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The Onstage Christ

Author : John Ditsky
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 1980
ISBN 10 : 038920059X
Pages : 188 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (92 downloads)

Download The Onstage Christ in PDF Full Online Free by John Ditsky and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1980 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ditsky closely examines thirteen modern plays to elaborate patterns of "Christ-presence" as sacrificial victim, teacher, redeemer, benefactor, or martyr in a study ranging in time from Isben's The Wild Duck to Albee's The Zoo Story and Arden's Sergeant Musgrave's Dance.

Onstage Violence in Sixteenth-Century French Tragedy

Author : Michael Meere
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-10-21
ISBN 10 : 9780192844132
Pages : 272 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (413 downloads)

Download Onstage Violence in Sixteenth-Century French Tragedy in PDF Full Online Free by Michael Meere and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies the representation of violence in tragedies written for the French stage during the sixteenth century, and explores its connection with issues such as politics, religion, gender, and militantism to place the plays within their historical, cultural, and theatrical contexts.

Jesus on Stage

Author : Philip Oakeshott
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2015-01-07
ISBN 10 : 9781496999252
Pages : 154 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (925 downloads)

Download Jesus on Stage in PDF Full Online Free by Philip Oakeshott and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-01-07 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus on Stage argues that the Gospel of John is, in its present form, an ancient historical novel, but that the evangelist’s first version was his own draft for a Greek play. The development of Greek drama at Athens is briefly described, with new suggestions on some details, and the continuing influence of the great Greek tragedians in the 1st Century AD is shown. Then the internal evidence in the gospel which points to an earlier draft play is marshalled: not merely dramatic scenes, some of which echo Sophocles, but speeches only appropriate to the stage, puzzling features which make sense if they were devised with theatrical presentation in mind, others which suggest the chorus of a play; and a drastic reshaping of the Synoptic storyline to centre the whole work on Jerusalem, with a Jesus who resembles the hero of a play. All this has later been expanded to form a novel, including incidents in the ‘mystery and suspense’ tradition beloved by ancient novelists. But the book is not only for scholars; anyone re-examining John’s gospel from this standpoint will find new depths in the evangelist’s seldom historical but deeply spiritual creation.

Teaching the Bible Through Popular Culture and the Arts

Author : Mark Roncace
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Release Date : 2007
ISBN 10 : 9781589832442
Pages : 393 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (244 downloads)

Download Teaching the Bible Through Popular Culture and the Arts in PDF Full Online Free by Mark Roncace and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2007 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource enables biblical studies instructors to facilitate engaging classroom experiences by drawing on the arts and popular culture. It offers brief overviews of hundreds of easily accessible examples of art, film, literature, music, and other media and outlines strategies for incorporating them effectively and concisely in the classroom. Although designed primarily for college and seminary courses on the Bible, the ideas can easily be adapted for classes such as “Theology and Literature” or “Religion and Art” as well as for nonacademic settings. This compilation is an invaluable resource for anyone who teaches the Bible.

Aztecs on Stage

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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2012-09-13
ISBN 10 : 9780806185316
Pages : 244 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (531 downloads)

Download Aztecs on Stage in PDF Full Online Free by and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nahuatl drama, one of the most surprising results of the Catholic presence in colonial Mexico, merges medieval European religious theater with the language and performance traditions of the Aztec (Nahua) people of central Mexico. Franciscan missionaries, seeking effective tools for evangelization, fostered this new form of theater after observing the Nahuas’ enthusiasm for elaborate performances. The plays became a controversial component of native Christianity, allowing Nahua performers to present Christian discourse in ways that sometimes effected subtle changes in meaning. The Indians’ enthusiastic embrace of alphabetic writing enabled the use of scripts, but the genre was so unorthodox that Spanish censors prevented the plays’ publication. As a result, colonial Nahuatl drama survives only in scattered manuscripts, most of them anonymous, some of them passed down and recopied over generations. Aztecs on Stage presents accessible English translations of six of these seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Nahuatl plays. All are based on European dramatic traditions, such as the morality and passion plays; indigenous actors played the roles of saints, angels, devils—and even the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Louise M. Burkhart’s engaging introduction places the plays in historical context, while stage directions and annotations in the works provide insight into the Nahuas’ production practices, which often incorporated elaborate sets, props, and special effects including fireworks and music. The translations facilitate classroom readings and performances while retaining significant artistic features of the Nahuatl originals.

