Shakespeare's Influence Across Four Centuries and Four ContinentsRanging ambitiously across four continents and four hundred years, Worlds Elsewhere is an eye-opening account of how Shakespeare went global. Seizing inspiration from the playwright's own fascination with travel, foreignness, and distant worlds, Andrew Dickson takes us on an extraordinary journey: from Hamlet performed by English actors tramping through the Baltic states in the early 1600s to ...

Shakespeare's Influence Across Four Centuries and Four ContinentsRanging ambitiously across four continents and four hundred years, Worlds Elsewhere is an eye-opening account of how Shakespeare went global. Seizing inspiration from the playwright's own fascination with travel, foreignness, and distant worlds, Andrew Dickson takes us on an extraordinary journey: from Hamlet performed by English actors tramping through the Baltic states in the early 1600s to ...

With full coverage of the thirty-nine Shakespearian plays (including a synopsis, full character list, stage history, and a critical essay for each), this comprehensive guide is both a quick reference and an in-depth background guide for theatre goers, students, film buffs, and lovers of literature. Along with an exploration of the Bard's sonnets and narrative poems, The Globe Guide to Shakespeare features fascinating accounts of Shakespeare's life and the Globe Theater itself, with colorfu...

Acclaimed performance artist and longtime host of The Moth Andrew Dickson will have you laughing, tearing up and nodding along with recognition with his latest collection of personal essays.Part memoir, part family history, and part advice for his own children, Me and My Family and Me weaves together stories from across different generations in chapters like Monopoly, Ice Cream, eBay, Baseball and Game Shows.From sharing how his daughter invented a real fl...

There are 83 copies of the First Folio in a vault beneath Capitol Hill, the world's largest collection. Well over 150 Indian movies are based on Shakespeare's plays—more than in any other nation. If current trends continue, there will soon be more high school students reading The Merchant of Venice in Mandarin Chinese than in early-modern English. Why did this happen, and how? Ranging ambitiously across four continents and 400 years, Worlds Elsewhere is an eye-opening acc...

In "The Warfare of Science," Andrew Dickson White embarks on a meticulous exploration of the historic conflict between scientific inquiry and religious doctrine. Written during the late 19th century, this work employs a narrative style that combines rigorous historical analysis with eloquent prose, offering insights into pivotal moments when science clashed with established belief systems. Each chapter meticulously details notable events, controversies, and figures, reflecting the broader ...

Andrew Dickson White (November 7, 1832 – November 4, 1918) was an American historian and educator, who was the cofounder of Cornell University and served as its first president for nearly two decades. He was known for expanding the scope of college curricula. A politician, he had served as state senator in New York. He was later appointed as a US diplomat to Germany and Russia, among other responsibilities.The bibliography of Andrew Dickson White spans his career from 1852, during ...

Andrew Dickson White's "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom" intricately charts the tumultuous relationship between rapidly advancing scientific thought and the prevailing theological doctrines from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. Written in a compelling, analytical style, White employs an extensive array of historical evidence, combining narrative with rigorous scholarship, to illustrate the conflicts and dialogues that shaped Western thought. This book ser...

La véritable histoire de la Révolution française de 1789 est avant tout une histoire financière, celle d'une crise sans précédent lancée par un État ruiné par l'effort de guerre en Amérique et surtout par les planches à billets ( Assignats et Mandats) des révolutionnaires. Andrew Dickson White, diplomate américain, a signé ici un livre extraordinaire car il raconte comment les révolutionnaires se sont lancés dans l'usage intense de la planches à billets et comment ils se sont heurtés au bo...

Fiat Money Inflation in France by Andrew Dickson White-Included TOC for Reader.-Included biography the author.As far back as just before our Civil War I made, in France and elsewhere, a large collection of documents which had appeared during the French Revolution, including newspapers, reports, speeches, pamphlets, illustrative material of every sort, and, especially, specimens of nearly all the Revolutionary issues of paper money,—from notes of ten...

Andrew Dickson White (November 7, 1832 – November 4, 1918) was an American historian and educator, who was the cofounder of Cornell University and served as its first president for nearly two decades. He was known for expanding the scope of college curricula. A politician, he had served as state senator in New York. He was later appointed as a US diplomat to Germany and Russia, among other responsibilities.In October 1858, White accepted a position as a Professor of History and Eng...

In this volume, White details his experiences as the first president of Cornell University, highlighting the innovative educational model he helped establish, which integrated practical and liberal arts education. He discusses the establishment of various academic programs and the recruitment of distinguished faculty, emphasizing the importance of scientific inquiry and critical thinking in the curriculum. His commitment to coeducation and the inclusion of women in higher education is also...