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'The Modern movement in the arts transformed consciousness and artistic form just as the energies of modernity--scientific, technological, philosophical, political--transformed for ever the nature, the speed, the sensation of human life, ' write the editors in their new Preface. This now classic survey explores the ideas, the groupings and the social tensions that shaped this transformation. AUTHOR: Malcolm Bradbury
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Sonnets Cd by Anthony Hecht, Berl Lapin, Ferris Cook, Frank Muller, G. Blakemore Evans
Description not available.In addition to the Shakespearean sonnets, notes on their structure and text are included AUTHOR: Anthony Hecht, Berl Lapin, Ferris Cook, Frank Muller, G. Blakemore Evans
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | MacBeth by Kenneth Muir, William Shakespeare, Dublin Gate Theatre Staff
Shakespeare's dark portrait of ambition begins when three prophesying witches conspire to meet with Macbeth. Obliging his fate, he indeed encounters these Weird Sisters, who mysteriously refer to him by the title Thane of Cawdor, and moreover, as the future king. Macbeth's companion Banquo is told that his descendants will inherit the throne. Macbeth and Banquo are dumbstruck when two noblemen of Scotland arrive announcing Macbeth's new title; with confirmation of the prophesy, the seeds of ambition are planted. When Lady Macbeth learns about the prophesy of her husband's rule in a letter from him, she begins plotting the murder of Duncan, King of Scotland. The murder of the King sets in motion a series of dark deeds that torment Macbeth and Lady Macbeth with guilt, especially when the ghost of Banquo, who is among the couple's victims, appears at a banquet. The guilt manifests pointedly when Lady Macbeth, sleepwalking, attempts to wash the blood from her hands, famously uttering Out, damn'd spot! out I say! MACBETH was Probably written between 1603 and 1606, the last of Shakespeare's major tragedies. Inspired by Holinshed's narrative of the reigns of Duncan and Macbeth, MACBETH is a concise drama, perhaps because Shakespeare had learned of King James's preference for shorter works. Richard Burbage, one of the most prominent actors of the Elizabethan stage, is said to have originated the title role. The earliest extant evidence of performance refers to a staging in 1611, but indirect evidence, such as the work's influence on other plays of the period, suggests an earlier debut. AUTHOR: Kenneth Muir, William Shakespeare, Dublin Gate Theatre Staff
PUBLISHER: Arden Shakespeare
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | The Refinement of America by Richard L. Bushman
This lively and authoritative volume makes clear that the quest for taste and manners in America has been essential to the serious pursuit of a democratic culture. AUTHOR: Richard L. Bushman
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Art & Myth in Ancient Greece by Thomas H. Carpenter
Here is the first comprehensive survey of the treatment of myth by Greek artists. With its copious illustrations, it forms an indispensable and unrivaled reference work for everybody interested in the art, drama, poetry, anthropology or religion of ancient Greece. AUTHOR: Thomas H. Carpenter
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Dances Without Music, Without Dancers, Without Anything by Carol Christensen, Eliane Bonabel, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Thomas Christensen
This book reveals Celine's life-long love and fascination with dance while at the same time displaying the irrepressible underlying humor and pathos of Celine's attempt to embrace fragments of grace and beauty in a world given to death and deterioration. AUTHOR: Carol Christensen, Eliane Bonabel, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Thomas Christensen
PUBLISHER: Green Integer
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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