Exploring the dynamics of English theatre in the late 20th Century, this book delves into the influence of financial interests and underlying motivations within its structure and systems. It offers a critical analysis of the pressures shaping the theatrical landscape, providing insight into the complex interplay between art and commerce.
Exploring the evolving art of acting, this groundbreaking 1969 publication delves into the distinct approaches required for theatre, film, and television. It highlights the transformative changes in the acting profession during the 1960s, illustrating how actors adapt their techniques to suit various media. This comprehensive examination provides valuable insights into the craft and its ongoing evolution, making it a seminal work in the field of performance studies.
Focusing primarily on the fiction of Günter Grass, this study offers a comprehensive examination of his literary development and achievements. It also considers his contributions across various genres, including poetry, plays, political writing, criticism, and graphic art. Ronald Hayman's analysis provides insights into the multifaceted nature of Grass's work, highlighting the significance of his influence in literature since its original publication in 1985.
Not a conventional biograpy, this book offers an explanation of Sylvia Plath's death in 1963. The author looks back on Plath's life in an attempt to offer an objective account of why she killed herself. It discusses her life with her husband Ted Hughes, who had control of all her copyright works, as she killed herself without making a will. This edition brings the story full circle, as it includes the publication of "Birthday Letters", the death of Ted Hughes and Elaine Feinstein's biography of him, along with Erica Wagner's book "Ariel's Gift", the Al Alvarez autobiography which includes new material and Lucas Meyers's new book "Crow Steered Bergs Appeared".
Životopis génia psychologie – Carla Gustava Junga, odkrývá i temné stránky jeho osobnosti a jeho četná pochybení. V tomto prvním dílu je to především roztržka s Freudem, po které se Jungovo zdánlivě stabilní já na několik let rozpadlo. Autor díky možnosti pracovat s dosud nepublikovanými materiály proniká také do soukromí génia. Oproti ostaním Jungovým životopiscům má nespornou výhodu v tom, že stojí mimo rámec psychiatrie, a nepatří tedy k jeho přívržencům ani odpůrcům. Trpělivě rekonstruuje Jungovy ideje i prožitky a umožňuje nám tak nahlédnout všechny povahové rysy této pozoruhodné osobnosti. Obsah: ČÁST PRVNÍ Boží záblesky KAPITOLA 01 – Rozlet KAPITOLA 02 – Ježíš kanibal KAPITOLA 03 – Taková hříšná myšlenka KAPITOLA 04 – Geologie osobnosti KAPITOLA 05 – Magické tahy KAPITOLA 06 – Blázinec KAPITOLA 07 – S lepenkovým límečkem KAPITOLA 08 – Měsíčňané ČÁST DRUHÁ Korunní princ KAPITOLA 09 – Statný hřebec KAPITOLA 10 – Vášnivý freudovec KAPITOLA 11 – Dům u jezera KAPITOLA 12 – Náš psychoanalytický prapor KAPITOLA 13 – Bezesné noci KAPITOLA 14 – Dostatek žen KAPITOLA 15 – Vzdát se svého trůnu ČÁST TŘETÍ Poplachy KAPITOLA 16 – Tvořivá nemoc KAPITOLA 17 – Žena ve mně KAPITOLA 18 – Kázání k mrtvým KAPITOLA 19 – Jak je důležité sejít cesty
Zu Unrecht ist der Autor von Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit immer wieder als blasierter Dandy dargestellt worden, dessen Leben, abgesehen von seinem literarischen Schaffen, kaum Interessantes zu bieten habe. Ronald Hayman, Literaturwissenschaftler aus Cambridge, tritt den Gegenbeweis an - mit Erfolg: Illustriert durch Passagen aus Prousts Briefwechsel mit seiner Familie, seinen Freunden und Liebhabern, läßt die Biographie den Menschen, der sich hinter dem großen Erzähler verbirgt, in greifbare Nähe rücken. Die solide recherchierte und anregend geschriebene Studie macht die starke Bindung des kränklichen Jungen an seine Mutter ebenso anschaulich wie die Bedeutung von Geld, Sexualität und physischer Zerrüttung, aber auch von Freundschaften für Prousts Leben und Schreiben. Eine fesselnde Lektüre für Proust-Leser und solche, die es werden wollen.
Carl Jung's theories made him one of the world's most influential psychoanalysts. With a combination of charisma, simplicity and brutal outspokenness, he inspired in his patients deep hatred and overpowering love in equal measure. Some he saved from psychosis, while he drove others to despair. Until his death in 1961, he initiated groundbreaking ideas, yet trusted only his impulses. With impeccable research including access to unpublished and previously unused material Ronald Hayman reveals what went on during Jung's sessions, and explores the great man's own sanity. Other biographers have either celebrated him as an idol or condemned him for his failings. In Jung, Hayman neither ignores his faults nor exaggerates them. The result is a rare insight into how Jung's revolutionary ideas grew out of his own extraordinary experiences.
Few people knew about the affair Adolf Hitler had with his niece, Geli Raubal, when he was 38 and she was only 17. Geli came to live with Hitler in his house in Berchtesgaden with her mother, Angelika Raubal - his widowed half-sister and the only one of his relatives he was on good terms with.
Thomas Mann, author of Death in Venice, The Magic Mountain, and Buddenbrooks was a man with secrets. This biography offers a portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning German novelist, drawing on Mann's unexpurgated diaries. It uncovers a brilliant writer's mask to reveal the private man: his bisexuality, his obsession with preserving appearances and the deep guilt which plagued him for nearly fifty years.