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Zwischen Kanon und Unterhaltung/Between Canon and Entertainment

Zwischen Kanon und Unterhaltung/Between Canon and Entertainment ab 70 € als pdf eBook: Interkulturelle und intermediale Aspekte von hoher und niederer Literatur/Intercultural and Intermedial Aspects of Highbrow and Lowbrow Literature. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Sprachwissenschaften,

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Wild Ducks Flying Backward: The Short Writings of Tom Robbins , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 397min

Known for his meaty seriocomic novels, expansive works that are simultaneously lowbrow and highbrow, Tom Robbins has also published over the years a number of short pieces, predominantly nonfiction. His travel articles, essays, and tributes to actors, musicians, sex kittens, and thinkers have appeared in publications ranging from Esquire to Harper's, from Playboy to The New York Times, High Times, and Life. A generous sampling, collected here for the first time and including works as diverse as scholarly art criticism and some decidedly untypical country music lyrics, Wild Ducks Flying Backward offers a rare sweeping overview of the eclectic sensibility of an American original. Whether he is rocking with the Doors, depoliticizing Picasso's Guernica, lamenting the angst-ridden state of contemporary literature, or drooling over tomato sandwiches and a species of womanhood he calls "the genius waitress," Robbins's briefer writings often exhibit the same five traits that perhaps best characterize his novels: an imaginative wit, a cheerfully brash disregard for convention, a sweetly nasty eroticism, a mystical but keenly observant eye, and an irrepressible love of language. Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are a couple of short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an off-beat assessment of our divided nation. And wherever we open Wild Ducks Flying Backward, we're apt to encounter examples of the intently serious playfulness that percolates from the mind of a self-described "romantic Zen hedonist" and "stray dog in the banquet halls of culture." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Robbins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000649/bk_rand_000649_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Wreckage of My Presence: Essays

"Magnificent." —People Magazine The instant New York Times bestseller: Laugh-out-loud, deeply insightful, and emotion-filled essays from multitalented actress, comedian, podcaster, and writer Casey Wilson. Casey Wilson has a lot on her mind and she isn't afraid to share. In this dazzling collection, each essay skillfully constructed and brimming with emotion, she shares her thoughts on the joys and vagaries of modern-day womanhood and motherhood, introduces the not-quite-typical family that made her who she is, and persuasively argues that lowbrow pop culture is the perfect lens through which to examine human nature. Whether she's extolling the virtues of eating in bed, processing the humiliation over her father's late in life perm, mourning her mother's passing, or revealing her patented method for keeping the mystery alive in a marriage, Casey is witty, candid, and full of poignant and funny surprises. Humorous dives into her obsessions and areas of personal expertise—self-help, nice guys, cool girls (not her) and how to receive visitors in the bath—are matched by touching meditations on female friendship, anger, grief, motherhood, and identity. Reading The Wreckage of My Presence is like spending time with a close friend—a deeply passionate, full-tilt, joyous, excessive, compulsive, shameless, hungry-for-it-all, loyal, cheerleading friend. A friend who is ready for any big feelings that come her way—and isn't afraid to embrace them.

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A Nocturnal Muse (eBook, ePUB)

"I am literally stunned by this gorgeous debut!" View Literary In the middle of soaring success, young theatre darling Kit Lasslin suddenly vanishes from the spotlight and slams shut the door on her dreams, leaving the wagging tongues of her peers to the burning question of "What on earth happened?" Sixteen years later that question still lingers amid a fog of rumor. Kit has eked out a life for herself and her teenage daughter, Sunni. Sure, running a lowbrow dinner theatre is not the career she was headed for, not even close, but beneath its greasy spoons and a misfit crew that she calls family, her dark past is at least kept buried. When a former castmate comes to town, bringing Kit's secret with him, it's all she can do to steer clear of him and keep the ghosts at bay. But when an old script is unearthed, and history is poised to horrifically repeat, Kit must at last reconcile the shocking truth of her past, even as it quakes the fortresses of art and power, and brings her tight knit theatre community to its knees. Book club readers, who enjoy the humour of Fredrik Backman's Anxious People alongside a dark mystery in the vein of Big Little Lies, will enjoy this delving into the underbelly of live theatre - the slick, predacious world beneath the slapstick. "A laugh out loud comedy...a courageous tragedy. Bring the tissues." Lit Service Magazine

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A Stand-Up Guy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 650min

Oliver Miles is a stand-up comedian who makes his real living as a third-shift security guard at an historic Nashville hotel. Every morning on his way home from work, he stops to have breakfast with his mother, although it's been six years since she's recognized her only son. In search of his true comic voice, Oliver experiments with the juxtaposition of both highbrow and lowbrow humor, alternating between the cerebral, sarcastic, surreal, and inane. One night, an impromptu rant on relationships turns excruciatingly personal and Oliver finds himself reduced to quiet tears onstage. The crowd finds this hilarious. Oliver finds it embarrassing, yet cathartic; then later resolves to only tell the truth in his act. As he becomes more enamored with Mattie Holmgren, the hotel's night auditor, he discovers her sneaking into guest rooms in the middle of the night. Eventually, his infatuation for the adorable kleptomaniac haunting the very hotel he's been hired to protect becomes fodder for his stand-up act. His lack of sleep, combined with the realization that the only place he can be totally honest is in a room full of strangers, combine to stoke his greatest fear: Oliver is turning into his mother. As his relationship with Mattie begins to blossom, it becomes clear he won't be able to keep her away from his shows forever. Oliver must eventually come clean - to see if the truth really will set him free. As usual, he decides to do it from the stage... on the biggest night of his career... and with Mattie Holmgren watching. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adam Black. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/zond/001080/bk_zond_001080_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Monty Python's Flying Circus: TV Milestones , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 209min

