Through compelling stories drawn from the lives of inspiring role models, a wise and compassionate teacher explores the meaning of living and dying. The author skillfully blends matters of social concern and public policy with the emotional and spiritual health of individuals. In doing so, he addresses life's deepest questions - Why are we here? How do we survive disappointment and loss? How to face the mystery of death? - and reveals the purpose and grace to be found in the depths of human experience.
Through compelling stories drawn from the lives of inspiring role models, a wise and compassionate teacher explores the meaning of living and dying. T...
This book reinterprets British dramas of the early-nineteenth century through the lens of the star actors for whom they were written. Unlike most playwrights of previous generations, the writers of British Romantic dramas generally did not work in the theatre themselves. However, they closely followed the careers of star performers. Even when they did not directly know actors, they had what media theorists have dubbed "para-social interactions" with those stars, interacting with them through the mediation of mass communication, whether as audience members, newspaper and memoir readers, or...
This book reinterprets British dramas of the early-nineteenth century through the lens of the star actors for whom they were written. Unlike most play...