The Comedy of Catherine the Great
Author | : Francis Henry Gribble |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Empresses |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Francis Henry Gribble |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Empresses |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Francis Henry Gribble |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 1946 |
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Author | : Francis Gribble |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 1930 |
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Author | : Lurana Donnels O'Malley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2017-09-29 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1351891405 |
The first in-depth study of Catherine the Great's plays and opera libretti, this book provides analysis and critical interpretation of the dramatic works by this eighteenth-century Russian Empress. These works are shown to be remarkable for their diversity, frank satire, topical subject matter, and stylistic innovations. O'Malley reveals comparisons to and influences from European traditions, including Shakespeare and Molière, and sets Catherine in the larger field of Russian literature in the period, further illuminating her relationship to the aesthetic debates of the period. The study investigates how Catherine expressed her social ideas throughout her drama and exploited the stage's power to promote political ideals and ideology. O'Malley sets close textual analysis within an historical framework, analyzing the major plays according to content, style, themes, characters, and relation to Catherine's life and political aims.
Author | : Francis Gribble |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 2017-12-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780484260336 |
Excerpt from The Comedy of Catherine the Great Such a policy does not seem to rest upon right reason even when pursued at waxwork shows. It is altogether without justification when our guide is conducting us through the corridors of history. Exciting the reader's imagination with out satisfying his curiosity, it induces him to draw unwarrantable inferences on the ancient principle: Omne ignotum pro horrifico. It may be proper to take the risk in the cases in which nothing worse than the truth is likely to be imagined or invented - in such a case, for instance, as that of Tiberius at Capri; but, in the. Vast majority of cases, such significant and ostentatious discretion only results in creating a misleading and calumnious legend. It has certainly done so in the case of Catherine the Great. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Francis Henry Gribble |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2016-05-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781355828877 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Lurana Donnels O'Malley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 2023-12-31 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1134421494 |
Catherine the Great (1729-1796) wrote over two dozen plays and operettas, but not until this edition has a complete translation of any of them been available to an English- speaking readership. Oh, These Times (1772) is a satirical attack on many vices Catherine wished to root out from her society: religious hypocrisy, superstition and slander. The main character, Mrs. Pious, is a superficially religious old woman who resembles Moliere's Tartuffe. Catherine again sets her sights on superstition in The Siberian Shaman (1786), this time by satirizing shamanism as a deceitful profession which preys on the gullible. This play was part of a group of three plays usually known as Catherine's "anti-masonic" trilogy, written as a warning against the growing influence of the freemasons. In a comprehensive introduction, Lurana Donnels O'Malley relates the plays to Catherine's status and philosophy.
Author | : Francis Henry 1862-1946 Gribble |
Publisher | : Wentworth Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2016-08-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781361571811 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Vera Proskurina |
Publisher | : Academic Studies PRess |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2022-06-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Empress Catherine II produced a body of written material so vast and diverse that it seems impossible to provide a general characterization of the works contained in the authoritative twelve-volume collection assembled by A. N. Pypin from handwritten source material. This book does not attempt an all-embracing review of Catherine’s entire literary output, which consists of works in multiple genres and languages. The Russian empress’s writings have been the repeated subject of serious analysis for nineteenth- and twentieth-century researchers; all of these in one way or another demonstrate that across a variety of genres and formats, with a greater or lesser degree of independence and originality, the literary works of Catherine II always express her politics and ideology. These texts were carefully prepared, their publications and stage productions executed magnificently. As a rule, the most significant works were translated into French, German, and, in some cases, English. European readers, as well as the Russian public, were expected to be attentive witnesses to, and happy consumers of, the monarch’s compositions. Amongst rulers, the literary productivity of the Russian empress has no analogue in history. This volume is the first study in English of the vast literary output of Catherine the Great.
Author | : Tony McNamara |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 86 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Australian drama |
ISBN | : 9780868198392 |
This definitely wont be a history lesson...The Great is Tony McNamara's distinctive comic take on the rise and reign of Catherine the Great of Russia. The action spans the course of Catherine's adult life as she learns the ways of the world and takes on the challenge of political power with all of its attendant responsibilities, excesses and sorrows. It is at once a coming of age story, a family drama and a wild satire on power.