ｐｈａ - History & Criticism 1

Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete. These plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and they are in fact used to define the genre. Also know……続きを見る

In Darkening Mirrors, Stephanie Leigh Batiste examines how African Americans participated in U.S. cultural imperialism in Depression-era stage and screen performances. A population treated as second……続きを見る

When actor Will Shephard turned up at the Beverley Hills offices of Dino De Laurentiis, he expected to be interviewed for a modest role in the great man’s next production.“My agent told me on the ph……続きを見る

In the shadow of the Holocaust, Samuel Beckett captures humanity in ruins through his debased beings and a decomposing mode of writing that strives to 'fail better'. But what might it mean to be a '……続きを見る

What role did music play in the creation of a new aesthetics of poetry in French from the 1860s to the 1930s? How did music serve as an unassimilable 'other' against which the French symbolist poets……続きを見る

In The Gaithers and Southern Gospel, Ryan P. Harper examines songwriters Bill and Gloria Gaither's Homecoming video and concert series--a gospel music franchise that, since its beginning in 1991, ha……続きを見る

The 1960s ushered in a time of creative freedom and idealism reflected in the popular music and films on both sides of the Atlantic. At the forefront of driving that creative change were four mop-to……続きを見る

The RADA trained actress and star of '80s blockbuster soap Dynasty reveals the highs and lows of her 40+ year career in this extraordinarily candid memoir Best known for her incarnation as the smoul……続きを見る

Netflix will be re-releasing the documentary Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll with never-before-seen footage in April 2019 Stephanie will promote the book with appearances at the Grammy Museum……続きを見る

While the fledgling German paratroop operations in Belgium and the Netherlands in 1940, and on Crete in 1941, attracted worldwide attention, what is not as well known is that the use of paratroopers……続きを見る

Inspired by the verbal exuberance and richness of all that can be heard by audiences both on and off Shakespeare’s stages, Shakespeare’s Auditory Worlds examines such special listening situations as……続きを見る

Born in 1964, Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh grew up in the midst of the Khmer Rouge’s genocidal reign of terror, which claimed the lives of many of his relatives. After escaping to France, where he……続きを見る

L'histoire et l'analyse de John Carpenter, ou la clef pour comprendre son univers devenu aujourd'hui culte. Longtemps sous-considéré, John Carpenter a peu à peu acquis un statut de cinéaste culte, a……続きを見る

The play features an elderly Athenian citizen, Chremylos, and his slave Cario or Carion. Chremylos presents himself and his family as virtuous but poor, and has accordingly gone to seek advice from ……続きを見る

The play is notable for its joyous anticipation of peace and for its celebration of a return to an idyllic life in the countryside. However, it also sounds a note of caution, there is bitterness in ……続きを見る

Unlike the author's other early plays, it includes no direct mention of the Peloponnesian War and there are few references to Athenian politics, and yet it was staged not long after the commencement……続きを見る

The Clouds can be considered not only the world's first extant 'comedy of ideas' but also a brilliant and successful example of that genre. The play gained notoriety for its caricature of the philos……続きを見る

The Frogs tells the story of the god Dionysus, despairing of the state of Athens' tragedians, and allegedly recovering from the disastrous Battle of Arginusae. He travels to Hades to bring Euripides……続きを見る

The play is notable for its absurd humour, its imaginative appeal for an end to the Peloponnesian War and for the author's spirited response to condemnations of his previous play, The Babylonians, b……続きを見る

(Achille) Claude Debussy (französisch: [aʃil klod dəbysi]; 22. August 1862 - 25. März 1918) war ein französischer Komponist. Er wird manchmal als der erste impressionistische Komponist angesehen, ob……続きを見る

A radical reinterpretation of three controversial works that illuminate racism and national identity in the United States Citizenship on Catfish Row focuses on three seminal works in the history of ……続きを見る

Slade ist eine englische Rockband, die 1966 in Wolverhampton gegründet wurde. Sie wurden während der Glam-Rock-Ära Anfang der 1970er Jahre bekannt und hatten 17 aufeinanderfolgende Top-20-Hits und s……続きを見る

Die Sex Pistols waren eine englische Punkrockband, die 1975 in London gegründet wurde. Obwohl ihre anfängliche Karriere nur zweieinhalb Jahre dauerte, sind sie eine der bahnbrechendsten Bands in der……続きを見る

Siouxsie and the Banshees waren eine britische Rockband, die 1976 von der Sängerin Siouxsie Sioux und dem Bassgitarristen Steven Severin in London gegründet wurde. Sie hatten einen großen Einfluss a……続きを見る

Bachman-Turner Overdrive, oft abgekürzt als BTO, war eine kanadische Rockband aus Winnipeg, Manitoba, die 1973 von Randy Bachman, Robbie Bachman und Fred Turner gegründet wurde. Ihr 1970er-Katalog u……続きを見る

The Clash waren eine englische Rockband, die 1976 in London gegründet wurde und eine Schlüsselrolle in der ersten Welle des britischen Punkrocks spielte. Sie nannten sich "The Only Band That Matters……続きを見る

Airbourne ist eine australische Hardrock-Band, die Ende 2001 in Warrnambool gegründet wurde. Gründungsmitglieder sind Joel O'Keeffe (Leadgesang und Leadgitarre), sein jüngerer Bruder Ryan O'Keeffe (……続きを見る

A groundbreaking appreciation of Dylan as a literary practitioner WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH AGEE PRIZE IN AMERICAN LITERATURE The literary establishment tends to regard Bob Dylan as an intriguing, if ……続きを見る

De Seven à Gone Girl, en passant par Fight Club, Zodiac ou encore The Social Network, l’oeuvre de David Fincher constitue l’une des plus importantes du cinéma moderne. Ce cinéaste obsessionnel et mé……続きを見る

Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (9. Juli 1946 - 19. Februar 1980) war ein australischer Sänger und Songschreiber. Er war von 1974 bis zu seinem Tod im Jahr 1980 Leadsänger und Texter der Hardrock-Band AC……続きを見る