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The Shapes Of Revenge Victimization, Vengeance, and Vindictiveness in Shakespeare Humanities Books, 1995 This original approach to Shakespeare's treatment of revenge differs from earlier work on the topic by its emphasis on the psychology of revenge and, in particular, the relationship of revenge to the experience of victimization. While much critical writing on the theme has assumed that dramatic avengers reflect mental imbalance and are condemned for moral and civil offenses, Professor Keyishian treats revenge primarily as a strategy (among other strategies) by which victims of malicious injury strive to restore personal integrity and recover from feelings of powerlessness, violation, and injustice. Keyishian bases his discussion of Shakespeare's characters on Renaissance theories about the proper and beneficial role of the passions, from Aristotle and Aquinas to Francis Bacon, Niccolo Machiavelli, and others. His study presents a wide variety of examples, ranging from authentic and redemptive avengers like Macduff to purely vindictive ones like Iago. He strives to identify the specific personal, social, and metaphysical stakes each avenger has in revenge.This deeply thoughtful work makes a substantial contribution to Shakespeare studies. Reviewed in Renaissance Quarterly, Shakespeare Studies, Shakespeare Bulletin, Rocky Mountain Quarterly, Shakespeare and the Classroom, Shakespeare Quarterly, Early Modern Literary Studies, Cahiers Elizabethans. Reissued in paperback by Prometheus Publishers, 2003. https://www.amazon.com/Shapes-Revenge-Victimization-Vindictiveess-Shakespeare/dp/1591022169 Screening Politics
The Politician in American Movies This reference guide provides detailed discussions of over fifty movies about American politics and politicians. In an introduction, the author describes how the political genre has evolved over the past seventy years. Then, in his discussions of individual films, arranged in alphabetical order, Keyishian shows how the patterns in the genre have played out over the decades. Concepts covered in the entries include the portrayal of redeeming politicians in the films of the 1930s, such as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and the corrupting quality of politics found in post-World War II films such as All the King's Men (1949). Film historians, scholars and critics will find this to be an invaluable resource, and it may enhance the experience for the informed film viewer. https://www.amazon.com/Screening-Politics-Politician-American-Movies/dp/0810858827 Critical Essays on William Saroyan
Armenian-American author William Saroyan enjoyed tremendous popularity in the 1930s with his stories of immigrants and children of Fresno, California. Saroyan's short story collection The Man on the Flying Trapese (1934), his Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Time of Your Life (1940) and the story collection My name is Aram (1941) were commercial and critical successes, establishing Sarayon as a major author of that period. Harry Keyishian's aim in editing this collection of critical essays is to provide a broad selection of the best thought on Saroyan's life and writing, and to introduce several previously unpublished essays that focus more specifically on the texts themselves. https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Essays-Willam-Saroyan-Literature/dp/0783800185/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Critical+Essays+on+William+Saroyan&qid=1592612854&s=books&sr=1-1 Michael Arlen Michael Arlen (1895-1956) was a British fiction writer, playwright, screenwriter, and essayist best remembered for his 1924 novel The Green Hat, which concerned a woman of high ideals misunderstood and martyred by society. It was an enormous best-seller in its day, became a popular stage play in London and New York, in productions starring Tallulah Bankhead and Katherine Cornell, and was adapted for film, including a silent version featuring Greta Garbo, A Woman of Affairs (1928). This book examines Arlen's entire literary career, from his early polemics through to his series of novels, short stories, screenplays, and entertainments on social and political themes. It also considers relevant elements of his biography, from his birth in Bulgaria, as Dikran Kouyoumdjian, to Armenian parents, to his subsequent career in England and America. Discussed in this volume are Arlen’s early polemical writings on the deportations and massacres of Armenians in Turkey in 1915, for the British journals Ararat: A Searchlight on Armenia and The New Age (edited by A. R. Orage). The book also discusses his novels The London Venture (1920); Piracy (1922); The Green Hat; Young Men in Love (1927); Lily Christine (1929); Men Dislike Women (1931); Man's Mortality (1933); Hell! Said the Duchess (1934); and The Flying Dutchman (1939). The following volumes of short fiction are also covered: The Romantic Lady (1921); These Charming People (1923); May Fair (1925), Babes in the Wood (1930), and The Crooked Coronet (1937). https://www.amazon.com/Michael-Arlen-English-Authors-Keyishian/dp/0805710116 |
1927 Time cover featuring Arlen as Dikran Kouyoumdjian
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