One hundred lectures on the ancient and modern dramatic poets,... down to the 19th century, commencing with Thespic, 6th century B.C.

Each v. contains nine lectures.

Phases of modern music...

Reprinted from various periodicals.

Haverford essays; studies in modern literature

The logic of argument, by C.C. Hoag.--On Milton's knowledge of music, by S.G. Spaeth.--George Herbert: an interpretation, by W.S. Hinchman.--The younger Wordsworth, by C.H. Burr.--Vita nuova, chapters 24 to 28, by A.G.H. Spiers.--Some Franco-Scottish influences on the early English drama, by J.A. Lester.--Heine and Tennyson: an essay in comparative criticism, by C.W. Stork.--The Franklin's tale, by W.M. Hart.--Ipomedon: an illustration of romance origin, by C.H. Carter.--The Moors in Spanish popular poetry before 1600, by W.W. Comfort.

The modern theatre; a collection of successful modern plays as acted at the Theatres Royal, London ...

Each play has half-title only, and continuous paging.

Speculum vitae humanae : ein Drama /

With reproduction of original t.p.

Crueldad, simulacion, absurdo y amenaza: Barbarie del drama moderno y tradicion hermetica en los esperpentos de Ramon del Valle-Inclan

The purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate that the esperpentos by the Spanish playwright Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936), represent a culminating moment of theatrical precepts of modern European drama, while perpetuating the ancient esoteric traditions of the Iberian Peninsula. Focusing on four plays—Los cuernos de Don Friolera (1920), Luces de Bohemia (1921), Las galas del difunto (1926) y La hija del Capitán (1927)—the research elucidates how this interpretation furthers understanding of the process that embraces the anti-realistic clamours during the initial decades of the XX century, up to the subsequent climax of the aesthetics of Cruelty, Absurdity, Simulation, and Menace. ^ In search for an ideal scenic language capable of reflecting the grotesque character and mystical essence of the esperpentos, this project examines the most significant works of philosophers from the hermetic tradition such as Plato, Pithagoras, Aquinas, and Flamel. Other important authors are Éliphas Lévy and H. P. Blavatsky, two personalities of great preponderance in the spiritual effervescence and occultist apotheosis at the turn of the 20th century. Finally, the mystical ideas of Spanish philosopher Roso de Luna and the psychological works on alchemy and magic by Jung find their conceptual correspondence in Valle-Inclán's aesthetic manifesto, La lámpara maravillosa. ^ The ultimate objective of this dissertation is to provide a proposal for a mise en scène of the esperpentos, aesthetically based on the simultaneous scenarios of the New Stagecraft and conceptually inspired by the mystical principles of the hermetic tradition. The comparative approach of this study establishes a dialogue between modernity and the esoteric tradition that results in a new Koncept for their representation, providing a simultaneous scenario, far from realistic theatre, and more coherent to house the magical substance of the esperpentos. ^

Community in Modern Scottish Literature.

Community in Modern Scottish Literature is the first book to examine representations and theories of community in Scottish writing of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries across a broad range of authors and from various conceptual perspectives. The leading scholars in the field examine work in the novel, poetry, and drama, by key Scottish authors such as MacDiarmid, Kelman, and Galloway, as well as less well known writers. This includes postmodern and postcolonial readings, analysis of writing by gay and Gaelic authors, alongside theorists of community such as Nancy, Bauman, Delanty, Cohen, Blanchot, and Anderson. This book will unsettle and yet broaden traditional conceptions of community in Scotland and Scottish literature, suggesting a more plural idea of what community might be.

