1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911141452603321

Autore

Nickell Joe

Titolo

Relics of the Christ / / Joe Nickell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2007

ISBN

9786613327604

9780813137315

0813137314

9781283327602

1283327600

9780813172125

0813172128

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Disciplina

232.96/6

Soggetti

Relics

Religious articles

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. [193]-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the life of Jesus -- The cult of relics -- Christian relics -- The Holy Grail -- Self-portraits of Jesus -- The true Cross -- Other crucifixion relics -- Holy shrouds -- The Shroud of Turin -- 'Photograph' of Christ -- The Sudarium of Oviedo -- Blood of Jesus -- The James ossuary.

Sommario/riassunto

The Holy Grail, the Lance of Longinus, and the True Cross are some of the most revered artifacts in the world today. These Christian relics are also a source of limitless controversy. They have incited bloodshed and, some say, are a source of miracles. They inspire fear and hope among the faithful, and yet are a perennial target for skeptics, both Christian and secular. To research the authenticity of numerous Christian relics, Joe Nickell employs a scientific approach, using such techniques as radiocarbon dating, polarized-light microscopy, and forensic serology. Examined here are such sig



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911136691303321

Titolo

A.R. Gurney : a casebook / / edited by Arvid F. Sponberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-135-95600-6

1-135-95601-4

1-280-05121-3

0-203-49268-4

9780203492680

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Casebooks on modern dramatists

Altri autori (Persone)

SponbergArvid F

Disciplina

812.54

812/.54

Soggetti

American literature

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

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; General Editor's Note; Preface; A.R.GURNEY: AN INTRODUCTION; AN INTERVIEW WITH A.R.GURNEY; AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN CUNNINGHAM; AN INTERVIEW WITH HOLLAND TAYLOR; AN INTERVIEW W WITH DEBRA MOONEY; AN INTERVIEW W WITH JOHN TILLINGER; INDETERMINACY AS TRAGIC FATE: ISSUES OF RACE, CLASS, GENDER, AND SEXUAL ORBENTATION IN GURNEY; WHERE DOES THE WASP KEEP ITS STING? THE DYNAMICS OF ANGER IN THE PLAYS OF A.R.GURNEY; THE DINING ROOM: A TOCQUEVILLIAN TAKE ON THE DECLINE OF WASP CULTURE; WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER: REALIZING ONE'S POTENTIAL

ABSENT FATHERS, TRANSIENT SONS: MILLER, INGE, AND GURNEYENTERING THE FOURTH DIMENSION: A.R.GUKNEY'S SWEET SUE; THE ALLUSIVE A.R.GURNEY; GURNEY'S SYLVIA: WHAT OFT WAS THOUGHT; PICNICS AND PARTIES: INGE, GURNEY, AND THE ARGUMENT OF COMEDY; A SACRED PLACE JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION, NOVEMBER 1975; PUSHlNG THE WALLS OF DRAMATIC FORM THE NEW YORK TIMES, JULY 27, 1986; THE DINNER PARTY AMERICAN HERITAGE, 39 (SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1988); CONVERSATION PIECE NEWSWEEK, JUNE 26,1989; CRTTICAL CONDITION AMERICAN



THEATRE, JUNE 24  7,1991

WHEN THE FINAL ACT IS ONLY A BEGINNING THE NEW YORK TIMES, OCTOBER 27, 1991SHAW, THE ETERNAL SCHOOLMASTER, CAN STTLL BE WISE THE NEW YORK TIMES, JANUARY 31, 1993; COMING HOME TO A MUSICAL THAT SOUNDS LIKE AMERICA THE NEW YORK TIMES, SEPTEMBER 8,1996; HIGH TIME FOR COMEDY (AND POLITICAL OUTRAGE) THE NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 10,2002; Afterword: A Cue for Gurney Studies; Chronology; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first full-length study devoted to the art of A.R. Gurney, a major contemporary American playwright who has written over thirty plays, including Love Letters. This volume brings together original interviews with Gurney and four actors and a director who have worked closely with him, as well as essays by leading theater scholars on the range of Gurney's work.