One of the most innovative comedic programs to air on television, Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a mix of the carnivalesque and the critical. The show has become famous for eschewing many of the conventions of situation comedy, the fully formed and coherent script, narrative closure, predictable characters, and the decorum associated with presentation. Its curious transatlantic popularity defied the assumption that comedy is regional and exclusive, and the show’s cult status still lives on in the United States and United Kingdom through reruns, videos, DVDs, and continual reappearances by the show’s now iconic stars. Most written accounts of Monty Python’s Flying Circus focus solely on members of the Pythons, histories of the sketches, or the development of other Monty Python projects, leaving a dearth of scholarly and contextual analysis on the television show itself. Marcia Landy’s book is one of the rare studies available examining the Flying Circus within the context of its time, analyzing the show’s influence on 1960s and 1970s British television as well as British cultural influence on the show’s legendary material. Landy explores not only why the series’ complex form of comedy was important but also why it was so well received, citing the Pythons’ amalgam of comedic material: the unruly treatment of sexuality, the mockery of religion and class, and the critique of the medium of television. The Flying Circus parodied both the lowbrow and the highbrow, throwing many previously untouchable topics into the ring, and here Landy deconstructs the impact of the show’s risks and reception. As informative as it is engaging and entertaining, this book will appeal to film and media scholars, popular culture enthusiasts, and Monty Python fans alike. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Robert J. Eckrich. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/005923/bk_acx0_005923_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The 3rd Degree: Series 1-7, Hörbuch, Digital, 1155min

A quiz show hosted by Steve Punt (star of BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show and the brains behind Horrible Histories) where a team of three university students take on a team of three of their professors. Every week, at a different university, it pits a team of three students against three of their lecturers. The rounds vary between Specialist Knowledge and General Knowledge, quickfire bell-and-buzzer rounds and ‘Highbrow and Lowbrow’. Which of the students will turn out to be complete trivia boffins? Will the lecturers reveal they know more about Beyoncé than Barthes? There’s plenty of scope for embarrassment on both sides.... The universities in the first series are Southampton, Durham, Stirling, Reading, Salford and Middlesex. The universities in the second series are the University of East Anglia, Swansea, Warwick, Sussex, Queen Mary London and Northampton. The universities in the third series are Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Exeter, Bath Spa and Anglia Ruskin (in Cambridge), and the subjects range from Rocket Science (literally!) to Creative Music Technology. Meanwhile, the questions cover every subject under the sun, including Dada and Dylan, the Kardashians and the Ku Klux Klan, gherkins and gummi bears and concrete and cogwheels.... The universities in the fourth series are Bristol, Kent, Bedfordshire, Aberystwyth, Nottingham and Birmingham, and the subjects range from Sports Science to Theatre Studies via Welsh Folklore and Journalism. Meanwhile, the questions cover every subject under the sun, including Candy Crush Corner and cauliflowers, Kierkegaard and Kim Kardashian, Wagner, Debussy, Scooby-Doo, Geoff Hurst, Swedish massage and monkey glands.... The universities in the fifth series are Cardiff, Manchester, Essex, De Montfort, Aston and Surrey, and the subjects range from Forensic Science to Contour Fashion via Psychology and Astrophysics. Meanwhile, the questions cover every subject under the sun, in Language: English. Narrator: Steve Punt, full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/003657/bk_rhuk_003657_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Will Eisner (eBook, ePUB)

A celebration of the life of the acclaimed comic book storyteller through his work as well as interviews with fellow creators. Will Eisner (1917-2005) is universally considered the master of comics storytelling, best known forThe Spirit,his iconic newspaper comic strip, andA Contract With God, the first significant graphic novel. This seminal work from 1978 ushered in a new era of personal stories in comics form that touched every adult topic from mortality to religion and sexuality, forever changing the way writers and artists approached comics storytelling. Noted historian Paul Levitz celebrates Eisner by showcasing his most famous work alongside unpublished and rare materials from the family archives. Also included are original interviews with creators such as Jules Feiffer, Art Spiegelman, Scott McCloud, Jeff Smith, Denis Kitchen, and Neil Gaiman-all of whom knew Eisner and were inspired by his work to create their own graphic novels for a new generation of readers. NOTE: The cover is a high-quality photographic reproduction of Eisner's original art. The design intentionally reveals tape and other stray markings that are part of the artist's process and reflect the age of the artifact that was photographed. "Eisner was not only ahead of his times; the present times are still catching up to him," -John Updike "What Will did was and is timeless," -Neil Gaiman "Will Eisner is, and remains, one of my precious idols," -Frank Miller "He wasthegreatest," -Harvey Kurtzman "Will Eisner is a national treasure," -Jules Feiffer "Will Eisner is the heart and mind of American comics," -Scott McCloud "Eisner is the single person most responsible for giving comics its brains," -Alan Moore "Eisner was unique in feeling from the start that comic books were not necessarily this despised, bastard, crappy, lowbrow kind of art form, and that there was a potential for real art," -Michael Chabon

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