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in-8°, 261 pages, ill. h.t. n./coul., -, broche, couverture illustree pell. Bel exemplaire. [TX-15]
Pages are lightly browned. Tear to head of spine cover (3 cm). ; Fasc. I: (1955) 179 pp. ; Università Di Genova - Facoltà Di Lettere 5; Vol. 1; 179 pages
Light edgewear. Light fading to spine. ; Chapter 1 Some formal aspects of monologue technique; Chapter 2 Monologues in 'Epitrepontes', 'Samia' and 'Dyskolos'; Chapter 3: Two uses of the second person in monologue. ; Hypomnemata ; Heft 59; 91 pages
To consider comedy in its many incarnations is to raise diverse but related questions: what, for instance, is humour, and how may it be used (or abused) ? When do we laugh, and why? What is it that writers and speakers enjoy - and risk - when they tell a joke, indulge in bathos, talk nonsense, or encourage irony? This Very Short Introduction explores comedy both as a literary genre, and as a range of non-literary phenomena, experiences and events. Matthew Bevis studies the classics ofcomic drama, prose fiction and poetry, alongside forms of pantomime, comic opera, silent cinema, popular music, Broadway shows, music-hall, stand-up and circus acts, rom-coms, sketch shows, sit-coms, caricatures, and cartoons. Taking in scenes from Aristophanes to The Office, from the Roman Saturnalia to Groundhog Day, Bevis also considers comic theory from Aristotle to Freud and beyond, tracing how comic achievements have resisted as well as confirmed theory across the ages. This book takes comedy seriously without taking it solemnly, and offers an engaging study of the comic spirit which lies at the heart of our shared social and cultural life. ; Very Short Introductions; 168 pages
224p., illus. Hardcover Good condition
32 pages. Features: Interesting photos of unusual work and play inside front cover; Public demands that Congress suppress (Radio) Pirates of the Air; The Divine Comedy of Newspapers; The Rise of an American Race - What Effect Will the 'Old Stock' Have on the People of the Future?; With General Gouraud in the Land of the Crusaders; The Birthplace of the Quaker Poet - the Whittier homestead; Henry Ford's Page - the American home, in its economic aspect, is a business proposition; Editorials - Merchant Mr. Nathan Strauss and his allegation of "the campaign of slander against the Jewish People", the Hall-Mills murder trial, Wooden houses in Britain; The Adventure of Mrs. Farbman; The Cheapest Thing in Europe - Human Beings; Fantastic photo-illustrated centerfold illustrates Where Santa Claus Lives and What He Does; The Boston Tea Party's Last Survivor - David Kennison died at the age of 115; Who Discovered America?; How Victoria Trained King Edward VII - the Queen thought Prince Albert the model of perfection, but Young Wales did not respond. Chats with Office Callers; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - Senator William E. Borah rated highly by Chinese, Iowa Women can now be Legislators, Newspapers train convicts in crime, Dayton, OH druggists rid their stores of salacious and suggestive magazines. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Spine cover is split on one side and half of the other but still attached. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Rubbing to boards. Edgewear to corners. ; 256 pages; Antimachus of Colophon, Greek poet and grammarian, flourished about 400 BC. Scarcely anything is known of his life. His poetical efforts were not generally appreciated, although he received encouragement from his younger contemporary Plato (Plutarch, Lysander, 18). His chief works were: an epic Thebais, an account of the expedition of the Seven against Thebes and the war of the Epigoni; and an elegiac poem Lyde, so called from the poet's mistress, for whose death he endeavoured to find consolation telling stories from mythology of heroic disasters (Plutarch, Consul, ad Apoll. 9; Athenaeus xiii. 597). Antimachus was the founder of "learned" epic poetry, and the forerunner of the Alexandrian school, whose critics allotted him the next place to Homer. He also prepared a critical recension of the Homeric poems
Very Good Turkish Original typescript invitation signed by Bedrettin Tuncel. 13,5x21,5 cm. In Turkish. Six lines. 1 p. A formal invitation for the general director B. S. Hollinshead's visit to Turkey with the letterhead of "UNESCO Turkey Commission of the United Nations Science and Culture Foundation in Ankara". Bedrettin Tuncel was a former academic and a politician in Turkey. Born in 1910 in Tirebolu of Giresun Province, he graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1932. For higher education, he went to France to study French literature. He graduated from the Lumière University Lyon 2 in 1936. In Turkey, he served at Ankara University for 35 years. He also lectured on the history of Art in the conservatory of Ankara for 10 years. After 27 July 1963, he served as the speaker of the Turkish National Committee of UNESCO. After the 1960 Turkish coup d'etat in addition to his academic works, he was also appointed as the representative of universities in the Constituent Assembly of Turkey. In the 24th government of Turkey, he served as the Minister of National Education. But during the democratic regime after 1961, he returned to his academic life.
Very Good French Paperback. 4to. (25 x 20 cm). In French. 20 p. L'introducteur de Moliere en Turquie: Ahmet Vefik Pacha. First Numbered copy: 000001. Rare.
