mit kognitiven Argumenten sowie mit Beobachtungen aus dem Prozeß des Spracherwerbs. Diese Theorie stellt eine starke Revision der bekannten Annahmen Chomskys dar. In den »Reflexionen über die Sprache« liefert Chomsky sozusagen »nur« den konzeptuellen Rahmen der neuen Spurentheorie. Helen Leuningers Arbeit diskutiert nun die methodologischen und empirischen Fragen, die sich aus dieser neuen Theorie ergeben, und stellt sie in den forschungs- und wissenschaftsgeschichtlichen Zusammenhang, aus dem sie entstanden sind.
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Literature & Literary StudiesSeptember 2008Every Man Out of His Humour
Ben Jonson
by David Bevington, Helen Ostovich, Richard Dutton, Alison Findlay, Helen Ostovich
Despite its popularity when it first appeared in print in 1600, Every Man out of His Humour has never appeared as a single modern critical edition until now. The volume's introduction and annotations convey early modern obsessions with wealth and self-display by providing historical contexts and pointing out the continuity of those obsessions into modern life. The play is of interest because of its influence on the course of city comedy and its wealth of information about social relationships and colloquial language at the end of Elizabeth's reign. Jonson's experiments in generating theatrical meaning continued throughout his career, but Every Man out of His Humour - with its youthful vigour and extraordinary visualizations of the urban capacity for self-deceit - is a text that enriches the understanding of all the plays that come after it. ;
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The ArtsMay 2022Hyde 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.
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November 2019Das Adressbuch
by Sophie Calle, Sabine Erbrich
Sophie Calle findet ein Adressbuch und kopiert die Seiten daraus, bevor sie es anonym an den Besitzer, einen gewissen Pierre D., zurückgibt. Dann beginnt sie, zu denen, die in dem Buch verzeichnet sind, Kontakt aufzunehmen, sie trifft sich mit D.s Familie, Freunden, Bekannten, Affären.Mit jeder Begegnung wird Pierre D. plastischer und zugleich undurchdringlicher, Calles Recherche verkompliziert sich zusehends, während sie versucht, die schiere Vielzahl von Details – scheinbar Triviales wie potentiell Aufschlussreiches – zu dem bündigen Porträt eines Unbekannten zu fügen. Und im Lauf ihrer Nachforschungen hat Sophie Calle auch die eigenen Motive, Obsessionen und Ängste zu hinterfragen. Sophie Calle hat diese Begegnungen mit den Menschen aus D.s Adressbuch in Text und Bild dokumentiert, 1983 erschienen diese Dokumentationen einen Monat lang als Serie in der französischen Tageszeitung Libération. Und lösten einen handfesten Skandal aus, der bis heute nachhallt. Was interessiert uns an anderen? Und was verbirgt sich hinter unserem Interesse? Charakterstudie, Bekenntnis, Essay, Konzeptkunst – Sophie Calle unternimmt eine voyeuristische Abenteuerreise durch das Adressbuch eines Fremden und erfindet eine Form, in der Leben und Kunst, Rolle und Identität, Vertrautes und Unbekanntes ineinander zu oszillieren beginnen.
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July 2021Wahre Geschichten
by Sophie Calle, Sabine Erbrich
Sophie Calle entblößt sich, bis zur Unkenntlichkeit. In 65 dramatischen, frivolen, zärtlichen und verspielten Episoden erzählt die französische Künstlerin ein ganzes Leben in Fragmenten. Sie erzählt von den Kränkungen der frühen Jahre, von unverständlich wachsenden Brüsten, von kruden Liebesaffären, von ihrer Zeit als Stripperin und Aktmodell, von letzten und allerletzten Dingen. Und jede dieser Episoden beglaubigt sie mit einem ‘authentischenʼ Erinnerungsstück, mit Fotografien von Brautkleidern, von Liebesbriefchen, von angekokelten Betten, von ausgestopften Katzen. Sophie Calle hat so eine Wunderkammer der Versehrtheiten, Begierden, Erfahrungen, Fantasien geschaffen. Und wie beiläufig die Demarkationslinien zwischen Fiktion und Wirklichkeit verwischt. Kindheit, Liebe, Sex, Tod: Vermittels lakonischer Texte und doppelbödiger Fotografien, in einer hochgradig eigensinnigen Mischung aus Melancholie, Voyeurismus und trockenem Humor erzählt Sophie Calle den Bildungsroman ihres Lebens.
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Children's & YAQuiz Yourself Smart! Bees and Our Nature
by Friederun Reichenstetter/ Helen Seeberg/ Hans-Günther Döring
Where do bees get the wax for their honeycombs from? What does the bee dance mean? Why are bees important for us humans? General knowledge for primary school children! Who will be quiz king? The life of the little honeybee and its environment is full of surprises. Do you know your way around the native animal world? Discover their secrets, research how animals live and what distinguishes them. One quiz question – three possible answers. Plus all sorts of fascinating facts on the reverse page. For one or more players aged 6+.
