The Final Curtain: State Funerals and the Theatre of PowerRodopi, 1999 - 252 oldal Death is the one subject about which our culture is still reticent. Consequently many ceremonies about death are not examined in an open, enquiring and direct way. The state funeral, that large, public, ritualized statement about death is accepted in our society, while its deeper significances remain unexamined because it is seen as something of an historical curiosity, a survival from an earlier age associated with the traditions of that society. This well-illustrated study of a number of state funerals - of the Medicis and the Habsburgs in the Renaissance, of the Duke of Albemarle in the seventeenth century, of the Duke of Wellington and Abraham Lincoln in the nineteenth century, and of President Kennedy and Diana, Princess of Wales in the twentieth century - and the mythical structures and traditions they represent, examines two aspects in particular: the strongly political undertones of the public statements, and the theatrical elements of the public ritual. |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 42 találatból.
5. oldal
... hero of the state who is not of royal blood . Such state funerals are read uncompromisingly as performances , as spectacles devised and produced for a public which may vary in size from a peer - group of nobles and their dependents to a ...
... hero of the state who is not of royal blood . Such state funerals are read uncompromisingly as performances , as spectacles devised and produced for a public which may vary in size from a peer - group of nobles and their dependents to a ...
6. oldal
... hero's end , for this is the enacted myth that is involved in many of the examples in this study . The myth of the hero is central to both . In one particular case , however , the lying - in - state and then the funeral of the first ...
... hero's end , for this is the enacted myth that is involved in many of the examples in this study . The myth of the hero is central to both . In one particular case , however , the lying - in - state and then the funeral of the first ...
14. oldal
... heroes , or to some such high impersonal force as the order of the universe ; and the image of the society itself , thus linked to the greater image of nature , became a vessel of religious awe . Today we know , for the most part , that ...
... heroes , or to some such high impersonal force as the order of the universe ; and the image of the society itself , thus linked to the greater image of nature , became a vessel of religious awe . Today we know , for the most part , that ...
26. oldal
... hero of Waterloo . What is also involved in this transfer of signification is that the process of generalizing is also one of purifying and idealizing , a process which was also noted earlier in connection with the term " myth " .42 It ...
... hero of Waterloo . What is also involved in this transfer of signification is that the process of generalizing is also one of purifying and idealizing , a process which was also noted earlier in connection with the term " myth " .42 It ...
41. oldal
... hero : " Jacka was a typical country lad who , at 21 , enlisted for the adventure , romance and glory of war .... Jacka was a tough no - nonsense type of man , abrupt and abrasive but a very good 65. Graham Clark , " The Latest in ...
... hero : " Jacka was a typical country lad who , at 21 , enlisted for the adventure , romance and glory of war .... Jacka was a tough no - nonsense type of man , abrupt and abrasive but a very good 65. Graham Clark , " The Latest in ...
Tartalomjegyzék
9 | |
Political Théâtre Macabre | 45 |
The Impenetrable Duke | 71 |
The Duke of Wellingtons | 99 |
Uncle Sams Dead Democratic Ritual | 131 |
The Apotheosis of the Queen of Hearts | 196 |
Epilogue | 221 |
Candles and their Standards in the | 232 |
Index | 244 |
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Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
Abbey Abraham Lincoln action American Amsterdam/Atlanta apotheosis appears artistic audience baldachino Bocock Borsook candles cappella ardente catafalque certainly Charles claim coffin College of Arms contemporary cortège Cosimo culture decorations democracy demonstrate Diana Duke of Albemarle Duke of Wellington effigy elements emotional English esequie example focus funeral car funeral ceremonies funeral procession funeral service further George Monck grief Habsburg hero icon Illustrated London ISBN Kennedy assassination Kennedy's kind King Lincoln's death Lincoln's funeral lying-in-state Margherita d'Austria Medici Medici esequie mourners mourning myth mythical mythology occasion pageant painting Palace performance person photograph political potent President Prince Princess of Wales qualities Queen Renaissance representation response ritual Royal Family seems seen sense September 1997 Shils and Young signified social society specific spectacle status symbol television theatre Toby jug Vasari Victorian visual Wellington's funeral White
Népszerű szakaszok
27. oldal - ... the work of art. This is a symptomatic process whose significance points beyond the realm of art. One might generalize by saying: the technique of reproduction detaches the reproduced object from the domain of tradition. By making many reproductions it substitutes a plurality of copies for a unique existence.
108. oldal - In spite of some foibles and faults, he was, beyond all doubt, a very great man — the only great man of the present time — and comparable, in point of greatness, to the most eminent of those who have lived before him.
73. oldal - There be, that tell me, that there is a certain cunning fellow in Scotland, called George Monk, who is said to lie in wait there to introduce Charles Stuart: I pray you use your diligence to apprehend him, and send him up to me.
173. oldal - He puts one hand on the Bible and raises the other hand to God as he takes the oath. And if he breaks his oath, he is not only committing a crime against the Constitution, for which the Constitution can impeach him — and should impeach him — but he is committing a sin against God.
Hivatkozások erre a könyvre
English/British Naval History to 1815: A Guide to the Literature Eugene L. Rasor Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2004 |
Napoleon and Wellington: The Battle of Waterloo- and the Great Commanders ... Andrew Roberts Korlátozott előnézet - 2001 |