1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783605703321

Autore

Lanteigne Marc

Titolo

China and international institutions : alternate paths to global power / / Marc Lanteigne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-21402-2

1-134-21403-0

1-280-24438-0

9786610244386

0-203-01837-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Asian security studies

Disciplina

327.51

Soggetti

International agencies

China Foreign relations 1976-

China Foreign economic relations

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 (p. 202-222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT; 2 FLYING GEESE AND RISING PHOENIX; 3 CHIMERAS OR PEACEBUILDERS?; 4 LABYRINTH'S EDGE; 5 SEEKING MODERNITY; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

China has shifted its foreign policy from one that avoided engagement in international organizations to one that is now embracing them. These moves present a new challenge to international relations theory.How will the global community be affected by the engagement of this massive global power with international institutions? This new study explores why China has chosen to abandon its previous doctrine of institutional isolation and details how it is currently unable to balance American power unilaterally and details an indirect path to greater power. In addition, it includes



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813461703321

Autore

Carnicke Sharon Marie <1949->

Titolo

Checking out Chekhov : a guide to the plays for actors, directors, and readers / / Sharon Marie Carnicke ; cover design by Ivan Grave

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brighton, Massachussetts : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-61811-140-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Collana

Companions to Russian Literature

Altri autori (Persone)

GraveIvan

Disciplina

891.723

Soggetti

Drama

Theater

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

Front matter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR -- TO THE READER -- ACKNOWLEGEMENTS -- PERMISSIONS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TRANSLITERATIONS OF RUSSIAN WORDS, NAMES, AND TITLES OF WORKS -- ELLIPSES AND DATES -- THE USAGE OF RUSSIAN NAMES -- Introduction: A Taste Like Olives -- Chapter One: Chekhov on His Own Terms -- Chapter Two: The Literary Soil for Chekhov's Drama -- Chapter Three: The Devil in the Details of Chekhov's Plays -- Chapter Four: Dramatic Innovations Part One: Vaudeville -- Chapter Five: Dramatic Innovations Part Two: Melodrama -- Chapter 6: Chekhov's Plays as Blueprints for Performances -- Conclusion: A Matter of Perspective -- Annotated Bibliography -- Index of Names, Terms, and Chekhov's Works -- Index of Character Names from Chekhov's Major Plays

Sommario/riassunto

This book paints a vivid portrait of Anton Chekhov-a Russian writer whose elusive personality and richly detailed plays have left an indelible imprint upon the world's theatre. Every page reveals the joys and difficulties of his short life, his comic sensibility, deep compassion, and often puzzling use of dramatic style and genre. Carnicke demystifies Chekhov's plays-forged from his literary innovations, avid theatergoing, love of vaudeville, and loathing of melodrama. She interweaves biographical and cultural information with insightful case



studies and close analysis to leave her reader with a full and fresh perspective on an artist who is as foundational to theatrical traditions as are Shakespeare and Stanislavsky.