Preface The Claims of Metaphysics Philosophy and Science Evaluation of Mystical Experience Appearance and Reality: Some Metaphysical Positions Time and Motion: Some Metaphysical Arguments Meaning and Common Sense The Verification Principle The Criterion of Falsifiability Meaning and Use The Claims of Common Sense Philosophical Analysis Formal Analyses Logical Grammar Analyses of Ordinary Usage Looking at …
Introduction Consistency Consistent Sets of Beliefs Expressing Beliefs in Sentences Beliefs and Words Declarative Sentences Ambiguity When is a Sentence True? Truth and References Borderline Cases and Bizarre Situations Misleading Statements Possible Situations and Meanings Testing for Consistency and Validity Consistent Sets of Short Sentences The Tableau Technique Arguments How are Complex Sentences Built Up? …
Preface to the Second Edition (1991) Introduction Cultural Roots The Origins of National Consciousness Creole Pioneers Old Languages, New Models Official Nationalism and Imperialism The Last Wave Patriotism and Racism The Angel of History Census, Map, Museum Memory and Forgetting Travel and Traffic: On the Geo-biography of Imagined Communities Bibliography
Henrik Johan Ibsen: A Chronology Note on the translations
Chronology Introduction David Edgar
Preface Part I: Introduction Caliban’s debut Part II: Origins Historical contexts Literary contexts Part III: Receptions Literary criticism The American school Colonial metaphors Stage history Screen history Artists’ renditions Modern poetic invocations Part IV: Conclusion Caliban’s Odyssey
Signed by John Miller Foreword: Shakespeare – Hit or Miss? Introduction: A Shakespearean Chronology John Miller Directing • The Old Vic • Hamlet Romeo and Juliet • Richard II • King Lear Macbeth The Merchant of Venice • Measure for Measure • Twelfth Night • Much Ado About Nothing • A Midsummer Night’s Dream Julius …
Bardolatry Terrorism The Stockholm Syndrome Violent Comedy The Romantics The Disinterested Imagination Death of the Actor