Stephen Sondheim is arguably one of the most important writers for the American musical stage today, yet he has rarely been treated seriously within the academy. This book attempts to remedy that situation by bringing together scholars and critics to examine all of his major productions.
Stephen Sondheim is arguably one of the most important writers for the American musical stage today, yet he has rarely been treated seriously within t...
Reading Stephen Sondheim: A Collection of Critical Essays brings together scholars and critics from a wide variety of literary and theoretical perspectives, this book undertakes to examine all of Sondheim's major productions and themes.
Reading Stephen Sondheim: A Collection of Critical Essays brings together scholars and critics from a wide variety of literary and theoretical perspec...
"First delivered as papers in June 2002 at Purdue University in connection with the annual meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion"--Acknowledgements.
"First delivered as papers in June 2002 at Purdue University in connection with the annual meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion"--Acknow...
The contribution of this book to the field of reconciliation is both theoretical and practical, recognizing that good theory guides effective practice and practice is the ground for compelling theory. Using a Girardian hermeneutic as a starting point, a new conceptual Gestalt emerges in these essays, one not fully integrated in a formal way but showing a clear understanding of some of the challenges and possibilities for dealing with the deep divisions, enmity, hatred, and other effects of violence. By situating discourse about reconciliation within the context of Girardian thought, it...
The contribution of this book to the field of reconciliation is both theoretical and practical, recognizing that good theory guides effective practice...
"I died at Auschwitz," French writer Charlotte Delbo asserts, "and nobody knows it." Mobian Nights: Reading Literature and Darkness develops a new understanding of literary reading: that in the wake of disasters like the Holocaust, death remains a premise of our experience rather than a future.
Challenging customary "aesthetic" assumptions that we write in order not to die, Sandor Goodhart suggests (with Kafka) we write to die. Drawing upon analyses developed by Girard, Foucault, Blanchot, and Levinas (along with examples from Homer to Beckett), Mobian...
"I died at Auschwitz," French writer Charlotte Delbo asserts, "and nobody knows it." Mobian Nights: Reading Literature and Darkness develops...
Scholars have used Levinas as a lens through which to view many authors and texts, fields of endeavor, and works of art. Yet no book-length work or dedicated volume has brought this thoughtful lens to bear in a sustained discussion of the works of Shakespeare. It should not surprise anyone that Levinas identified his own thinking as Shakespearean. "The play's the thing" for both, or put differently, the observation of intersubjectivity is. What may surprise and indeed delight all learned readers is to consider what we might yet gain from considering each in light of the other. Comprising...
Scholars have used Levinas as a lens through which to view many authors and texts, fields of endeavor, and works of art. Yet no book-length work or de...
