This book explores the relationship of the public theatre to the question of what constituted the ‘dead’ in early modern English culture within a theoretical framework that makes use of history, psychoanalysis and anthropology.
A series of studies on small national (or sub-national) cinemas
Charts the evolution of Scotland from a medieval and feudal to a modern, professional polity, and the transformation of its church and religious life from catholic to protestant.
An introduction to the European Union (the EU) which makes its institutions and processes more readily intelligible.
This new guide to the English renaissance’s most erudite and yet most street-wise dramatist strongly asserts the theatrical brilliance of his greatest plays in performance, then and now.
An accessible student guide to all of the plays of Christopher Marlowe.
This study introduces readers to the eighteenth-century novel through a consideration of contemporary social issues.
Uniting a broad theoretical approach to citizenship with a broad empirical scope, this text analyses a range of theoretical perspectives on citizenship in order to analyse developments in Europe.
An introduction to Greece's most famous Prime Minister - the man, his politics and his broader role in twentieth-century history.
A monograph exploring the ways in which Deleuze's philosophy of time can enhance our understanding of contemporary mainstream cinema.
This book uses large scale social and cultural trends and major world events to analyse the American comedy film.
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning's ambitious and challenging epic, 'Aurora Leigh' is illuminated for twenty-first century readers by Michele C.... Læs mere