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  • The Nervous Stage

    Nineteenth-century Neuroscience and the Birth of Modern Theatre

    de Matthew Wilson Smith ...
    Nineteenth-century investigations into the nervous system produced extraordinary discoveries that changed ways of thinking far beyond the scientific community. Over the course of the century, scientists began to conceive of the subject not principally as soul, mind, or even brain, but instead as a complex of organically interacting mechanisms, many of them operating more or less autonomously and ... Leer más

    $50.39 USD

  • Modernism and Opera

    Edición de Richard Begam, Matthew Wilson Smith ...
    Series series Hopkins Studies in Modernism
    Many of the greatest works in the operatic repertoire bear the hallmarks of modernism.At first glance, modernism and opera may seem like strange bedfellows—the former hostile to sentiment, the latter wearing its heart on its sleeve. And yet these apparent opposites attract: many operas are aesthetically avant-garde, politically subversive, and socially transgressive. From the proto-modernist ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • The Total Work of Art

    From Bayreuth to Cyberspace

    de Matthew Wilson Smith ...
    The Total Work of Art provides a broad survey that incorporates many canonical artists into a single narrative. With particular attention to the influence of the Total Work of Art on modern theatre and performance, this brief introduction will also be of interest to students in such fields as film studies, music history, history of art, cultural studies, and modern European literatures. ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

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  • The Mind & The Brain

    Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force

    de Sharon Begley, Jeffrey M. Schwartz ...
    A "fascinating" and groundbreaking work of science that demonstrates the possibilities for human control over the workings of the brain ( Cleveland Plain Dealer).Conventional science has long held that "the mind" is an illusion, a mere side effect of electrochemical activity in the physical brain. The Mind & The Brain argues exactly the opposite: that the mind has a life of its own. Dr. Schwartz, ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Verdi With a Vengeance

    An Energetic Guide to the Life and Complete Works of the King of Opera

    de William Berger ...
    Everything you could possibly know about Verdi and his operas, from the brilliant and humorous author of Wagner Without Fear.If you want to know why La traviata was actually a flop at its premiere in 1853, it's in here. If you want to know why claiming to have heard Bjorling's Chicago performance of Il trovatore is the classic opera fan faux pas, it's in here. Even if you just want to know how to ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Bluets

    de Maggie Nelson ...
    Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color . . .A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue. With Bluets, Maggie Nelson has entered the pantheon of brilliant lyric essayists.Maggie Nelson is the author of numerous books of poetry and nonfiction, including ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • On Intelligence

    How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines

    de Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee ...
    The inventor of the PalmPilot shares a compelling new theory of intelligence, brain function, and the future of artificial intelligence.Tech innovator Jeff Hawkins reshaped our relationship to computers with devices like the PalmPilot. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself. In this book, Hawkins develops ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD

  • But Is It Art?: An Introduction to Art Theory

    An Introduction to Art Theory

    de Cynthia Freeland ...
    In today's art world many strange, even shocking, things qualify as art. In this book, Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy and art theory with many fascinating examples. She discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, museums, sex, and politics, clarifying contemporary and historical accounts of the nature, function, and ... Leer más

    $11.39 USD

  • Leaving Las Vegas

    de John O'Brien ...
    This "brutal and unflinching" novel of fleeting love in Sin City inspired the film starring Nicholas Cage and Elizabeth Shue (Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City).John O'Brien's debut novel, Leaving Las Vegas, is an emotionally wrenching story of a woman who embraces life and a man who rejects it; a powerful tale of hard luck, hard drinking, and a relationship of tenderness and ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Viewpoints Book

    A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition

    de Anne Bogart, Tina Landau ...
    The Viewpoints is a technique of improvisation that grew out of the postmodern dance world. It was first articulated by choreographer Mary Overlie, who broke down the two dominant issues performers deal with—space and time—into six categories. Since that time, directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau have expanded her notions and adapted them for actors to function together spontaneously and ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • A Matter of Life and Death

    Inside the Hidden World of the Pathologist

    de Sue Armstrong ...
    True tales of microscopic detective work that catches killers both human and pathogen: "More fascinating than fiction. Forget CSI, this is the real thing" (Val McDermid).A Matter of Life and Death profiles some of the world's most eminent and pioneering pathologists. This is a hidden world, yet one we will all inevitably encounter at some time in our lives, for pathology lies at the cornerstone of ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Wagner Clan

    The Saga of Germany's Most Illustrious and Infamous Family

    de Jonathan Carr ...
    This chronicle of renowned composer Richard Wagner and his descendants features "a cast of characters who are positively operatic in their histrionics" ( The Guardian).Richard Wagner was many things—composer, philosopher, philanderer, failed revolutionary, and virulent anti-Semite—and his descendants have carried on his complex legacy.In his "lively and wry" history of the legendary composer and ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus