Nordic Film Cultures and Cinemas of Elsewhere introduces a new concept to Nordic film studies as well as to other small national, transnational and world cinema traditions.
This thoughtful and sophisticated book views Gertrude Stein’s life and writings through the lens of transgender theory.
This is the first full-length study of Seaforth. Drawing on an extensive archival research in Scotland, England and Barbados, Finlay McKichan links... Læs mere
This book brings together leading researchers of British and Irish rural history to consider the role of the land agent, or estate manager, in the modern period.
Provides nine detailed case studies of translation between and among European and Middle-Eastern languages and between genres.
Marking the 200th anniversary of Frederick Douglass' birth, this first collective history and comprehensive collection of the... Læs mere
These comparative essays explore the shared terrain of these modernist women writers and shed new light on their 'curious & thrilling' literary relationship.
This book traces the dialectical development of auditory modes over six decades of commercial theatre history, combining surveys of the theatrical marketplace with focused attention to specific plays .
Placing literary creativity within a changing cultural and political context that saw the end of Margaret Thatcher and rise of New Labour, this book offers fresh interpretations of mainstream and marginal works from all parts of Britain.
This timely book places Brown’s literary vision in a larger frame of reference beyond Scotland, while identifying the special place Brown occupies as a Scottish Catholic writer.
Jacopo Martire investigates the development of modern law in conjunction with what Foucault termed biopolitical forms of power. He gives you a much-needed genealogical analysis of the modern legal phenomenon, opening new avenues for Foucauldian approaches to law.
Part biography, part detective novel, part love story, and part meditation on archival research, Love Among the Archives is... Læs mere