1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960319603321

Titolo

An Inconstant Landscape : The Maya Kingdom of El Zotz, Guatemala / / edited by Thomas G. Garrison and Stephen Houston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Louisville, Colorado : , : University Press of Colorado, , [2018]

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019

©[2018]

ISBN

9781607327646

1607327643

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (493 pages)

Disciplina

972.81/01

Soggetti

Mayas - Antiquities

Guatemala Antiquities

Zotz Site (Guatemala)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-491) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A fortress in heaven : researching the long-term at El Zotz, Guatemala / Stephen Houston, Thomas G. Garrison, and Edwin Román -- Monumental beginnings : the Preclassic Maya of El Palmar and the Buenavista Valley, Peten, Guatemala / James A. Doyle and Rony E. Piedrasanta -- Ruling through defense : the rise of an Early Classic Dynasty at El Zotz / Edwin Román, Thomas G. Garrison, and Stephen Houston -- Border lords and client kings : El Zotz and Bejucal in the Late Classic Period / Nicholas P. Carter, Yeny M. Gutierrez Castillo, and Sarah Newman -- Collapse, continuity, change : El Zotz in the Terminal Classic Period / Sarah Newman, Jose Luis Garrido, and Nicholas P. Carter -- In the wake of "collapse" : the Post-Dynastic or Early Postclassic Period at El Zotz / Melanie J. Kingsley and Laura Gómez -- Environments of El Zotz : water and soil chemistry, the El Zotz dam, and long-term environmental change / Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Colin Doyle, and William Delgado -- Understanding social, economic, and political change : the ceramics of El Zotz / Ewa Czapiewska-Halliday, Nicholas P. Carter, Melanie J. Kingsley, Sarah Newman, and Alyce de Carteret -- Lithic technologies and economies



at El Zotz / Zachary Hruby -- A tableau in clay : the figurines and figurine-whistles of El Zotz / Alyce de Carteret and Jose Luis Garrido -- Constructed landscapes : architectural stratigraphy, behavioral practices, and building technologies at El Zotz / Cassandra Mesick Braun -- Bioarchaeology and mortuary archaeology of El Zotz, Bejucal, and El Palmar / Andrew K. Scherer -- An inconstant landscape : Pa'ka'n in a regional context / Thomas G. Garrison and Stephen Houston.

Sommario/riassunto

"Six years of archaeological survey around the Maya kingdom of El Zotz a complex picture of a dynamic landscape that experienced numerous fluctuations over the course of 2000 years of occupation-it serves as a test-case of political debility and strength during the height of dynastic struggles"--Provided by publisher.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971106103321

Autore

O'Dell Leslie

Titolo

Shakespearean language : a guide for actors and students / / Leslie O'Dell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2002

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

9798216014096

9786610708253

9781280708251

1280708255

9780313006944

0313006946

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Disciplina

822.3/3

Soggetti

English language - Early modern, 1500-1700 - Pronunciation

English language - Early modern, 1500-1700 - Versification

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 (p. [253]-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Sound and Fury -- An Actor's Guide to Shakespeare's Verse -- Scansion -- The Sonnets -- Developing the



Inner Ear -- The Flow of Thought and Feeling -- Putting It on Its Feet -- Messages in the Code -- Rhetoric -- Acquiring an Elizabethan Rhetorical Facility -- Structuring Argument -- Tangled Webs -- Recommended Reading -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Plays and Characters.

Sommario/riassunto

Shakespeare was a master of language, his sayings have become part of everyday speech, and his plays endure, in part, because of the beauty of his verse. Shakespeare's language, however, poses special difficulties for modern actors because many of his words seem unusual or difficult to pronounce, he employs rhetorical devices throughout his works, and he carefully uses rhythm to convey sense.The relation of the modern actor to the Shakespearean text, the importance of understanding the nuances of his language, and the fundamentals of grammar are all thoroughly examined in this volume. Its heart is a detailed consideration of the iambic code, the metrical system that Shakespeare used to give so much power to his verse. O'Dell also examines the importance of formal rhetoric in Elizabethan England and Shakespeare's artful use of rhetorical devices in his plays. As a practical reference guide, this volume keeps in mind the particular needs of theater professionals.