Tag: Tragedy

January 10, 2025

The Eagle and the Hart The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV, UK Edition

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Free Download The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV, UK Edition by Helen Castor
English | October 3rd, 2024 | ISBN: 0241419328 | 688 pages | True EPUB | 7.51 MB
The author of She-Wolves chronicles the lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration – and back again

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December 30, 2024

Guilt and Extenuation in Tragedy Variations on Racinian Excuses

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Free Download Edward Forman, "Guilt and Extenuation in Tragedy Variations on Racinian Excuses "
English | ISBN: 9004442774 | 2020 | 242 pages | PDF | 997 KB
This comparative literary study re-evaluates French tragedys impact on current approaches to guilt and extenuation. Focussing on Racine but ranging widely, it sheds original light on tragic archetypes through the lenses of performance theory and modern attitudes towards blame.

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December 16, 2024

The Floyd Collins Tragedy at Sand Cave

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Free Download John Benton, "The Floyd Collins Tragedy at Sand Cave "
English | ISBN: 1467124427 | 2017 | 128 pages | EPUB | 84 MB
Floyd Collins is perhaps the most famous person you’ve never heard of, but this young man’s tragic death made him celebrated as "the Greatest Cave Explorer Ever Known."

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October 1, 2024

Laird Cregar A Hollywood Tragedy

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Free Download Gregory William Mank, "Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy"
English | ISBN: 1476678995 | 2019 | 329 pages | EPUB | 15 MB
In 1944, Laird Cregar played Jack the Ripper in The Lodger, giving one of the most haunting performances in Hollywood history. It was the climax of a strange celebrity that saw the young American actor-who stood 6′ 3" and weighed more than 300 pounds-earn distinction as a portrayer of psychopaths and villains. Determined to break free of this typecasting, he desperately desired to become "a beautiful man," embarking on an extreme diet that killed him at 31. This first biography of Cregar tells the heartbreaking story of the brilliant but doomed actor. Appendices cover his film, theatre, and radio work. Many never before published photographs are included.

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September 19, 2024

The Triumph and Tragedy of the Intellectuals Evil, Enlightenment, and Death

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Free Download Harry Redner, "The Triumph and Tragedy of the Intellectuals: Evil, Enlightenment, and Death"
English | ISBN: 1412864100 | 2016 | 340 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
This fourth instalment of Harry Redner’s tetralogy on the history of civilization argues that intellectuals have a brilliant past, a dubious present, and possibly no future. He contends that the philosophers of the seventeenth century laid the ground for the intellectuals of the eighteenth century, the Age of Enlightenment. They, in turn, promoted a fundamental transformation of human consciousness: they literally intellectualized the world. The outcome was the disenchantment of the world in all its cultural dimensions: in art, religion, ethics, politics, and philosophy.

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September 19, 2024

The Tragedy of European Civilization Towards an Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century

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Free Download Harry Redner, "The Tragedy of European Civilization: Towards an Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century"
English | ISBN: 1412857112 | 2015 | 282 pages | EPUB | 725 KB
The tragedy of European civilization is a protracted historical event spanning the twentieth century and in many ways is ongoing. During this time some of the greatest modern thinkers were active, producing works that both reflected what was happening in history and contributed towards shaping it. This work is a critique of their ideas. Harry Redner establishes where and how they went wrong, in some cases with apocalyptic consequences for Europe and the world.

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