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The Triumph of Ignorance and Bliss
A brilliant analysis which shows that North Americans have largely abandoned the public sphere for the sake of individual fortune. In The Triumph of Ignorance and Bliss, Polk examines the foundations of a culture that he sees as favouring firepower over diplomacy, passions from the pulpit over rational critique, and the star appeal of media idols over a debate about the real problems. Where engaged public discourse should channel effective dissent, there is ignorance; where public outrage should ignite corrective action to oppose the blatant wrongs, there is bliss. Polk portrays a society sidetracked by television-inspired fantasies of fame, fun, and perfect bodies, where public school syste...
Contemporary Readings in Global Performances of Shakespeare
A concise guide to global performances of Shakespeare, this volume combines methodologies of dramaturgy, film and performance studies, critical race and gender studies and anthropological thick description. This companion guides students from critical methodologies through big pictures of global Shakespeare to case studies that employ these methodologies. It uses a site-specific lens to examine global performances of Shakespeare on stage, on radio and on screen. As well as featuring methodological chapters on modernist adaptations, global cinema, multilingual productions and Shakespeare in translation, the volume includes short histories of adaptations of Shakespeare in Southeast Asia, Latin...
Adapting King Lear for the Stage
Exploring whether the impulse to adapt Shakespeare has changed over time, Bradley argues for restoring a sense of historicity to the study of adaptation. Bradley compares adaptations of King Lear from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries to twentieth-century rewritings of the play, suggesting modern Shakespeare adaptations represent a unique genre that permits playwrights to acknowledge their literary heritage while articulating more modern subject positions and participating in broader debates about art and society.
A King Translated
King James is well known as the most prolific writer of all the Stuart monarchs, publishing works on numerous topics and issues. These works were widely read, not only in Scotland and England but also on the Continent, where they appeared in several translations. In this book, Dr Stilma looks both at the domestic and international context to James's writings, using as a case study a set of Dutch translations which includes his religious meditations, his epic poem The Battle of Lepanto, his treatise on witchcraft Daemonologie and his manual on kingship Basilikon Doron. The book provides an examination of James's writings within their original Scottish context, particularly their political imp...
The Concise Guide to Global Human Rights
Lays the groundwork for understanding issues relating to global rights across a wide range of topics.
The New Left
Revisits the sixties and traces its ongoing impact on North American politics and culture.
James VI, Britannic Prince
By drawing upon recent scholarship, original manuscript materials, and previously unpublished sources, this new biography presents an analytical narrative of King James VI & I’s life from his birth in 1566 to his accession to the throne of England and Ireland in 1603. The only son of Mary Stuart and heir (apparent but not uncontested) to Elizabeth I, James VI of Scotland was, from the moment of his birth, a focal point of countervailing hopes and fears for the confessional and dynastic future of the kingdoms of the British Isles. This study examines material from across the UK and beyond, as well as the newly deciphered letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, to reveal James as a highly capable, ...
A Certain William
A collection of plays by some of Francophone Canada's most distinguished playwrights.
Authorship and Authority: The Writings of James VI and I
James VI of Scotland and I of England participated in the literary culture of the Renaissance--not only as a monarch and patron but as an author in his own right. As the first monograph devoted to James as an author, this book offers a fresh perspective on his reigns in Scotland and England, and the interrelationship of authorship and authority, literature, and politics in the Renaissance. The book combines research into the preparation, material form, and circulation of these varied writings with theoretically informed consideration of the relationship between authors, texts, and readers. The discussion explores James's responses to a range of literary, political, and religious debates and reveals the development of his aims and concerns as an author.
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