1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463910203321

Autore

Wolf Jacqueline H.

Titolo

Deliver me from pain : anesthesia and birth in America / / Jacqueline H. Wolf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-4214-0323-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Disciplina

617.9/682

Soggetti

Anesthesia in obstetrics - United States - History

Childbirth - United States - History

Natural childbirth - United States - History

Electronic books.

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 (pages [205]-265) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Terrible torture" or "the nicest sensation I've ever had"? : conflicting perceptions of labor in U.S. history -- Ether and chloroform : the question of necessity, 1840s through 1890s -- Twilight sleep : the question of professional respect, 1890s through 1930s -- Developing the obstetric anesthesia arsenal : the question of safety, 1900 through 1960s -- Giving birth to the baby boomers : the question of convenience, 1940s through 1960s -- Natural childbirth and birth reform : the question of authority, 1950s through 1980s -- Epidural anesthesia and cesarean section : the question of choice, 1970s to the present.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779348103321

Autore

Demastes William W.

Titolo

The Cambridge introduction to Tom Stoppard / / William W . Demastes [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-139-85407-0

1-107-23584-7

1-139-84025-8

1-107-25449-3

1-139-84263-3

1-139-13510-4

1-139-84499-7

1-283-74154-7

1-139-84144-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 166 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge introductions to literature

Classificazione

DRA003000

Disciplina

822/.914

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Stoppardianism; Professional chronology; 1. Stoppard: briefly, a life in the theatre; 2. Keys to Stoppard's theatre; 3. The breakthrough years; 4. Playing with the stage; 5. Science takes the stage; 6. Love is in the air; 7. Politics humanized; Conclusion: the play's the thing; Appendix: Stoppard's theatre: a summary; Guide to further reading.

Sommario/riassunto

Tom Stoppard is widely considered to be one of the most important dramatists of contemporary theatre. In this Introduction, William Demastes provides an accessible overview of Stoppard's life and work, exploring all the complexity and variety that makes his drama so unique. Illustrated with images from a diverse range of Stoppard productions, the book provides clear evaluations of his major works, including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Travesties, Arcadia and The Coast of Utopia, to provide the most up-to-date assessment



available. Detailed chapters situate each play in the context of its sources, which include Shakespeare and contemporary existential thought, espionage, quantum physics, chaos theory, romanticism, landscape design, nineteenth-century European intellectual thought and European totalitarianism. The book also includes a section on Stoppard's Academy Award-winning film Shakespeare in Love.