1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910467270503321

Autore

Munro Martin

Titolo

Tropical apocalypse : Haiti and the Caribbean end times / / Martin Munro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville : , : University of Virginia Press, , [2015]

©2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 pages)

Collana

New world studies

Disciplina

840.9/97294

Soggetti

Haitian literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Apocalypse in literature

Apocalypse in motion pictures

Religion - Haiti

Psychic trauma - Caribbean Area

Literature and history - Caribbean Area

Electronic books.

Haiti In literature

Haiti Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The Duvaliers and apocalyptic memory -- Utopian ends: Aristide and the apocalypse -- The chimeres and the Haitian antihero -- Religion, nature, and the apocalypse -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book offers both a history of apocalyptic culture in the Caribbean and an up-to-date account of the social, political, environmental, religious, and economic factors that have brought apocalypse back to prominence in the region" --



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797451203321

Autore

Berger Harry, Jr., <1924-2021, >

Titolo

Harrying : skills of offense in Shakespeare's Henriad / / Harry Berger, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] : , : Fordham University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8232-6137-9

0-8232-5664-2

0-8232-5666-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

822.3/3

Soggetti

LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Misanthropology in Richard III -- 2. “Here, Cousin, Seize the Crown” -- 3. Richard’s Soliloquy -- 4. On the Continuity of the Henriad -- 5. Falstaff and Harry -- 6. A Horse Named Cut -- 7. Hydra and Rhizome -- 8. Falstaff , Carnival, and the Perils of Speech-Prefixity -- 9. Interlude -- 10. The King’s Names -- 11. Rabbits, Ducks, Lions, Foxes -- 12. Harrying the Stage -- 13. Harry’s Question -- Notes

Sommario/riassunto

Harrying considers Richard III and the four plays of Shakespeare’s Henriad—Richard II, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, and Henry V. Berger combines close reading with cultural analysis to show how the language characters speak always says more than the speakers mean to say. Shakespeare’s speakers try to say one thing. Their language says other things that often question the speakers’ motives or intentions. Harrying explores the effect of this linguistic mischief on the representation of all the Henriad’s major figures. It centers attention on the portrayal of Falstaff and on the bad faith that darkens the language and performance of Harry, the Prince of Wales who becomes King Henry V.