LIBROS DEL AUTOR: donald j richardson

50 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: donald j richardson

donald j richardson Eliminar filtro Quitar filtros
  • Keeper of My Brothers
    Donald J. Richardson
    KEEPER OF MYBROTHERSPure ction, Keeper of My Brothers is myattempt to wear another’s shoes. Althoughthe shoes pinch at times, I believe they trelatively well. May you agree. ...
    Disponible

    15,61 €

  • Kingston, Kansas
    Donald J. Richardson
    This book represents an attempt to re-visit my home town-La Crosse, Kansas-from a foreign perspective, that of another, a friend and classmate. Of course most of this is imagined as it is impossible to truly know another’s thoughts and true feelings. While much of it is introspective imaginings, however, the intention is affection and love. May the gods smile on such an unde...
    Disponible

    20,05 €

  • Maxims of Life and A Blessing
    Donald J. Richardson
    Everyone needs reminders of how to behave. This doesn’t mean children only. We all need to be reminded how to act like mature, responsible people. Most of us resist these reminders, but to do so is to risk developing a personality which excludes others and which lowers our self-esteem.I offer these maxims in humility, confessing that I am not an avatar of perfection; I’m merel...
    Disponible

    19,91 €

  • Libertyville
    Donald J. Richardson
    Since the founding of the United States, voting has been of paramount importance to her citizens. Voting has been the true American act. Initially voting was reserved for certain citizens, people of property or of certain birth, nationality, or race. However over time voting has been accorded a privilege to everyone-men and women-of age. No longer was it restricted to those who...
    Disponible

    16,52 €

  • The Davey Family Stories
    Donald J. Richardson
    Bedtime was special when my children were very young. We enjoyed reading aloud and telling stories to each other. Such times were special, to be savored and treasured; out of those times came The Davey Family Stories. Each is an extension of our family at the time, and each embodies a modicum of truth--the way it was and the way we wanted it to remain. This wish is still true.A...
    Disponible

    23,99 €

  • Return to the Earth
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    There are numerous townsites in western Kansas where people tried to build a settlement. They trusted in the land, in themselves, in their children, and in the future. One of the sites was Cordia. ...
    Disponible

    16,22 €

  • Hst
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    When I was a boy in Missouri, I could have visited President Truman as Independence was only a few dozen miles from Utica. Yet the thought never occurred to me. Thus, the tribute is based on what might have been.I have few positive memories of Initiation, however. ...
    Disponible

    12,91 €

  • The Complete First Part of Henry VI
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    One recurrent criticism of the First Part of HVI is its cavalier disregard for chronology and historical events. However, Lawrence V. Ryan argues that the “disjointing of time . . . enables him [Shakespeare] to achieve striking dramatic and didactic effects” (xxx). Thus, one is enjoined to remember Coleridge’s admonition to suspend disbelief. Ryan argues that 1HVI is “by no mea...
    Disponible

    16,02 €

  • The Complete Timon of Athens
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Timon of Athens might be regarded as the ancestor of Moliere’s Les Misanthrope—in that Alceste seems to embody all the negativity of Timon. Timon also illustrates the error of equating friendship with finances. “He finds that his idealization of friendship has been an illusion” (Mowat, xiv). “He is, thus, a man ‘nobly but unwisely generous’” (Hinman, 17). “The play, itself, is ...
    Disponible

    24,50 €

  • Approaching Alzheimer’s
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Alzheimer’s continues to be of concern to those of us who are aging. As the disease cannot be prevented, cured, or slowed, it remains one of the leading causes of death. Thus, how one deals with it becomes a measure of personality and character. Perhaps this is what Ernest Hemingway was getting at when he talked of performing with grace under pressure. ...
    Disponible

    16,56 €

  • The Complete Troilus and Cressida
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Troilus and Cressida retells the epic story of the Iliad, but with an altered focus.The tale of these lovers (and Pandarus) was told earlier by both Homer and Geoffrey Chaucer. In Shakespeare, however, the epic proportions are reduced to the quotidian details of human passion, including quarrels and misunderstandings, which reduce the protagonists to a pitying level, including ...
    Disponible