La réactualisation du testament littéraire et du tombeau poétique dans Testament et Drama Queens de Vickie Gendreau

Le présent mémoire porte sur la réécriture par Vickie Gendreau, auteure québécoise contemporaine, de deux genres funèbres, le testament littéraire et le tombeau poétique. Dans ses deux récits, Testament et Drama Queens, Gendreau met en scène des narratrices qui s'apprêtent à mourir des suites d'une tumeur au cerveau, ce qui soulève plusieurs questions : de quelle manière tisse-t-elle des rapports intertextuels avec les genres évoqués plus haut ? Comment l'appropriation des genres funèbres permet-elle de vaincre l'angoisse associée à la mort proclamée par les médecins ? Comment penser l'écriture du corps et la fictionalisation de soi à l'aune de deux genres datant de l'époque médiévale ou de la Renaissance ? Dans le premier chapitre, nous nous attardons à la construction par Gendreau du testament littéraire dans sa forme médiévale dans Testament et à la reprise dans Drama Queens d'enjeux testamentaires ; l'héritage, la filiation et la transmission. La réécriture permet l'incorporation dans le récit de l'autodérision et de la mise en scène du devenir-cadavre. Dans le second chapitre, nous explorons le tombeau poétique, tant celui de la Renaissance que celui des poètes modernes. Ce faisant, nous abordons les discours de commémoration du défunt et surtout l'appropriation de la commémoration par les deux narratrices, et ultimement par Vickie Gendreau.

La réactualisation du testament littéraire et du tombeau poétique dans Testament et Drama Queens de Vickie Gendreau

Le présent mémoire porte sur la réécriture par Vickie Gendreau, auteure québécoise contemporaine, de deux genres funèbres, le testament littéraire et le tombeau poétique. Dans ses deux récits, Testament et Drama Queens, Gendreau met en scène des narratrices qui s'apprêtent à mourir des suites d'une tumeur au cerveau, ce qui soulève plusieurs questions : de quelle manière tisse-t-elle des rapports intertextuels avec les genres évoqués plus haut ? Comment l'appropriation des genres funèbres permet-elle de vaincre l'angoisse associée à la mort proclamée par les médecins ? Comment penser l'écriture du corps et la fictionalisation de soi à l'aune de deux genres datant de l'époque médiévale ou de la Renaissance ? Dans le premier chapitre, nous nous attardons à la construction par Gendreau du testament littéraire dans sa forme médiévale dans Testament et à la reprise dans Drama Queens d'enjeux testamentaires ; l'héritage, la filiation et la transmission. La réécriture permet l'incorporation dans le récit de l'autodérision et de la mise en scène du devenir-cadavre. Dans le second chapitre, nous explorons le tombeau poétique, tant celui de la Renaissance que celui des poètes modernes. Ce faisant, nous abordons les discours de commémoration du défunt et surtout l'appropriation de la commémoration par les deux narratrices, et ultimement par Vickie Gendreau.

Performativity and the claims of scientificity of modern linguistics

This paper discusses the claim of the situatedness of research in both theoretical and applied linguistics and some of its implications and argues that it is linked to the performativity of all assertions, including scientific ones. More importantly, I argue that it is the regressive infinity of performativity that makes inevitable the passage from presumably 'dispassionate' research to militancy.

Pessoa e Pirandello: confluência de dramas

The present study aims to compare two modern authors - Luigi Pirandello and Fernando Pessoa - from different cultural environments - Italy / Brazil - pointing to a common theme: the various levels of the individual's expression. The arguments to support the proposed analysis are based on the shifting literary genres, specifically on the non-dramatic characters by Pirandello and on the drama in people by Pessoa.

Appropriate surveying methods in the Philippines: Can modern GPS units help?

An investigation was undertaken to test the effectiveness of two procedures for recording boundaries and plot positions for scientific studies on farms on Leyte Island, the Philippines. The accuracy of a Garmin 76 Global Positioning System (GPS) unit and a compass and chain was checked under the same conditions. Tree canopies interfered with the ability of the satellite signal to reach the GPS and therefore the GPS survey was less accurate than the compass and chain survey. Where a high degree of accuracy is required, a compass and chain survey remains the most effective method of surveying land underneath tree canopies, providing operator error is minimised. For a large number of surveys and thus large amounts of data, a GPS is more appropriate than a compass and chain survey because data are easily up-loaded into a Geographic Information System (GIS). However, under dense canopies where satellite signals cannot reach the GPS, it may be necessary to revert to a compass survey or a combination of both methods.