2006

Die Szene als Modell

Grußworte Dr Michael Hohl, Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Bayreuth Wolfgang Wagner, Leiter der Bayreuther Festspiele Hans Angerer, Regierungspräsident des Bezirks Oberfranken, Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrats der Oberfrankenstiftung Gerhard Eichhorn, Geschäftsführer der Deutschen Stiftung Denkmalschutz Dr York Langenstein, Leiter der Landesstelle für die nichtstaatlichen Museen in Bayern Einführung: Die Szene als Model. Zur Bühnenbildmodell-Sammlung des Richard-Wagner-Museums Bayreuth   Sven …

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A Most Ingenious Paradox

Preface Introduction Gilbert before Sullivan Sullivan before Gilbert Thespis Trial by Jury The Sorcerer H.M.S. Pinafore The Pirates of Penzance Patience Iolanthe Princess Ida The Mikado Ruddigore The Yeomen of the Guard The Gondoliers Utopia, Limited The Grand Duke Gilbert after Sullivan, Sullivan after Gilbert Legacy Appendices The Story of the Savoy Operas Revisions to …

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The Messiah Myth

The Kingdom of God Historicizing the Figure of Jesus, the Messiah The Figure of the Prophet The Children and the Kingdom The Song for a Poor Man The Royal Ideology The Myth of the Good King The Myth of the Conquering Holy Warrior The Myth of the Dying and Rising God The Never-Ending Story Holy …

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Everyday Arias

Introducing Performances Performing Opera in Theory and Practice Performance and the Practical Management of Dramaturgy Performing Characters and Meanings Performing The Queen of Spades Performing the Company Performing Lives and Voices Performing Mundane Ecstasy

The Command of the Ocean

Foreword A Note on Conventions Dates Battle Names Exchange Rates Foreign Ranks and Titles Money Values Notes and References Quotations Rates of Ships Tonnage Weights and Measures Maps Introduction A Mountain of Iron: Operations 1649-1654 Cromwell’s Hooves: Operations 1654-1659 A Looking-Glass of Calamity: Administration 1649-1660 The Melody of Experienced Saints: Social History 1649-1660 Terrible, Obstinate …

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Agincourt

Part One: The Road to Agincourt Map of Aquitaine (English Gascony) The French royal succession and Edward III’s claim to the throne of France The English Royal line from Edward III The French Royal line: the House of Valois Just rights and inheritances A king’s apprenticeship A most Christian king The diplomatic effort Scots and …

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Henrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism

An Ibsen Chronology Introduction Part I: Ibsen’s Place in History Ibsen and the Ideology of Modernism Postcolonial Norway? Ibsen’s Cultural Resources Rethinking Literary History: Idealism, Realism, and the Birth of Modernism Ibsen’s Visual World: Spectacles, Painting, Theater Part II: Ibsen’s Modern Breakthrough The Idealist Straitjacket: Ibsen’s Early Aesthetics Becoming Modern: Modernity and Theater in Emperor …

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In Spite of the Gods

Preface Introduction Global and Medieval: India’s schizophrenic economy The Burra Sahibs: The long tentacles of India’s state Battles of the Righteous: The rise of India’s lower castes The Imaginary Horse: The continuing threat of Hindu nationalism Long Live the Sycophants!: The Congress Party’s continuing love affair with the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty Many Crescents: South Asia’s divided …

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I Want to Live

Foreword   Anne Fine Introduction Nina’s Friends and Relations The First Notebook The Second Notebook The Third Notebook Excepts from the Letters of Nina’s Father

The Ball Is Round

Introduction: Life and Death, Love and Money Part One – Ancients and Moderns: Football and the Invention of Modern Sport, from the Beginning to 1914 Chasing Shadows: The Prehistory of Football The Simplest Game: Britain and the Invention of Modern Football An Altogether More Splendid Life: Industrial Football and Working-class Britain, 1888-1914 Part Two – …

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