Reformers on Stage

Author : Gary K. Waite
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2000-01-01
ISBN 10 : 0802044573
Pages : 364 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (24 downloads)

Download Reformers on Stage in PDF Full Online Free by Gary K. Waite and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the social and religious messages of plays presented across the Low Countries, showing how they promoted or opposed calls for reform, religious and otherwise and argues that dramatists reshaped reform ideas to accommodate their own concerns.

Shakespeare And Elizabethan Popular Culture

Author : Neil Rhodes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-05-13
ISBN 10 : 9781408143629
Pages : 272 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (362 downloads)

Download Shakespeare And Elizabethan Popular Culture in PDF Full Online Free by Neil Rhodes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While much has been written on Shakespeare's debt to the classical tradition, less has been said about his roots in the popular culture of his own time. This is the first book to explore the full range of his debts to Elizabethan popular culture. Topics covered include the mystery plays, festive custom, clowns, romance and popular fiction, folklore and superstition, everyday sayings, and popular songs. These essays show how Shakespeare, throughout his dramatic work, used popular culture. A final chapter, which considers ballads with Shakespearean connections in the seventeenth century, shows how popular culture immediately after his time used Shakespeare.

Edward Albee

Author : Phyllis T. Dircks
Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2010-03-10
ISBN 10 : 9780786456598
Pages : 179 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (659 downloads)

Download Edward Albee in PDF Full Online Free by Phyllis T. Dircks and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work covers the canon of playwright Edward Albee, perhaps best known as the author of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Comprehensive entries detail the plays and major characters. Other features include biographical information and insights into Albee’s artistic beliefs, his understanding of the playwright’s responsibility, the importance of music in drama, and the technical craft of writing plays.

Living the Extraordinary Life

Author : Charles F. Stanley
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Release Date : 2008-05-18
ISBN 10 : 9781418525330
Pages : 240 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (533 downloads)

Download Living the Extraordinary Life in PDF Full Online Free by Charles F. Stanley and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2008-05-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If an honest and capable portrait painter depicted you, what would the world see? Integrity, courage, and conviction? Or dishonesty, fear, and doubt?" Dr. Charles Stanley asks this question as he encourages us to probe the depths of our hearts and to take stock of who we really are. Many people are content to live below their real potential and to settle for less than God intends?just the status quo. He wants us to live victorious lives. In Living the Extraordinary Life, Dr. Stanley gives us time-tested truths that God reveals through Scripture?nine simple but effective life principles that can help us live truly triumphant lives. Learn how: surrendering your life to God leads to peace, contentment, and joy obedience always brings blessing only by patience can we know God's will we can win out battles if we fight them on our knees Whether we are longtime Christians struggling with the temptations and stresses of today's world, or new believers reaching out for the first time to Christ to transform our lives, this book can point us to the secrets for living happier, more meaningful lives. "Becoming the masterpiece God created you to be is a lifelong process in which He is continually shaping you into a unique reflection of His Son," Dr. Stanley says. "It is my prayer that you will embrace each one of these principles fully, and in doing so, discover the extraordinary life God has planned for you."

The Chester Cycle in Context, 1555–1575

Author : Dr Helen Ostovich
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2012-11-01
ISBN 10 : 9781409483915
Pages : 244 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (391 downloads)

Download The Chester Cycle in Context, 1555–1575 in PDF Full Online Free by Dr Helen Ostovich and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chester Cycle in Context, 1555-1575 considers the implications of recent archival research which has profoundly changed our view of the continuation of performances of Chester's civic biblical play cycle into the reign of Elizabeth I. Scholars now view the decline and ultimate abandonment of civic religious drama as the result of a complex network of local pressures, heavily dependent upon individual civic and ecclesiastical authorities, rather than a result of a nation-wide policy of suppression, as had previously been assumed. Approaching individual plays in the Chester cycle in the light of this new understanding, this volume investigates how new sources shift and clarify our understanding of the last years of cycle's performance. Contributors analyze how the city attempted to preserve its dramatic traditions by making adjustments to the plays in the face of protestant objections to the stage portrayal of such concepts as transubstantiation, the life of the Virgin Mary, or such apocryphal stories as the midwives at the nativity. Many of the essays focus on the performance of 1572 which took place despite the objections of the bishop of Chester and in the face of complaints from protestant churchmen and citizens.

Edward Albee

Author : Barbara Lee Horn
Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date : 2003
ISBN 10 : 0313311412
Pages : 354 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (331 downloads)

Download Edward Albee in PDF Full Online Free by Barbara Lee Horn and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 2003 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the entire career of the influential and controversial playwright Edward Albee.

