Cambridge University Press
The Forging of the ‘Ring’
Preface Key to the musical examples, marginal references, translators’ note The significance of composition sketches Siegfrieds Tod: the 1850 sketches Das Rheingold Die Walküre Siegfried Götterdämmerung Conclusion Facsimilies of the composition sketches
The Cambridge Companion to Verdi
Personal, cultural and political context Verdi’s life: a thematic biography Mary Jane Phillips-Matz The Italian theatre of Verdi’s day Alessandro Roccatagliati Verdi, Italian Romanticism, and the Risorgimento Mary Ann Smart The style of Verdi’s operas and non-operatic works The forms of set pieces Scott L. Balthazar New currents in the libretto Fabrizio Della Seta Words …
The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments
Introduction Trevor Herbert and John Wallace
Wagner and the Romantic Hero
Introduction Modes of heroism in the early nineteenth century An anti-romantic age The romantic hero The epic hero The messianic hero Wagner and the early nineteenth-century theatre Theatre and freedom Limitations of the theatre German romantic opera and Die Feen Grand opera and Rienzi Early music-drama: the isolated hero The Flying Dutchman: vampire and wanderer …
A History of the Berliner Ensemble
Introduction The Berliner Ensemble as an opportunity to establish a new type of theatre The founding and the first season of the Berliner Ensemble The Berliner Ensemble’s years at the Deutsches Theater: 1949-1953 Brecht’s last seasons at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm: 1954-1956 Developing the Brechtian legacy: 1956-1961 Making theatre politically after the Berlin Wall: 1961-1965 …
The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter
Chronology Introduction Peter Raby Part 1: Text and context Part 2: Pinter and Performance Part 3: Reactions to Pinter
Racine or, The Triumph of Relevance
Preface The Choice of a Focus The Multivalency of Time and Space The Stylization of Passion The Paradox of the héros moyen The Interplay of Action and Characterization The Double Pattern: Tragedy and Moral Order The Aesthetic Catharsis Appendix: Vistas in Racinian Criticism
Africans: The History of a Continent
The frontiersmen of mankind The emergence of food-producing communities The impact of metals Christianity and Islam Colonising society in western Africa Colonising society in eastern and southern Africa The Atlantic slave trade Regional diversity in the nineteenth century Colonial invasion Colonial change, 1918-1950 Independent Africa Industrialisation and race in South Africa
Nations and Nationalism Since 1780
Preface Introduction The nation as novelty: from revolution to liberalism Popular proto-nationalism The government perspective The transformation of nationalism 1870-1018 The apogee of nationalism 1918-1950 Nationalism in the late twentieth century
Teaching Shakespeare
Introduction Active methods Teaching Shakespeare: an overview Why teach Shakespeare?[rtoc] Abiding and familiar concerns Student development Language Otherness[/rtoc] Principles[rtoc] Treat Shakespeare as a script Make Shakespeare learner-centred Shakespeare is social Shakespeare celebrates imagination Shakespeare is physical Make Shakespeare exploratory Address the distinctive qualities of the play Choice and variety Shakespeare celebrates plurality Negative capability Shakespeare …
Principia Ethica
Editor’s introduction Thomas Baldwin Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Table of Contents to the First Edition The Subject-Matter of Ethics Naturalistic Ethics Hedonism Metaphysical Ethics Ethics in Relation to Conduct The Ideal Index to the First Edition The Conception of Instrinsic Value Free Will Appendix: ‘Principia Ethica’ and ‘The Elements …
The Cambridge Companion to Tennessee Williams
Chronology Introduction Matthew C. Roudané
Aspects of Shakespearian Comedy
The Year’s Contributions to Shakespearian Study Critical Studies G. R. Hibbard Shakespeare’s Life, Times and Stage Leah Scragg Textual Studies Richard Proudfoot
Shakespeare’s Early Tragedies
The Year’s Contributions to Shakespearian Study Critical Studies D. J. Palmer Shakespeare’s Life, Times and Stage Nigel Alexander Textual Studies Richard Proudfoot
Macbeth
Shakespeare Productions in the United Kingdom: 1965 The Year’s Contributions to Shakespearian Study Critical Studies Norman Sanders Shakespeare’s Life, Times and Stage Stanley Wells Textual Studies J. K. Walton
Shakespeare and His Stage
International News The Year’s Contributions to Shakespearian Study Critical Studies Una Ellis-Fermor Shakespeare’s Life and Times Clifford Leech Textual Studies James G. McManaway