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FictionJuly 2015We Will Have Bread
by Miao Wei
“We will have bread, and we will have everything.” This is a motto that helps David Young survive hardship. As his food import company develops, he is wealthy, contented, and has plenty of time to try the best cuisine around the world. During a gourmet travel, he entered into relationship with Helen, a relationship built on shared passion for wining and dining and full of fascinating tasting trips. However, a sudden illness deprived David of his appetite and also his lover. Relying on an utterly healthy diet, David experiences changes not only in his daily routines, but also in his life desires.
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Literature & Literary StudiesDecember 1999Volpone, or The Fox
Ben Johnson
by David Bevington, Brian Parker, Richard Dutton, Alison Findlay, Helen Ostovich
This is the most thoroughly investigated edition of Volpone to date, based on a wider collation of the 1607 quarto and 1616 folio versions than was previously possible. It calls into question several accepted textual conclusions. The introduction sets Volpone in the context of Jonson's career at the time of writing and introduces new material on its relation to the Reynard beast epic and the commedia dell' arte. Ambiguities in the play are discussed with reference to two Renaissance perversions of the myth of the Golden Age. Particular attention is paid to the rhythmic effects of the play in performance, especially interweavings of the main plot and subplot. Fresh suggestions are made about the play's opening and its controversial conclusion in the light of experiments that have been made in performance since Volpone 's stage revival in 1921. The modernized text is accompanied by full commentary, notes and illustrations. The appendices include a discussion by John Cutts of the original music, passages translated from the original sources and analogues, and a full record of the play's modern stage history, its many adaptations, and its transformations into opera, musical comedy, film and television. ;
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Literature & Literary StudiesJune 1999Antonio's Revenge
by John Marston
by David Bevington, W Gair, Richard Dutton, Alison Findlay, Helen Ostovich
Part of the major re-launch of MUP's most prestigious series.. The text is supported by variant readings, detailed notes, and a statistical breakdown of word use.. A number of these plays are being performed at the Globe Theatre and in rep as well as being set on a number of drama courses.. The acclaimed and most authoritative version of these plays thought of as the 'companion' to the Arden Shakespeare.. The only commercially available edition of the play currently in print. ;
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Literature & Literary StudiesDecember 2003Philaster: or Love Lies a-Bleeding
Or, Love Lies A-Bleeding by Beaumont and Fletcher
by David Bevington, Andrew Gurr, Richard Dutton, Alison Findlay, Helen Ostovich
Now back in print after a lengthy absence, one of the most enduring plays of its time. Edited by the renowned scholar, and recent advisor to the Globe Theatre, Andrew Gurr. No real competition for this singular play. Joins the now very impressive roster of The Revels Plays, almost thirty of which are now in print. ;
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2009The Magnetic Lady
By Ben Jonson
by David Bevington, Peter Happe, Richard Dutton, Alison Findlay, Helen Ostovich
This is the new paperback edition of the first fully annotated volume of Ben Jonson's 'The Magnetic Lady' written in 1632. It contains textual and explanatory notes and the text is modernised for student use. The introduction places the play in the context of Jonson's later dramatic and poetic works and discusses the political context of the Caroline court. A performance history of the play and fresh material relating to its seventeenth-century reception are also provided. This edition by Peter Happè critically reappraises Jonson's much-neglected play and argues for its recognition as a work of real distinction. ;
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Literature & Literary StudiesJuly 2010An Humorous Day's Mirth
by George Chapman
by David Bevington, Charles Edelman, Richard Dutton, Alison Findlay, Helen Ostovich
George Chapman is known today as a translator of Homer and as the author of dark tragedies such as Bussy D'Ambois. An Humorous Day's Mirth, written in 1597, was one of the most popular plays of the Elizabethan era. Not only was Chapman's play the Rose Theatre's greatest box-office success of that year, but it also presented an entirely new type of comedy, one that has profoundly influenced comic writing up to the present day. This play is the English theatre's first 'comedy of humours', in which the attitudes, behaviour, and social pretensions of contemporary men and women are satirised. Charles Edelman's is the first fully annotated, modern spelling edition of this long-neglected play. In his extensive introduction and commentary, Edelman discusses the intellectual, philosophical and theatrical background to Chapman's comedy, and shows that An Humorous Day's Mirth would delight the readers and audiences of today as much as it did those in 1597. ;
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Literature & Literary StudiesNovember 2000Bartholomew Fair
By Ben Jonson
by David Bevington, Suzanne Gossett, Richard Dutton, Alison Findlay, Helen Ostovich
Of all of Jonson's plays, Bartholomew Fair with its focus on the conflict between a carnivalesque enjoyment of the flesh and society's desire for order and control, speaks most directly to the modern audience. This edition is the first to use the findings of feminist scholarship in examining the play's concern with forced marriage, pregnancy, sexual commerce and widowhood. Glosses and notes are provided for students and theatre-goers clarifying the language and dialects Jonson uses to individualise the characters in his prose masterpiece and helpfully explicating layers of meaning and topical references. ;
