1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910819921903321

Autore

al-Abedi Haidar K.

Titolo

Equivocation in the theatre of the absurd : discourse analysis / / Haidar K. Al-Abedi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : Logos Verlag Berlin, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

3-8325-8784-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

809.204

Soggetti

Theater of the absurd - History and criticism

Homonyms

Discourse analysis, Literary

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

PublicationDate: 20150706

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261).

Sommario/riassunto

Long description: This book is the first attempt made to analyse the equivocal language of the Absurd Theatre via pure linguistic models carefully employed and illustrated by a wide range of significant examples, questions, and discussions. It provides the multiple tools necessary for understanding this language from various perspectives.  Dr. Haidar K. Al-Abedi was Lecturer in English at University of Baghdad, Al-Muthana University, and Al-Israa University College.   ``Haidar has to be complimented at the outset for selecting a very interesting topic . . . It is not surprising that a person from Iraq – and the ravages the country is sadly facing these days – is interested in an area which has its significant socio-cultural origin in the ravages of the World War II. The scope of the research also effectively covers the entire school of the British exponents of the Absurd Theatre. In fact, the first chapter discusses the central keyword – equivocation – in scholarly detail. There is an interesting discussion about the various types of equivocation from chapter two to five quite elaborately conducted by the researcher.''  Dr. Sanjay Mukherjee, Saurashtra University, India   ``This book is an elaborate analysis of a number of plays written by different dramatists. By elucidating the equivocal verbal and non-verbal



communication used by characters, the book addresses a wide range of social, religious, cultural, and political themes and issues which appeal to its audience/readers and are involved in constructing meaning through its peculiar use of language.''  Dr. Adel Saleh, Wasit University, Iraq

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910986126303321

Autore

Button Marilyn D

Titolo

British Women Travellers in the Long Nineteenth Century : With Italy as Their Muse / / edited by Marilyn D. Button, Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025

ISBN

9783031617010

3031617010

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (457 pages)

Collana

Britain and the World, , 2947-7190

Altri autori (Persone)

Sheetz-NguyenJessica A

Disciplina

820.93208209034

Soggetti

Women - History

Great Britain - History

Italy - History

Social history

Civilization - History

Literature - History and criticism

Women's History / History of Gender

History of Britain and Ireland

History of Italy

Social History

Cultural History

Literary History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction; Marilyn D. Button and Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen -- Part I. Women Travellers from the French Revolution to The



Napoleonic Era -- Chapter 2: Hamilton’s Wife and Nelson’s Paramour: Emma, Lady Hamilton in Naples; Cheryl C. D. Hughes -- Chapter 3: Breaking New Ground: The Italian Experience of Elizabeth Cavendish, Second Duchess of Devonshire; Ronald J. Weber -- Part II. Entrepreneurial Journalists in Emerging Italy -- Chapter 4: "My country women would rather hear": Hester Lynch Piozzi’s Regendering of the Grand Tour; Thomas J. Prasch -- Chapter 5: Love, Dirt, and Superstition among the Ruins: Charlotte Eaton’s Protestant View of Catholic Rome; Renée Jeanne Schlueter -- Chapter 6: Inventing the Travel Guide: Mariana Starke’s Advice for the Independent Traveler; Nigel à Brassard -- Chapter 7: From ‘Flying Visit’ to Final Home: Mrs Trollope in Florence; Marilyn D. Button -- Part III. Literary Lights in Risorgimento Italy -- Chapter 8: Rambles in Il Bel Paese: Mary Shelley’s Anglo-Italian Visioning; Renée Jeanne Schlueter -- Chapter 9: "I will write plain words to England": Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Aurora Leigh; Lisa Angelella -- Chapter 10: Timebound and Timeless in Italy: Why Eliot Chose Florence for Romola; Marilyn D. Button -- Part IV. Inspired Social Activists -- Chapter 11: By Art and Spirit: Florence Nightingale’s Transformation in Rome; Lauren M. Riepl and Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen -- Chapter 12: "Victory is not won simply by assertion of principles alone": Josephine Butler’s Crusade in Italy; Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen -- Chapter 13: Exploring the ‘Wild Zone’: Amelia B. Edwards Travels the Italian Dolomites; Dona M. Cady -- Chapter 14: Conclusion; Marilyn D. Button and Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen.

Sommario/riassunto

During the long nineteenth century, British women reframed the masculine paradigm of the Grand Tour. They created a feminist travel gaze, intentionally or unintentionally, that differed from that of male peers. Unlike their brothers, who went for personal edification, women with means left their English homes for the great Italian cities of Florence, Naples, and Rome to escape personal disappointments and the social limitations imposed by parents, spouses, and society. The anonymity of travel to a distant land and new freedoms fostered political and creative achievements, including entrepreneurial journalism, literary masterpieces, and social advocacy for their gender, which redefined the contours of the Anglo-Italian cultural landscape. The historical evidence presented here testifies to the life-changing capacity of travel and firmly demonstrates how British women’s history and literature enriches and broadens narratives about Britain and the World. Marilyn D. Button is a Professor of English at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania in the USA. She is co-editor of two books: The Foreign Woman in British Literature: Exotics, Aliens, and Outsiders (1999) and The Victorian Case for Charity: Essays on Responses to English Poverty by the State, the Church and the Literati (2013). Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen is an Emerita Professor of History at the University of Central Oklahoma and an Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Maryland Global Campus in the USA. She is the author of Victorian Women: Unwed Mothers and the London Foundling Hospital (2012) and co-editor of The Victorian Case for Charity: Essays on Responses to English Poverty by the State, the Church, and the Literati (2013). .