1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455479903321

Autore

John David Gethin <1947->

Titolo

The German Nachspiel in the eighteenth century / / David G. John

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1991

©1991

ISBN

1-282-01159-6

9786612011597

1-4426-7530-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (424 p.)

Disciplina

832/.05230906

Soggetti

German drama - 18th century - History and criticism

German drama (Comedy) - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Towards a Definition of the Nachspiel -- 2. Repertoires and Performances of Itinerant Troupes and Standing Theatres in the Eighteenth Century -- 3. Three Unpublished Nachspiele -- 4. The Extant Nachspiel: Text and Performance -- 5. The Nachspiel as Text before 1770 -- 6. The Nachspiel as Text after 1770 -- 7. Acting: Talent and Rules -- 8. The Socio-Critical Nachspiel: Text and Performance -- 9. Between Text and Performance: Censorship -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Overview of Primary Works -- Appendix 2. Documented Performances of Extant Nachspiele -- Annotated Bibliography of the German Nachspiel -- Secondary Works Cited -- Index of Nachspiel Titles -- Index of Names

Sommario/riassunto

John defines the Nachspiel genre and undertakes an intensive investigation of its nature, function, and forms. By surveying theatrical writings of both eighteenth- and twentieth-century authors, he determines the prevailing understanding of the Nachspiel and many of the contradictions associated with it.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783715103321

Titolo

Geography and ethics : journeys in a moral terrain / / edited by James D. Proctor and David M. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-65684-X

1-134-65685-8

1-280-33225-5

0-203-02648-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ProctorJames D. <1957->

SmithDavid Marshall <1936->

Disciplina

910/.01

Soggetti

Geography

Geography - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Geography and Ethics: Journeys in a moral terrain; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction: Overlapping terrains; Part 1 Ethics and space; 2 Meaning and geography; 3 Geography, justice and the limits of rights; 4 Geography, fairness, and liberal democracy; 5 Exploring the ethics of development; 6 Virtual geographies: The ethics of the Internet; Part 2 Ethics and place; 7 "Hereness" and the normativity of place; 8 Geography and evil: A sketch; 9 The ethnic cleansing of a "safe area": The fall of Srebrenica and the ethics of UN-governmentality

10 Social justice, self-interest and Salman Rushdie: Reassessing identity politics in multicultural Britain Part 3 Ethics and nature; 11 A moral earth: Facts and values in global environmental change; 12 Natural and unnatural wars; 13 Altered states: Nature and place in the Russian Far East; 14 The problem of pigs; Part 4 Ethics and knowledge; 15 Community, justice, and the ethics of research: Negotiating reciprocal research relations; 16 Morals and ethics in geographical studies of disability; 17 Reciprocal appropriation: Toward an ethics of cross-cultural research



18 Ethical issues in practical contexts 19 The end of the Enlightenment?: Moral philosophy and geographical practice; 20 Conclusion: Towards a context-sensitive ethics; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book represents a landmark exploration of the common terrain of geography and ethics. Drawing together specially commissioned contributions from distinguished geographers across the UK, North America and Australasia, the place of geography in ethics and of ethics in geography is examined through wide-ranging, thematic chapters.Geography and Ethics is divided into four sections for discussion and exploration of ideas: Ethics and Space; Ethics and Place; Ethics and Nature and Ethics and knowledge, all of which point to the rich interplay between geography and moral philosophy o