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Edwin’s 2023 Year in Books
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Edwin Wong
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The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy: Gambling, Drama, and the Unexpected
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When Life Gives You Risk, Make Risk Theatre
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When Life Gives You Risk, Make Risk Theatre: Three Tragedies and Six Essays
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| In their 2011 book INSIDE JOKES, neuroscientist Matthew M. Hurley, philosopher Daniel C. Dennett (one of the “four horseman”), and psychologist Reginald B. Adams present a new, scientific theory of humor. By applying the latest in cognitive science a ...more | |
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| One of the most interesting elements of the novel is the stark contrasts between Rasklolnikov's plans and theories. By exploring the contrast between theory and practice in the novel, Dostoevsky makes irony the principle narrative technique in the no ...more | |
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A Will within a Wheel: Women Racers of the 1890s (Of Wheels and Wills)
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| Following women’s racing after the launch of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift ? Wondering about the REAL history of the women’s race? If so, T.R. Ormond’s book A Will within a Wheel is for you. Tracing the roots of women’s racing in a series of r ...more | |
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| Your days are filled with dinner parties and excursions. Will you pair the finest South African wines with salmon or cod, boiled fowls or veal cutlets? Then a season in London followed by a stay in Cleveland. While awaiting smart bachelors and gentle ...more | |
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Link to my essay on the theme of friendship in Camus's THE PLAGUE. Also discussed are Camus's debts to Simone Weil and Thucydides, as well as his creation of a new, modern hero. "From Thucydides to Simone Weil: Friendship and Heroism in Albert Camus's ...more |
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| Most thought-provoking read this year. Novelist and chemist C.P. Snow's 1959 THE TWO CULTURES. He talks about the divide between the sciences and humanities. What he found was that his humanities friends would roll their eyes when they found out his ...more | |
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A wonderful little book for anyone struggling with cataracts. By a Booker Prize winning art critic who based his career on seeing and sight. Here's a review and my story of finding this book. https://wp.me/p4PiYF-2dO ...more |
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| Enjoyed the essays “Class” (by Juliet McMaster), “Money” (by Edward Copeland), and “Making a Living” (by David Selwyn). But had an allergic reaction to "The Professional Woman Writer" and "Austen Cults and Cultures." Like the other Cambridge Companio ...more | |
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"My interest in Edwin's writing comes from the perspective of literary criticism. I find it fascinating that he has found a viable new understanding of tragedy that legitimately alters our appreciation of the artform beyond the ideas of Aristotle and "
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“When the world is ablaze, risk's enticements more than compensate for its blandishments.”
― The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy: Gambling, Drama, and the Unexpected
― The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy: Gambling, Drama, and the Unexpected
“When the world is ablaze, risk's enticements more than compensate for its blandishments.”
― The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy: Gambling, Drama, and the Unexpected
― The Risk Theatre Model of Tragedy: Gambling, Drama, and the Unexpected
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