In this book, John Woolford specifies the precise meaning and scope of 'the grotesque' by placing Browning in a major aesthetic tradition running from the Romantic Sublime through to modern concepts and theorisations of the grotesque, such as the Bakhtinian.
Exactly when Matisse and Picasso first met is open to debate. Max Jacob recalls: “Matisse took a black, wooden statuette from a table and showed it to Picasso.
In a dynamic treatment of planets of the Solar System from a unified perspective Planetary Geology deals with the origin of planetary bodies, the forces that fashion their surfaces, the rise and fall of icecaps and oceans, and the role of life in planetary history.
Published in his centenary year, this book celebrates the life and work of the British architect Peter Womersley (1923-1993).
Paul Alvarus wrote the Indiculus luminosus in 854 in response to the executions of a number of Córdoban Christians, beginning with the monk Isaac in 851, who had denounced Muhammad in public.
The slogan that launched the tourist industry in the 1960s, Spain is different, has come to haunt historians. This book tackles a... Læs mere
Many fans of Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man (1973) may know that this classic is considered a fine sample of folk horror. Holiday horror draws its energy from the featured festive day, here... Læs mere
Taking its name from the sections of libraries where much of Hasler’s research began, Local Interest maps the friable and slippery landscapes of south Suffolk and north Essex: estuaries and water meadows, coastal defences and disused decoys, possible futures and forgotten pasts.
This accessible book offers an introduction to a range of Bram Stoker's work – novels, short stories, biography, and criticism. It provides a discussion of recent scholarship on Stoker... Læs mere
This is the first monograph of George Edmund Street, a prolific High Victorian architect of churches and other buildings, the best known of which is the Royal Courts of Justice (the Law Courts).