    24,12 €

  • The Complete Henry the Eighth
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Despite its title, Henry the Eighth deals with three other, more important stories: the fall of Cardinal Wolsey, the fall of Queen Katherine, and the raising of Anne Bullen (Boleyn). For Elizabethans, the culmination of the play was, of course, the birth of Elizabeth, heralding their queen and her successor, James. Full treatment of Henry VIII would have to be dealt with by his...
    Disponible

    24,39 €

  • Behold the Sun
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    The Western has become an archetype for the founding of a great portion of the United States. The behavior of the men and women who pioneered the great, vast prairies of the land west of the Mississippi set standards which continue today. Living on the outskirts of formal settlements, they governed their lives and their children’s lives with a code that lives on today, irrespec...
    Disponible

    16,59 €

  • The Complete Love’s Labors Lost
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Love’s Labors Lost is 'widely considered Shakespeare’s most intellectually challenging comedy' (Bate, back cover). From its extensive wordplay to the plot machinations, a reader (viewer) is continuously challenged. The recurrent bawdy is another factor that forces one to pay close attention. Thus, the play can be quite satisfying. However, it can become tiresome too, especially...
    Disponible

    23,12 €

  • The Complete All’s Well That Ends Well
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    The plot of All’s Well That Ends Well is illustrated by what one character says (III.66), 'The web of our life is a tangled yarn.' Through all of the twists and machinations, justice triumphs, and loyalty is rewarded. The play is challenging, however, because of the somewhat inconsistent direction; it has been called a problem play. As Bevington states, 'The web of human life r...
    Disponible

    23,16 €

  • The Complete As You Like It
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    As You Like It could be termed the archetypal Shakespearean romantic comedy: the lovers retreat to the Forest of Arden, where all their problems are resolved satisfactorily, and all ends in marriage (four marriages, in fact). However, the romance of the play is ameliorated somewhat by the pragmatism of Rosalind who says, 'Men have died from time to / time and worms have eaten t...
    Disponible

    23,13 €

  • Covered with Darkness
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    I do not know how Covered with Darkness came about. The process of creativity is still a mystery to me, even as I try to teach it, and this is especially true for everything that I write. There is some indefinable, inexpressible something that operates in the brain that I cannot analyze, which I simply try to appreciate and use. When it works, I give thanks to the powers that b...
    Disponible

    17,70 €

  • The Complete Richard II
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Richard the Second is essentially weak and vacillating. Self-indulgent and prodigal, he appears to be a natural candidate for overthrow by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke. He is a man who enjoys the trappings of being king but fails to measure up to the responsibilities. Self-pitying and duplicitous, perhaps he deserves the reader’s pity-but he doesn’t elicit pity from his subjec...
    Disponible

    19,71 €

  • The Complete Two Gentlemen of Verona
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    The Two Gentlemen of Verona doesn’t enjoy a high reputation among Shakespeareans. As an early comedy, it suffers from internal inconsistencies and a questionable resolution. However, having produced and directed a radio version of the play (for WSUI in Iowa City, Iowa), I have partial feelings for the work. Thus, I ask that the play be taken for what it is: somewhat flawed but ...
    Disponible

    19,70 €

  • The Tragedy of Richard the Third
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    The Tragedy of Richard the Third presents the tale of a Machiavellian: Richard the Third, the archetypal villain. The Elizabethan audience would already have been biased against Richard, and modern audiences probably do not feel empathy for him either. From his wooing of Anne to the continued execution of his apparent enemies, there is little sympathy for this ?bunch-back?d toa...
    Disponible

    27,60 €

  • The Life of Henry V
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    The Life of Henry V continues the epic story of Richard II; Henry IV, Part One; and Henry IV, Part Two. In the Life of Henry V, Prince Hal has matured and left behind the carefree days of his youth, divorcing himself from Falstaff and his ilk and assuming the leadership of England following the death of his fa-ther. He is revealed as a serious candidate for rulership, someone w...
    Disponible

