Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (English) Paperback Book

Description: Arcadia by Tom Stoppard Originally published in 1993 in Great Britain. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "It is a defect of Gods humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them."--Tom Stoppard, Arcadia In a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sits Lady Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, and her tutor, Septimus Hodge. Through the window may be seen some of the "five hundred acres inclusive of lake" where Capability Browns idealized landscape is about to give way to the Gothic style: "everything but vampires," as the garden historian Hannah Jarvis remarks to Bernard Nightingale when they stand in the same room 180 years later. Bernard has arrived to uncover the scandal which is said to have taken place when Lord Byron stayed at Sidley Park. Tom Stoppards masterful play takes us back and forth between the centuries and explores the nature of truth and time, the difference between the Classical and the Romantic temperament, and the disruptive influence of sex on our orbits in life--"the attraction," as Hannah says, "which Newton left out." Author Biography Tom Stoppard is the author of such seminal works as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Jumpers, The Real Thing, Arcadia, The Invention of Love, and the trilogy The Coast of Utopia. His screen credits include Parades End, Shakespeare in Love, Enigma, Empire of the Sun, and Anna Karenina. Review Praise for Arcadia: "A masterpiece . . . I feel irrationally, impossibly confident that Arcadia is the finest play written in my lifetime."--New Yorker "Theres no doubt about it. Arcadia is Tom Stoppards richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio and . . . emotion. Its like a dream of levitation: youre instantaneously aloft, soaring, banking, doing loop-the-loops and then, when you think youre about to plummet to earth, swooping to a gentle touchdown of not easily described sweetness and sorrow."--New York Times "One of the greatest English-language plays of the postwar era, a highbrow whodunit that starts out as a sparkling artificial comedy about extramarital lust, then gradually evolves into a poetic meditation on the philosophico-romantic implications of the Second Law of Thermodynamics."--Wall Street Journal "Enchanting . . . [Arcadia] has an erudition that is not so much intimidating as touching. You leave with a reinvigorated admiration for Stoppards gifts, for the gratifying warmth with which he paints his characters, for the breadth of ideas he so seductively and amusingly imparts . . . A contemporary voice that tells us almost as much as Shakespeare did about the common plight of the people of this planet."--Washington Post "Brims with intelligence . . . Prismatic, formidably intellectual . . . A masterpiece of Stoppardian dramatic construction, and a peerless intellectual-emotional analysis of lifes relationship with Newtonian physics . . . [Arcadia] seems all the more relevant at this Trumpian moment . . . Great drama."--Chicago Tribune "A dazzling showcase . . . [A] mix of complex ideas, sparkling wit and verbal acrobatics."--Chicago Sun-Times "A tour-de-force, consistently deemed one of the best plays of the 20th century."--Los Angeles Times "Stoppards warmest and most affecting play . . . A prodigiously smart piece of theater that touches on fractal geometry, gossipy speculation about Lord Byron, contemporary academic backbiting and the physics of uncertainty."--San Francisco Chronicle "Tom Stoppards 1993 masterpiece about sex, literature, epistemology, sex, landscaping, sex, the second law of thermodynamics, and the tantalizingly unrequited romance between mind and body . . . In it, suspense, sexual tension and an almost geological patience are all one . . . Nothing sets off Stoppards crystalline intellect like a nice, rude intrusion of carnality and folly."--New York "A funny, touching play, one of [Stoppards] best."--Boston Globe "Stoppards finest play in years . . . The passions of those who came before us, Stoppard reminds us so eloquently, are just like ours . . . Only the landscape changes."--San Diego Union-Tribune "Brilliantly written, funny and thought provoking."--News Tribune "Arcadia is one of the most acclaimed works of Tom Stoppards career and a seminal work in the genre of science plays . . . [A] dazzling script."--Arts Fuse "Tom Stoppards dazzling masterpiece Arcadia [is] a time-tripping drama thats as mind-blowing as the Enlightenment and as passionate as the Romantic era that followed . . . [An] intricate collision of eros, literature and metaphysics . . . Arcadia is a triumph on multiple levels . . . A crackling fine swath of storytelling . . . Arcadia will leave your head spinning. In the best possible way."--Chicago Theater Beat "[A] rich text . . . a dazzling construct . . . Instantly Stoppard belies the idea that time cannot go backwards and movingly shows how small choices have fateful consequences . . . [He] also wittily demonstrates how we misinterpret the past."--Guardian (UK) "Stoppards magisterial Arcadia has only grown in power and relevance . . . Perhaps the greatest play of its time . . . A masterpiece--but it is even more than that. The play stirs the most basic and profound questions humans can ask. How should we live with the knowledge that extinction is certain--not just of ourselves, but of our species?"--Independent (UK) "Arcadia is Tom Stoppards most intellectually exhilarating and emotionally involving play, and it is this combination of mind and heart, which no one does as well, that makes it so thrilling . . . The marvellous intrigue . . . is in Stoppards gloriously intricate writing, which draws together all the strands--the ideas, the emotions, the lust for other people and the lust for understanding."--Australian Review Quote Praise for Arcadia : "Theres no doubt about it. Arcadia is Tom Stoppards richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio and . . . emotion. Its like a dream of levitation: youre instantaneously aloft, soaring, banking, doing loop-the-loops and then, when you think youre about to plummet to earth, swooping to a gentle touchdown of not easily described sweetness and sorrow." -- New York Times "A masterpiece . . . I feel irrationally, impossibly confident that Arcadia is the finest play written in my lifetime." -- New Yorker "One of the greatest English-language plays of the postwar era, a highbrow whodunit that starts out as a sparkling artificial comedy about extramarital lust, then gradually evolves into a poetic meditation on the philosophico-romantic implications of the Second Law of Thermodynamics." -- Wall Street Journal "Enchanting . . . has an erudition that is not so much intimidating as touching. You leave with a reinvigorated admiration for Stoppards gifts, for the gratifying warmth with which he paints his characters, for the breadth of ideas he so seductively and amusingly imparts . . . a contemporary voice that tells us almost as much as Shakespeare did about the common plight of the people of this planet." -- Washington Post "A tour-de-force, consistently deemed one of the best plays of the 20th century." -- Los Angeles Times "Brims with intelligence . . . prismatic." -- Chicago Tribune "Stoppards magisterial Arcadia has only grown in power and relevance . . . Perhaps the greatest play of its time . . . The greatest love story on the British stage for decades . . . A masterpiece--but it is even more than that. The play stirs the most basic and profound questions humans can ask. How should we live with the knowledge that extinction is certain--not just of ourselves, but of our species?" -- Independent (UK) Details ISBN0802126995 Author Tom Stoppard Short Title ARCADIA Pages 144 Language English ISBN-10 0802126995 ISBN-13 9780802126993 Format Paperback DEWEY 822.914 Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-07-11 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2017-07-11 NZ Release Date 2017-07-11 US Release Date 2017-07-11 UK Release Date 2017-07-11 Publisher Black Cat Imprint Black Cat Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:124994401;

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