4to., on laid paper, some mild age- and damp-marking to several leaves; strongly bound in twentieth century boards, paper label, a bright, crisp copy. Although attributed here to Beaumont and Fletcher, later scholarship increasingly favours authorship by Fletcher and Massinger. The play, one of the finest Restoration comedies, was first performed in 1622 with the first licensed edition following in 1647. We have not been able to trace another eighteenth century edition of this work on its own. Tannenbaum, 501; see CBEL I, 635.
in-8 (16x22cm), 125 pp., broche, couv. rempliee.- 1/500 ex. num. Tres bel exemplaire. [MI-11]
PARIS, L'Edition Artistique - Sans date 1965 - Cahier de présentation de la Saison 1965-1966 - Présentation du Théatre & de la pièce - Enumération des acteurs avec leurs photographies NB pour certains PP : Jacques CHARON, Sophie DESMARETS, Jean POIRET, Jean CARMEZT, fraçoise CAILLAUD, Alain FRANCO, Florence CAMPELL, LEFEVRE-BEL, Mitreille GALOT - nombreuses publicités imagées de l'époque - 36 pages - Très propre
In-8°; pp. (16), 255, (1); antiporta incisa su rame come foglio spiegato con il titolo; legatura in piena pergamena coeva. Dedica dell'autore a Lodovico il Giusto re di Francia e di Navarra. Edizione ricorretta e ampliata di questa interessante e importante operetta polemica in difesa dei comici e della commedia. Nota il Sanesi (II p. 49) come questa e simili opere scritte dai più noti comici del 600 fossero una risposta agli impetuosi attacchi di molti teologi e moralisti che, in contrasto con l'atteggiamento benevolo di una parte del clero, proseguendo la tradizione cattolica medievale, combattevano tenacemente il teatro e scagliavano contro l'arte corrotta e corruttrice dei comici le accuse più veementi. L'intenzione particolare del Beltrame in questa supplica al protettore Luigi XIII è di difendere la sua prima commedia, l'Inavvertito, Torino, 1629. Con il termine "comedie" l'autore intende qui riferirsi a tutte le forme di rappresentazione scenica, riflettendo sull'origine di quest'arte, sul suo spessore letterario e sostenendo che non ci si deve fermare alla forma, che è leggera per l'intrattenimento del pubblico, ma andare a vedere le azioni esemplari e utili che vi sono rappresentate. An expanded edition of this interesting and important polemical work in defens of comedy and comedians. This kind of treaties were written, in XVII century, mostly in response of these theologians who, in the stream of Middle Age Catholic Church, were fighting theater as a corrupted art.
Paris, Alphonse Lemerre 1874. Deux volumes in-12, 280 et 375 pp. Demi-chagrin bleu nuit à coins, double filets dorés sur les plats, dos à nerfs richement orné, tête dorée (reliure époque). Bon exemplaire.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, lengthy inscription on half-title; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip very lightly browned else a very good, bright, clean copy. PC L80. The cover roundel is by Diana Bloomfield.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, small personal book-label on half-title; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy.
PARIS, Brunet Lib. Ed. - 1826 - In-8 - 1/2 reliure artisanale frottée, Plats marbrés - Exemplaire revêtu de la signature de l'Editeur - Signet - 76 pages
Light shelfwear to book. DJ has a few tears and chipping. DJ is price-clipped. ; The aside is a familiar device in European drama, but little has been written about it in connection with the drama in which it orgiinated and developed. In this book it is suggested that it originated in Greek tragedy; asides and some related phenomena in tragedy are collected, and some false notions concerning their number and character are dispelled. The second part of the book deals with New Comedy and is able to eploit many recent discoveries of comic papyri. ; Oxford Classical & Philosophical Monographs; 230 pages
Light shelfwear to book. DJ spine slightly sunned. ; The aside is a familiar device in European drama, but little has been written about it in connection with the drama in which it orgiinated and developed. In this book it is suggested that it originated in Greek tragedy; asides and some related phenomena in tragedy are collected, and some false notions concerning their number and character are dispelled. The second part of the book deals with New Comedy and is able to eploit many recent discoveries of comic papyri. ; Oxford Classical & Philosophical Monographs; 230 pages
298 pages. "Toronto is the home of a superb opera company, and the place where a number of the world's greatest singers have received their training: this much we more or less know. What we have forgotten is that lyric theartre has always been a central part of our culture, as the archivist of the Canadian Opera Company shows us in the hundreds of fascinating bits of evidence she has assembled in this album. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Fascinating decorated endpapers show a very detailed drawing of the city of Toronto when Queen's Park was near the outskirts of town! Book clean and unmarked with moderate wear to black boards. Moderate wear to dust jacket with one inch tear to bottom edge of back panel. Very good copy. Book
Press packet for the 1993 film, Coneheads, directed by Steve Barron and starring Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin. One staple-bound 8 1/2"x 11" promotional typewritten-style pamphlet (with writing on cover), and six 8 ' x 10" sheets of glossy black and white photos from the film. All in a glossy pictorial paper folder with slight creases and edge wear.
1st edition. Original paper wrappers. 8vo. 14 pages, 24 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to Jewish Wit and Humor. Rabbi Avida (18871962) was a prominent communal worker, rabbi, and writer. During World War I he was held hostage by the local Russian commander against possible spy activities by members of his community. He was a founder (1917) and general secretary of Mizrachi in Poland until 1920. Ordained in 1910, he was appointed rabbi of the city of Gabin (Gombin) , Poland (191119) . In 1920 he went to Canada and successively held positions as Jewish National Fund director for Canada, director of Montreal Hebrew schools, and rabbi in Vancouver (EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 14 copies worldwide (OCLC: 19304252) SUBJECTS: Jewish humor. (YID-40-78)
in-12, 198 pp., broché, couv.- Exemplaire du tirage Bon état. [LP-9]
in-8, 224 pp., broché. Bel exemplaire [MI-9]