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Works by Dennis Potter (Study Guide) - Where Adam Stood, the Singing Detective, Double Dare, the Nigel Barton Plays (Paperback)
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Works by Dennis Potter (Study Guide) - Where Adam Stood, the Singing Detective, Double Dare, the Nigel Barton Plays (Paperback)
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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial
membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from
more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Where Adam
Stood, the Singing Detective, Double Dare, the Nigel Barton Plays,
Follow the Yellow Brick Road, Brimstone and Treacle, Pennies From
Heaven, Dreamchild, Karaoke, Cold Lazarus, Lipstick on Your Collar,
Casanova, Blue Remembered Hills, Gorky Park, Blackeyes, a Beast
With Two Backs, Blade on the Feather, Son of Man. Source:
Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Where
Adam Stood is a television play by Dennis Potter, first broadcast
on BBC Two in 1976. It is a free adaptation of Edmund Gosse's
autobiographical book Father and Son (1907). Philip Gosse,
naturalist and Minister of the Plymouth Brethren, and his young son
Edmund are in mourning for the recent death of Mrs Gosse; the
household held together by religious piety and strict bible study.
Despite the claustrophobic environment, Edmund experiences brief
moments of joy when his father allows him to view the exotic flora
and fauna he keeps in his aquarium as part of his studies. Edmund,
however, is troubled by nightmares of a Christ-like figure on a
beach beckoning towards him. Confiding in his father about these
terrible dreams, he reveals that his recent prayers have been to
ask God for a toy sailing boat he has seen for sale in the window
of a village shop. Gosse forces Edmund to pray and manipulates him
into saying that God will not grant him his wish on the grounds
that it is distracting him from spiritual matters. One day the
house receives a guest in the form of Mr Brackley: a naturalist
visiting Mr Gosse on behalf of Charles Darwin. Darwin is about to
publish his seminal work On the Origin of the Species by Means of
Natural Selection and, aware of Gosse's reputation in the field of
natural science, asks for his support in the face of a potential
outcry against...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2448892
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Books + Company
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2010 |
First published: |
September 2010 |
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Books Llc
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Books Llc
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Dimensions: |
152 x 229 x 5mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
82 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-155-72952-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-155-72952-8 |
Barcode: |
9781155729527 |
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