Offers a unique first-hand account of Ken Loach's working methods
The hillforts of five countries thoroughly mapped, described and explained
Offers a powerful and influential interpretation of Spinoza’s conatus
Intelligence and Metadrama in the Early Modern Theatre offers insight into why the early modern stage abounds with informer and intelligencer figures.
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The American Short Story Cycle spans two centuries to tell the history of a genre that includes both major and marginal authors, from Washington Irving through William Faulkner to Jhumpa Lahiri.
By exploring Fitzgerald’s fascination with the intertwined spheres of dance, music, theatre and film, this book demonstrates how Fitzgerald... Læs mere
An account of Leibniz's influence on Deleuze's philosophy
Mathew Abbott presents a powerful new film-philosophy through the cinema of Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. Mathew Abbott argues that Kiarostami’s films carry out cinematic thinking: they do not just illustrate pre-existing philosophical ideas, but do real philosophical work.
Celebrates the variety and richness of Arabic-language cinema by analysing 28 films released between 1933 and 2021, including Muhammad Khan's 'Dreams of Hind and Camilia' (1989), Moufida Tlatli's 'Silences of the Palace' (1994) and Elia Suleiman's 'Divine Intervention' (2002).
Examining a single broad tribal identity – al-Azd – from the immediate pre-Islamic period into the early Abbasid era, this book notes the ways it was continually refashioned over that time.
Combining recent insights from animal studies, critical plant studies and the new materialisms, Danielle Sands reads the... Læs mere