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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. (Review currently is only for King John.) “King John was not a good man – Long before I encountered King John in the tales of Robin Hood in English history, I knew him from A.A. Milne's poem, “King John's Christmas,” which my mother had memorized when young and liked to recite for us. So John has never been one of those blurry, colorless kings for me. Milne's King John is just endearingly naughty, but given some historical detail we get a character who, while, no Richard III (Shakespeare's version, anyway), is bad enough – crafty and grasping – to be Interesting! Shakespeare's King John, though, is distinctly lacking in pizzazz. The character who lights up the stage is “the Bastard,” a fictional addition to the story who soliloquizes amusingly, punctures the pretensions of other characters as well as his own, and who serves as the stabilizing “last man standing” at the end. He's a little like Falstaff, and a little more like Hotspur (how's that for an odd combination?). I read this in RSC edition, which bundles it with Henry VIII, and I was surprised to read in the Introduction that in the past this play, now fairly obscure, has been quite popular! A quotation from a letter by Jane Austen to her sister in 1811 notes her disappointment when a scheduled performance of King John is replaced by Hamlet, “a very unlucky change of the Play for this very night – Hamlet instead of King John.” The editor's explanation, that “the Victorians, with their penchant for sentiment, delighted in the pathos of the boy Arthur persuading Hubert not to burn out his eyes with hot irons,” hardly seems right, since Austen was neither sentimental nor Victorian. Still, though it can't hold a candle to Hamlet in my opinion (though I'm sorry to disagree with Jane Austen), this beats the socks off, say, “Edward III.” The Librivox recording of King John is exceptionally good, I think. The readers vary in talent, of course, but the leads are mostly excellent. Elizabeth Klett as the Bastard, John Fricker as King John, David Nicol as Lewis the Dauphin, and Arielle Lipshaw as Constance all stand out and bring passion and life to their roles. A good dramatic reading really adds tremendously to enjoyment of these plays, and the volunteers at Librivox do a noble service for frugal fans of Shakespeare. In retrospect, I think that Milne, who was himself a playwright as well as the author of Winnie-the-Pooh, really did capture something of the indecisive, petulant character of Shakespeare's King John. ”King John was not a good man, I think the Bastard would have come, at least if he'd been assured a nice spread! nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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In recent decades, the Australian social scientist John Braithwaite has played a crucial role in the development of international criminology. He is considered one of the most renowned criminologists of our time, and he has put his scientific engagement at the service of humanity and society by aiming at social justice, participatory democracy, sustainable development, and world peace. In this collection of essays well-known academics reflect on Braithwaite's work by addressing two leading questions: What are the implications of a republican theory of justice for criminology and criminal policy? And what is the role of academic criminology in today's social, political, and economic environment? The volume concludes with an extensive contribution from John Braithwaite himself in which he not only to the essays in the book but also addresses challenges to and future directions for academic criminology. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)822.33Literature English & Old English literatures English drama Elizabethan 1558-1625 Shakespeare, William 1564–1616Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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King John - 2022 - review is on LibraryThing here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/342768#7879122 ( )