Im Laufe des Lebens eines Künstlers oder eben eines Menschen, der sich im Laufe der Zeit zu einem solchen entwickelt, entstehen gar viele Versuche, die Kunst zu nennen möglicherweise eine Anmaßung bedeuten, aber dennoch eben auf dem Weg zur Entwicklung der eigenen Kunst eine Bedeutung haben, und sei es auch nur für den Künstler selber.
This in-depth compilation of the lives, works, and contributions of 12 icons of African-American comedy explores their impact on American entertainment and the way America thinks about race.
54 Sketche rund um die Themen Sprache, Wortwitz und Missverständnisse – für große und kleine Leser, zum Mitmachen, Aufführen oder als Schmunzellektüre.
The Modern Feminine in the Medusa Satire of Fanny Fern argues that Sara Parton and her literary alter ego, Fanny Fern, occupy a star-power position within the antebellum literary marketplace dominated by women authors of sentimental fiction, writers Nathaniel Hawthorne (in)famously called "e;the damn mob of scribbling women.
Anton Chekhov's 'The Greatest Dramatic Works of Anton Chekhov: 12 Plays in One Edition' is a collection of some of the most influential plays in Russian literature.
This analysis of the Stratford Festival examines the full history of one of the largest and oldest dedicated centres for the performance of Shakespeare in North America.
This handbook tackles the understudied relationship between music and comedy cinema by analysing the nature, perception, and function of music from fresh perspectives.
This handbook tackles the understudied relationship between music and comedy cinema by analysing the nature, perception, and function of music from fresh perspectives.
Offering for the first time a student introduction to Aristophanes' most explosive political satire, this volume is an essential guide to the context, themes and later reception of Cavalry.
Offering for the first time a student introduction to Aristophanes' most explosive political satire, this volume is an essential guide to the context, themes and later reception of Cavalry.
A revelatory account of the magus - the learned magician - and his place in the world of Renaissance EuropeAt the heart of the extraordinary ferment of the High Renaissance stood a distinctive, strange and beguiling figure: the magus.
'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs saying "e;hilarious"e; on them.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Now with a fun pub quiz*'An idiosyncratic ride through history' Independent 'Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' The TimesThe nation's favourite historians, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, take on the most curious moments in history, answering the questions we didn't even think to ask .
This hilarious, sideways look at horse racing vividly recounts many of the strangest moments and oddest incidents from over 150 years of the sport's history.
This is the first book to offer a clear introduction to Kattaikkuttu (or Terukkuttu), a vibrant, vocal and physical outdoor Tamil theatre tradition from India.
This is the first book to offer a clear introduction to Kattaikkuttu (or Terukkuttu), a vibrant, vocal and physical outdoor Tamil theatre tradition from India.
"Fragte man mich nach der Herkunft, ich sagte: Ich komme von Schubert, Cave, Cohen und so weiter …"Anna Baar erzählt von Menschen und Werken, die ihre ästhetische Welterschließung auf unterschiedlichste Weise beeinflusst haben.
"Fragte man mich nach der Herkunft, ich sagte: Ich komme von Schubert, Cave, Cohen und so weiter …"Anna Baar erzählt von Menschen und Werken, die ihre ästhetische Welterschließung auf unterschiedlichste Weise beeinflusst haben.