Performance, Cognitive Theory, and Devotional Culture

Author : J. Stevenson
Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2010-05-24
ISBN 10 : 9780230109070
Pages : 264 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (97 downloads)

Download Performance, Cognitive Theory, and Devotional Culture in PDF Full Online Free by J. Stevenson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Performance, Cognitive Theory, and Devotional Culture, Jill Stevenson uses cognitive theory to explore the layperson s physical encounter with live religious performances, and to argue that laypeople s interactions with other devotional media - such as books and art objects - may also have functioned like performance events. By revealing the remarkable resonance between cognitive science and medieval visual theories, Stevenson demonstrates how understanding medieval culture can enrich the study of performance generally. She concludes by applying her theories of medieval performance culture to contemporary religious forms, including creationist museums, Hell Houses, and megachurches.

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England, vol. 27

Author : S. P. Cerasano
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Release Date : 2014-09-30
ISBN 10 : 9780838644720
Pages : 262 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (472 downloads)

Download Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England, vol. 27 in PDF Full Online Free by S. P. Cerasano and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international journal committed to the publication of essays and reviews relevant to drama and theatre history to 1642. This issue includes nine new articles and reviews of three books.

An International Annotated Bibliography of Strindberg Studies 1870-2005: The plays

Author : Michael Robinson
Publisher : MHRA
Release Date : 2008
ISBN 10 : 9780947623821
Pages : 756 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (382 downloads)

Download An International Annotated Bibliography of Strindberg Studies 1870-2005: The plays in PDF Full Online Free by Michael Robinson and published by MHRA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This copiously annotated bibliography documents and examines the whole range of commentary on Strindberg's works and activity in many fields besides the plays for which he is internationally best known. These include his prose fiction and poetry, his work as an historian and natural historian, and his relationship to the other arts, most notably his painting. It is concerned with both lasting works of literary and dramatic criticism, as well as reviews of his books and plays in the theatre, and some more ephemeral material, all of this in several languages. Organised generically and by subject and individual work, the bibliography enables the reader to trace the changing impact of Strindberg and his works in various countries and during different periods. It is thus very much a study in reception as well as a bibliographical record of published material. It traces the developing image of Strindberg and his writing both during his lifetime and in subsequent years, and with frequent cross reference offers a comprehensive overview of a literary and existential project that has rarely been matched for its multifaceted diversity. The bibliography is published in three parts. Volume 1, General Studies (978-0-947623-81-4) and Volume 3, Prose, Poetry, Miscellaneous (978-0-947623-83-8) are also now available. Michael Robinson is Emeritus Professor of Drama and Scandinavian Studies at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Paul and the Person

Author : Susan Grove Eastman
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2017
ISBN 10 : 9780802868961
Pages : 207 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (896 downloads)

Download Paul and the Person in PDF Full Online Free by Susan Grove Eastman and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Susan Grove Eastman presents a fresh and innovative exploration of Paul's participatory theology in conversation with both ancient and contemporary conceptions of the self. Juxtaposing Paul, ancient philosophers, and modern theorists of the person, Eastman opens up a conversation that illuminates Paul's thought in new ways and brings his voice into current debates about personhood. Eastman devotes close attention to the Pauline letters within their first-century context, particularly the Greco-Roman fascination with questions of performance and identity. At the same time, she draws out connections to recent trends in psychology and neurobiology in order to situate Paul's insights in deep dialogue with contemporary understandings of human identity.

Thornton Wilder and the Puritan Narrative Tradition

Author : Lincoln Konkle
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2006
ISBN 10 : 9780826264978
Pages : 301 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (497 downloads)

Download Thornton Wilder and the Puritan Narrative Tradition in PDF Full Online Free by Lincoln Konkle and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fresh examination of the works of Thornton Wilder emphasizing continuities in American literature from the seventeenth through twentieth centuries. Sees Wilder as a literary descendant of Edward Taylor who drew from the Puritan worldview and tradition. Includes indepth readings of Shadow of a Doubt, The Trumpet Shall Sound, and others"--Provided by publisher.

Consider This on Stage Being the Pastor’s Younger First Lady

Author : Amy J Lee-Coleman
Publisher : iUniverse
Release Date : 2021-02-23
ISBN 10 : 9781663215314
Pages : 102 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (531 downloads)

Download Consider This on Stage Being the Pastor’s Younger First Lady in PDF Full Online Free by Amy J Lee-Coleman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Married Life as a First Lady. Wow, who would have ever thought I would have to step into that role? Throw in the fact that my Honey Pastor is twenty-six years my senior and now we really have a situation?! A situation that only God could and had to be allowed to carry me through. This is part of my story of while I was trying to figure it out, God was working it out. To God be the Glory!