    22,99 €

  • The Complete Henry IV, Part Two
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Henry IV, Part Two as a sequel to or continuation of Henry IV, Part One is disappointing. The resolution of the uprising is anticlimactic, and the Falstaff scenes are not comparable to those of Part One. The bawdy is substantially increased with, unfortunately, a lessening of the actual comedy. Falstaff lovers probably are not disappointed, but those of us with higher expectati...
    Disponible

    22,98 €

  • The Complete Comedy of Errors
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Perhaps the most comedic of all the Shakespeare plays, The Comedy of Errors, verges on farce with its confused identities, slapstick violence, and confused intentions. This play vociferously demands Coleridge’s “willing suspension of disbelief.” As comedy, it resists analysis beyond its structure. Perhaps Mark Twain’s admonition preceding The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is r...
    Disponible

    19,87 €

  • The Complete Antony and Cleopatra
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Like Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra is an archetypal love story but of more mature lovers. However, the play isn’t only that; it is also an epic rife with political machinations. In addition it is a character study, revealing Antony beset by very human emotions and a tragic weakness, and Cleopatra, as a self-deluding, aging siren. Of course Antony pays for his weakness ...
    Disponible

    27,56 €

  • The Complete Henry IV, Part One
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    Henry IV, Part One is a rich play: rich in drama and intrigue, political machinations, and comedy. Not only does Prince Harry (Hal) redeem himself in his father’s eyes, he also satisfies audience expectations. One important sub-plot running throughout the play is the questionable ascension of Henry IV to the throne. Additionally, one cannot ignore the comparison between Prince ...
    Disponible

    22,95 €

  • The Complete Othello
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    It is probably natural that a reader feel sympathy for Desdemona; falsely accused, she suffers some of the most offensive name-calling in all of Shakespeare. But it is also appropriate to sympathize with Othello. He becomes malleable in the hands of Iago who molds him to his own vindictive purpose, never disclosing his reasons. Additionally, one should admire Emilia who is trul...
    Disponible

    27,55 €

  • The Complete Tempest
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    In only two plays-The Comedy of Errors and The Tempest--does Shakespeare observe the unities of time, action, and place. While these apparent constraints seem to restrict the playwright, they also demonstrate an artistry that transcends the apparent restrictions, especially in The Tempest. The added themes of justice satisfied and of young love realized make for a satisfying ...
    Disponible

    23,26 €

  • The Complete Taming of the Shrew
    Donald J. Richardson / Donald JRichardson
    To a contemporary feminist, The Taming of the Shrew is surely anathema. A strong woman is shown to be easily manipulated and ends up subjugated by a somewhat insensitive and boorish man. Yet, despite the real objections, the play has been popular for centuries in itself, in adaptations (Tamed and How, or The Push), and a wildly popular musical (Kiss Me, Kate). Thus, one may be ...
    Disponible

    23,21 €

  • The Complete Twelfth Night
    Donald J. Richardson
    Shakespeare's Twelfth Night presents a character who is a literary descendant of Sir John Falstaff: Sir Toby Belch. Like Falstaff, Sir Toby is bombastic, mendacious, and pusillanimous. As in Falstaff's case, these character traits might be offset by the humor of the presentation; however, in this reader's eyes, the humor does not redeem him or make him lovable. Malvolio ...
    Disponible

    16,66 €

  • The Complete Twelfth Night
    Donald J. Richardson
    Shakespeare's Twelfth Night presents a character who is a literary descendant of Sir John Falstaff: Sir Toby Belch. Like Falstaff, Sir Toby is bombastic, mendacious, and pusillanimous. As in Falstaff's case, these character traits might be offset by the humor of the presentation; however, in this reader's eyes, the humor does not redeem him or make him lovable. Malvolio ...
    Disponible

    24,74 €


01 02