1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911102798703321

Autore

Leimberg Inge

Titolo

"What may words say ...?" : a reading of The merchant of Venice / / Inge Leimberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, N.J., : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

Lanham, Md., : Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2011

ISBN

1-68393-914-X

1-61147-001-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Disciplina

822.3/3

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

""WHAT MAY WORDS SAY...?""; Contents; Preface; Beginning to read; 1. ""What do you call the play?""; 2. ""Good sentences . . .""; Act 1: The Merchant and the Maxims; Scene 1. ""otherwise friendship would bee a meere merchandise . . .""; 1-7 Know thyself; 8-68 ""I know Antonio / Is sad . . .""; 69-112 ""A stage, where every man must play a part . . .""; 113-160 ""Then do but say to me what I should do . . .""; 161-185 ""To have it of my trust . . .""; Scene 2. ""choose you this day whom you will serve""; 1-9 Nothing too much; 10-97 A conversational chain of themes; ""to be seated in the mean""

""what were good to do""""O me the word 'choose'!""; 32-98 Interlude: ""these princely suitors""; 99-128 ""the will of a living daughter curb'd by the will of a dead father""; ""How to choose right . . .""; ""my father's will""; Scene 3. ""Be not thou one . . . of those who are sureties for debts""; ""Enter Bassanio with Shylock the Jew"" Harme is at hande; 1 ""three thousand ducats""; a. The number three; b. The number 3000; c. Ducat, the coin and the word; 1-9 ""Antonio shall become bound, well""; 11-34 ""he is sufficient""; 35-47 ""possessed with murd'rous hate""

47-65 ""I do never use it""66-97 ""I make it breed as fast""; 59 ""the breach of custom is breach of all""; 98-138 The Golden Rule; 138-175 ""How feel you yourself my friend? . . .""; 176-177 ""And forgive us our



debts . . .""; Act 2: Departure; Scene 1. ""what braggardism is this?""; Scene 2. ""Give him a livery""; 1-30 ""An enemy may chance to give good counsel""; 31-35 ""this is my true-begotten father""; 36-95 ""it is a wise father that knows his own child""; 95-148 ""I have brought him a present""; 149-160 ""Such beginning, such end""; 161-197 Epilogue: ""Something too liberal""

Scene 3. ""Farewell good Launcelot""Scene 3. (continued). ""We paint the devil foul . . .""; Scene 4. ""Will you prepare you for this masque to-night?""; Scene 5. ""Lock up my doors . . .""; Scene 6. ""No masque tonight . . .""; 1-21 ""Haste makes waste""; 22-25 ""Here dwells my father Jew""; 26-32 ""Who are you?""; 33-50 ""catch this casket""; 51-59 ""wise, fair, and true""; 60-68 ""the wind is come about""; Scene 7. ""I stand for sacrifice""; Scene 8. ""by some nuntius to recount the things""; Scene 9. ""Hanging and wiving goes by destiny""

1-84 ""I will use them according to their desert""85-101 ""he bringeth sensible regreets""; Act 3: The Choice; Scene 1. ""if you wrong us shall we not revenge?""; 1-66 ""The villainy you teach me I will execute""; 67-120 ""thou torturest me Tubal""; Scene 2. ""If you do love me, you will find me out""; 1-24 ""I pray you tarry""; 24-38 ""Promise me life . . .""; 39-41 ""Suit the action to the word""; 42-53 ""Let music sound . . .""; 53-62 ""while he doth make his choice""; 63-72 ""Tell me where is fancy bred?""; 73 ""So may the outward shows be least themselves""

Sommario/riassunto

'What may words say_?' contains a comprehensive and in many respects unconventional interpretation of The Merchant of Venice. The play's development of ideas is unfolded in a literary analysis that focuses on the poet's words in their philological, historical, and philosophical contexts.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9911087732003321

Autore

Healey Justin

Titolo

Extreme weather and natural disasters / / edited by Justin Healey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thirroul, : The Spinney Press, 2012

ISBN

9781921507656

1921507659

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (65 p.)

Collana

Issues in Society: 335 ; ; v.335

Classificazione

NAT036000

Disciplina

551.46

551.6594

613.6/9

Soggetti

Emergency management

Natural disasters

Storms

Weather

Australia Climate

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chapter 1 - Climate and extreme weather events -- Chapter 2 - Natural disasters in Australia; Exploring issues - worksheets and activities; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Australia is a vast land in which weather varies significantly in different parts of the continent. Recent extreme weather events in Australia, such as the Queensland floods and Victorian bushfires, are brutal reminders of nature's devastating power. Is global warming increasing the rate of natural disasters? What part do La Niña and El Niño play in the extreme weather cycle? Cyclones, floods, severe storms, bushfires, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis - what are the natural and man-made causes of these phenomena, how predictable are they, and how prepared are we for the impacts of natural dis