Author: Thornton Wilder
Publisher: New York Coward-McCann 1928.
ISBN:
Category : Art, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
In his Foreword to The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays, published in 1928, Wilder explained that almost all the playlets in the book are religious, "but religious in that dilute fashion that is a believer's concession to a contemporary standard of good manners." He wanted to explore religious themes and questions without being preachy, or didactic ... In fact, it was often his intention in such playlets as this one to stand the biblical story on its head -to shake up the language, as it were. He also said--about his plays dealing with religious themes and stories--that in "these matters beyond logic, beauty is the only persuasion."--Www.throntonwilder.com.
The Angel that Troubled the Waters
Author: Thornton Wilder
Publisher: New York Coward-McCann 1928.
ISBN:
Category : Art, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
In his Foreword to The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays, published in 1928, Wilder explained that almost all the playlets in the book are religious, "but religious in that dilute fashion that is a believer's concession to a contemporary standard of good manners." He wanted to explore religious themes and questions without being preachy, or didactic ... In fact, it was often his intention in such playlets as this one to stand the biblical story on its head -to shake up the language, as it were. He also said--about his plays dealing with religious themes and stories--that in "these matters beyond logic, beauty is the only persuasion."--Www.throntonwilder.com.
Publisher: New York Coward-McCann 1928.
ISBN:
Category : Art, Classical
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
In his Foreword to The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays, published in 1928, Wilder explained that almost all the playlets in the book are religious, "but religious in that dilute fashion that is a believer's concession to a contemporary standard of good manners." He wanted to explore religious themes and questions without being preachy, or didactic ... In fact, it was often his intention in such playlets as this one to stand the biblical story on its head -to shake up the language, as it were. He also said--about his plays dealing with religious themes and stories--that in "these matters beyond logic, beauty is the only persuasion."--Www.throntonwilder.com.
The Angel that Troubled the Waters, and Other Plays
The Angel that Troubled the Waters
The Angel that Troubled the Waters and Other Plays
The Angel that Troubled the Waters
Author: Thornton Wilder
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Troubled Waters
Author: Sharon Shinn
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780441019236
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
National bestselling author Sharon Shinn introduces a rich new fantasy world, one in which people believe that five essential elements rule all things and guide their lives.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780441019236
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
National bestselling author Sharon Shinn introduces a rich new fantasy world, one in which people believe that five essential elements rule all things and guide their lives.
Long Christmas Dinner, The
Author: Thornton Wilder
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573662829
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"The Long Christmas Dinner - nine decades long - showcases the lives of several generations of the Bayard family, and some of their Christmas dinners. Wilder breaks the boundaries of time as we measure it, and invites us to partake of 'one long, happy Christmas dinner' - past, present, and future. As generations appear, have children, wither, and depart, only the audience appreciates what changes and what remains the same. 'Every last twig is wrapped around with ice. You almost never see that, ' young Genevieve marvels, not realizing that her mother made this observation years earlier, or that her daughter-in-law will one day do the same."--
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573662829
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"The Long Christmas Dinner - nine decades long - showcases the lives of several generations of the Bayard family, and some of their Christmas dinners. Wilder breaks the boundaries of time as we measure it, and invites us to partake of 'one long, happy Christmas dinner' - past, present, and future. As generations appear, have children, wither, and depart, only the audience appreciates what changes and what remains the same. 'Every last twig is wrapped around with ice. You almost never see that, ' young Genevieve marvels, not realizing that her mother made this observation years earlier, or that her daughter-in-law will one day do the same."--
Troubled Waters
Author: Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: D A W Books, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780886772710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Set in the land of Merovingen, this science fiction adventure features religious fanatics, kidnap victims, and angry mobs bent on revenge
Publisher: D A W Books, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780886772710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Set in the land of Merovingen, this science fiction adventure features religious fanatics, kidnap victims, and angry mobs bent on revenge
Angel with the Sword
Author: C. J. Cherryh
Publisher: [New York] : Daw Books
ISBN: 9780886771430
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher: [New York] : Daw Books
ISBN: 9780886771430
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Existential Jesus
Author: John Carroll
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1582434654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Upending Christianity's popular notion of Jesus the comforter, the good shepherd, the Lord, and the Savior, this completely new exploration of Mark's Life of Jesus reexamines the image presented in this earliest of the New Testament gospels—the mysterious stranger, the singular, abandoned, and solitary figure—and rethinks the current role of Western culture through a radically altered view of Christianity. The existential Jesus has no interest in sin, and his focus is not on an afterlife. He is anti–church, anti–establishment, anti–family, and anti–community; a teacher, with himself his only student, he gestures enigmatically from within his own torturous experience, inviting the reader to walk in his shoes and ask the question, Who am I? This book argues that Jesus is the West's great teacher on the nature of being. Incorporating a new translation of the Gospel of Mark from its original Greek, this radical reinterpretation identifies the philosophical and cultural significance of Jesus in the modern world, based on his life, actions, and reflections.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1582434654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Upending Christianity's popular notion of Jesus the comforter, the good shepherd, the Lord, and the Savior, this completely new exploration of Mark's Life of Jesus reexamines the image presented in this earliest of the New Testament gospels—the mysterious stranger, the singular, abandoned, and solitary figure—and rethinks the current role of Western culture through a radically altered view of Christianity. The existential Jesus has no interest in sin, and his focus is not on an afterlife. He is anti–church, anti–establishment, anti–family, and anti–community; a teacher, with himself his only student, he gestures enigmatically from within his own torturous experience, inviting the reader to walk in his shoes and ask the question, Who am I? This book argues that Jesus is the West's great teacher on the nature of being. Incorporating a new translation of the Gospel of Mark from its original Greek, this radical reinterpretation identifies the philosophical and cultural significance of Jesus in the modern world, based on his life, actions, and reflections.