Author: Richard BOVETPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Pandaemonium 1660–1886
Author: Humphrey JenningsPublisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 1848315864
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Collecting texts taken from letters, diaries, literature, scientific journals and reports, Pandæmonium gathers a beguiling narrative as it traces the development of the machine age in Britain. Covering the years between 1660 and 1886, it offers a rich tapestry of human experience, from eyewitness reports of the Luddite Riots and the Peterloo Massacre to more intimate accounts of child labour, Utopian communities, the desecration of the natural world, ground-breaking scientific experiments, and the coming of the railways. Humphrey Jennings, co-founder of the Mass Observation movement of the 1930s and acclaimed documentary film-maker, assembled an enthralling narrative of this key period in Britain's national consciousness. The result is a highly original artistic achievement in its own right. Thanks to the efforts of his daughter, Marie-Louise Jennings, Pandæmonium was originally published in 1985, and in 2012 it was the inspiration behind Danny Boyle's electrifying Opening Ceremony for the London Olympic Games. Frank Cottrell Boyce, who wrote the scenario for the ceremony, contributes a revealing new foreword for this edition.
Author: Abina Manning
Author: Humphrey JenningsJohn Milton's Paradise Lost
Author: Margaret KeanPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415303255
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Designed for students new to Milton's work, this sourcebook outlines the seventeenth-century contexts of its composition and examines a range of the key critical responses from across literary history. The guide also usefully reprints frequently studied passages of the poem, suggests further reading, and provides cross-references between the textual, contextual and critical material.
Bewitched and Bedeviled
Author: K. UszkaloPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137498226
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Narratives of possession have survived in early English medical and philosophical treatises. Using ideas derived from cognitive science, this study moves through the stages of possession and exorcism to describe how the social, religious, and medical were internalized to create the varied manifestations of demon possession in early modern England.
The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Vol. 2
Author: Mato SatoPublisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975319729
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Journey to where the fog never lifts… Libelle, a city by the sea. Those who venture into its fog are said never to make it back alive—a murderous phenomenon that’s another of the Four Major Human Errors that has ravaged the world. But for Menou, it just may be the solution she’s looking for. To fulfill her role as Executioner, she needs to find a way to murder Akari, the girl who seems to spring back to life whenever she’s killed. Maybe this time, Menou will be successful in carrying out her duty... but a calculated encounter with Manon, the daughter of Count Libelle, shifts all their fates in a direction that even Akari never could have predicted. Just what will become of the Executioner and her seemingly unkillable target...?
The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Vol. 4
Author: Mato SatoPublisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975336461
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Pandmonium in the mountains. Hoping to avoid a future where Menou dies trying to save Akari, the girl from Japan runs away with her sworn enemy, Momo. The pair ride the rails to a secluded village in the mountains where they believe they’ll be safe for a few days. Unfortunately, they’re not the only ones who decided to stop off there. Manon and Pandmonium have arrived as well, and they aren’t alone. Akari had hoped keeping away from Menou would be enough to spare the girl she holds dear, but keeping the Executioner alive may require a more drastic course of action...
British art cinema
Author: Paul NewlandPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526133148
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
This is the first book to provide a direct and comprehensive account of British art cinema. Film history has tended to view British filmmakers as aesthetically conservative, but the truth is they have a long tradition of experiment and artistry, both within and beyond the mainstream. Beginning with the silent period and running up to the 2010s, the book draws attention to this tradition while acknowledging that art cinema in Britain is a complex and fluid concept that needs to be considered within broader concerns. It will be of particular interest to scholars and students of British cinema history, film genre, experimental filmmaking, and British cultural history.
Milton in Popular Culture
Author: L. KnoppersPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403983186
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Breathing life into a Milton for the Twenty-first century, this cutting-edge collection shows students and scholars alike how Milton transforms and is transformed by popular literature and polemics, film and television, and other modern media.
