English Revenge Drama

Author: Linda Woodbridge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139493558
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Vengeance permeates English Renaissance drama - for example, it crops up in all but two of Shakespeare's plays. This book explores why a supposedly forgiving Christian culture should have relished such bloodthirsty, vengeful plays. A clue lies in the plays' passion for fairness, a preoccupation suggesting widespread resentment of systemic unfairness - legal, economic, political and social. Revengers' precise equivalents - the father of two beheaded sons obliges his enemy to eat her two sons' heads - are vigilante versions of Elizabethan law, where penalties suit the crimes: thieves' hands were cut off, scolds' tongues bridled. The revengers' language of 'paying' hints at the operation of revenge in the service of economic redress. Revenge makes contact with resistance theory, justifying overthrow of tyrants, and some revengers challenge the fundamental inequity of social class. Woodbridge demonstrates how, for all their sensationalism, their macabre comedy and outlandish gore, Renaissance revenge plays do some serious cultural work.

Revenge of the Liar

Author: JC Beall
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191528501
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
The Liar paradox raises foundational questions about logic, language, and truth (and semantic notions in general). A simple Liar sentence like 'This sentence is false' appears to be both true and false if it is either true or false. For if the sentence is true, then what it says is the case; but what it says is that it is false, hence it must be false. On the other hand, if the statement is false, then it is true, since it says (only) that it is false. How, then, should we classify Liar sentences? Are they true or false? A natural suggestion would be that Liars are neither true nor false; that is, they fall into a category beyond truth and falsity. This solution might resolve the initial problem, but it beckons the Liar's revenge. A sentence that says of itself only that it is false or beyond truth and falsity will, in effect, bring back the initial problem. The Liar's revenge is a witness to the hydra-like nature of Liars: in dealing with one Liar you often bring about another. JC Beall presents fourteen new essays and an extensive introduction, which examine the nature of the Liar paradox and its resistance to any attempt to solve it. Written by some of the world's leading experts in the field, the papers in this volume will be an important resource for those working in truth studies, philosophical logic, and philosophy of language, as well as those with an interest in formal semantics and metaphysics.

Revenge of the Scapegoat

Author: Caren Beilin
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1948980088
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
From the author of Blackfishing the IUD, a darkly hilarious novel about familial trauma, chronic illness, academic labor, and contemporary art. In the tradition of Rabelais, Swift, and Fran Ross—the tradition of biting satire that joyfully embraces the strange and fantastical—and drawing upon documentary strategies from Sheila Heti, Caren Beilin offers a tale of familial trauma that is also a broadly inclusive skewering of academia, the medical industry, and the contemporary art scene. One day Iris, an adjunct at a city arts college, receives a terrible package: recently unearthed letters that her father had written to her in her teens, in which he blames her for their family’s crises. Driven by the raw fact of receiving these devastating letters not once but twice in a lifetime, and in a panic of chronic pain brought on by rheumatoid arthritis, Iris escapes to the countryside—or some absurdist version of it. Nazi cows, Picassos used as tampons, and a pair of arthritic feet that speak in the voices of Flaubert’s Bouvard and Pécuchet are standard fare in this beguiling novel of odd characters, surprising circumstances, and intuitive leaps, all brought together in profoundly serious ways.

Dirty Tricks, Revenge, and Getting Even

Author: R. Godinez
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781492346388
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
This is the Ultimate Book on getting revenge in 2015. All other books on the subject are for children, or written by crackpots, with advice that will get you locked up. Hundreds of devious and devastating pranks are here, in detail, with references to websites and sources, and dozens of color pictures, so you know exactly what to do. When you read these prank suggestions, you will wonder if the book was written by an escaped convict or a madman. And yet there are so many excellent pranks, you will find the one that's perfect for you. This book is full of advice on remaining anonymous, and not getting caught. When someone pisses you off, don't get a gun, get this book, and get your revenge on. The author has spend a literal lifetime devoted to payback, and you can learn all his tricks and avoid common mistakes. If you try to get your revenge without reading this book first, take the shoelaces out of your shoes, because you're going to get caught!

Beyond Revenge

Author: Michael McCullough
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780470262153
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 323

Book Description
Why is revenge such a pervasive and destructive problem? How can we create a future in which revenge is less common and forgiveness is more common? Psychologist Michael McCullough argues that the key to a more forgiving, less vengeful world is to understand the evolutionary forces that gave rise to these intimately human instincts and the social forces that activate them in human minds today. Drawing on exciting breakthroughs from the social and biological sciences, McCullough dispenses surprising and practical advice for making the world a more forgiving place. Michael E. McCullough (Miami, Florida), an internationally recognized expert on forgiveness and revenge, is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he directs the Laboratory for Social and Clinical Psychology.

Getting Even

Author: Charles K. B. Barton
Publisher: Open Court Publishing
ISBN: 9780812694024
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
The author of this text aims to show that revenge is a required form of justice that should be incorporated into the criminal justice system. He argues that the current system disempowers those who are victims of crime, the accused, and their respective communities.

Complete Works

Author: Thomas Brookes (Preacher at Margaret's, New Fish Street.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 614

Book Description

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Green Communications and Networks 2012 (GCN 2012): Volume 1

Author: Yuhang Yang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 364235419X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 801

Book Description
The objective of the 2nd International Conference on Green Communications and Networks 2012 (GCN 2012) is to facilitate an exchange of information on best practices for the latest research advances in the area of communications, networks and intelligence applications. These mainly involve computer science and engineering, informatics, communications and control, electrical engineering, information computing, and business intelligence and management. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Green Communications and Networks 2012 (GCN 2012) will focus on green information technology and applications, which will provide in-depth insights for engineers and scientists in academia, industry, and government. The book addresses the most innovative research developments including technical challenges, social and economic issues, and presents and discusses the authors’ ideas, experiences, findings, and current projects on all aspects of advanced green information technology and applications. Yuhang Yang is a professor at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Maode Ma is an associate professor at the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University.

Get Away

Author: Barrie Wigley
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 1628574100
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
Set mainly on the high seas, Get Away is an action-adventure novel and the sequel to Sail Away. Get Away continues the story of the four main characters: recently appointed M16 agent Brian Ridley and senior M16 officer Martin Merryweather, and criminals Gustav Krause and Yoseph Lee. Gustav and Yoseph have been found guilty of crimes against humanity and are sentenced to prison terms of twenty-five and twenty years, respectively. While in prison, Gustav, a billionaire industrialist, plans his next moves with the help of conspirators on the outside. He has big plans, and staying in prison is not on his agenda. When Gustav escapes, Brian is called in by his M16 superior Martin, due to his knowledge of supertankers, where some of the action is taking place. In the midst of all this, Brian becomes romantically involved with an old girlfriend, which eventually leads to wedding bells. Although this is a work of fiction, real-life events are woven into the plot, giving the story a gritty realism that evolves into a thrilling climax.

Criminal Law

Author: Russell Heaton
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199234124
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 654

Book Description
This is a comprehensive evaluation of criminal law which brings that area of law to life. Structured learning features are integrated throughout the chapters to help you engage with the subject and develop your knowledge further.