The Life of Breath in Literature, Culture and Medicine
The Life of Breath in Literature, Culture and Medicine

Author: David Fuller

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-10-01

Total Pages: 558

ISBN-13: 3030744434

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This open access book studies breath and breathing in literature and culture and provides crucial insights into the history of medicine, health and the emotions, the foundations of beliefs concerning body, spirit and world, the connections between breath and creativity and the phenomenology of breath and breathlessness. Contributions span the classical, medieval, early modern, Romantic, Victorian, modern and contemporary periods, drawing on medical writings, philosophy, theology and the visual arts as well as on literary, historical and cultural studies. The collection illustrates the complex significance and symbolic power of breath and breathlessness across time: breath is written deeply into ideas of nature, spirituality, emotion, creativity and being, and is inextricable from notions of consciousness, spirit, inspiration, voice, feeling, freedom and movement. The volume also demonstrates the long-standing connections between breath and place, politics and aesthetics, illuminating both contrasts and continuities.

The Jew's Harp
The Jew's Harp

Author: Leonard Fox

Publisher: Associated University Presse

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9780838751169

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This collection represents the first complete study of the Jew's harp -- its history, use, playing techniques, and manufacture -- richly supplemented with biographies of virtuosi of the instrument, a geo-linguistic survey of terms, data on composed music, and a bibliographical and discographical essay with numerous musical examples. Illustrated.

Guide to the Contemporary Harp
Guide to the Contemporary Harp

Author: Mathilde Aubat-Andrieu

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2019-02-11

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 025303941X

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Harps and harp music have enjoyed a renaissance over the past century and today can be heard in a broad array of musical contexts. Guide to the Contemporary Harp is a comprehensive resource that examines the vibrant present-day landscape of the harp. The authors explore the instrument from all angles, beginning with organology; moving through composition, notation, and playing techniques; and concluding with the contemporary repertoire for the harp. The rapid diversification in these areas of harp performance is the result of both technological innovations in harp making, which have produced the electric harp and MIDI harp, and innovative composers and players. These new instruments and techniques have broadened the concept of what is possible and what constitutes harp music for today. Guide to the Contemporary Harp is an essential guide for any harpist looking to push the instrument and its music to new heights.

The Book to Come
The Book to Come

Author: Maurice Blanchot

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780804742245

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Featuring essays originally published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, this collection clearly demonstrates why Maurice Blanchot was a key figure in exploring the relation between literature and philosophy.