In this highly engaging book; Antony Easthope examines Englishness as a form and a series of shared discourses. Discussing the subject of nation - a growing area in literary and cultural studies - Easthope offers polemical arguments written in a lively and accessible style. Englishness and National Culture asserts a profound and unacknowledged continuity between the seventeenth century and today. It argues that contemporary journalists; historians; novelists; poets and comedians continue to speak through the voice of a long-standing empiricist tradition.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Me encantoacute;By Antonio RojasSoy actor y me gustoacute; mucho el encuentro entre el autor y el Maestro. Ese modo lento de comprenderse a uno mejor.4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Good food for thought - could use a little saltBy Johanna MacDonaldFor anyone interested in getting more information on Grotowski; this is of course a must-read; although occasionally the humility with which Richards infuses his prose borders on making it a must-slog-through. In a way; its appealing that Richards tends to describe only his own work - only the things that he himself did; but I tend to find the descriptions fuzzy. I often felt the descriptions of exercises or actions were not concrete enough for me to imagine them; this is by no means a practical handbook.Having said that; it is an excellent read for probably every serious actor; who will recognize in Richards frank account their own mistakes; frustration over lack of discipline; and impatient desires to be brilliant. Definitely inspiring; occasionally repetitive or unclear.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Grotowski expansion on StanislavskyBy R. WaldenWhoever said anything about "The Method" should realize Grotowski has nothing to do with Lee Strasberg. Grotowski has picked up at the end of Stanislavskis work; which only stopped evolving because of his death; and Jerzy Grotowski has expanded on those ideas and brought new meaning to physical actions. Thomas Richards explanations of how Grotowski and the Labratory Theatres work taught actors like himself to embrace physical actions in a powerful; intense way is truly inspiring. This book is a must read; particularly in conjunction with "Towards a Poor Theatre" by Grotowski for any person working in modern theatre.