Explores the groundbreaking representation of the body in experimental films of the 1960s and 1970s. Focusing on sexually explicit films by Andy Warhol, Barbara Rubin, Stan Brakhage, Carolee Schneemann, Yoko Ono and Paul Sharits. -- .
By investigating representations of the war years in a selection of French crime novels from the mid-1940s to the present day,... Læs mere
This book explores how popular film and television genres frame our understanding of on-screen performance. It brings together innovative and inspiring work on this topic from both renowned and newer academics in the field and examines a much neglected area. -- .
In this first English translation, former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis examines the European debt crisis with particular reference to the case of Greece -- .
Enthusiast! is a polemical history of American literature told from the point of view of six of its major enthusiasts. The book establishes enthusiasm as a defining feature of American literature. It shows how enthusiasm is fundamental to the circulation of culture. It -- .
Oliver Cromwell ranks as one of the most hotly debated figures in the whole of English history. This complex historiography has left us today with many different versions of Cromwell as man, general and statesman and the conflicting images are the subject of this book. -- .
An authoritative new critical edition of Lope de Vega’s best and best-known play that includes an introduction, commentary, selected vocabulary and footnotes for the English-speaking student. -- .
A radical look at the Irish austerity measures and the attempts to prop up business and the banks at the expense of ordinary citizens, left... Læs mere
Historical literatures recovers a rich, vibrant and complex tradition of Restoration and early-eighteenth century English historical writing. -- .
A unique and overdue insight and study into how the landscape, institutions and collective memory has influenced the representation of the past on British television from 1946 to the present day, promoting a very singular view of what it means to be British. -- .
An edited collection that focuses on women filmmakers over the last eight years, from Portugal, Spain and Latin America. Theoretically astute, critically cutting edge, with contributors that range across the globe, this will be a benchmark volume of film criticism -- .
The book argues that what is often considered a fundamental dilemma of EU foreign policy - a choice between the EU’s values and... Læs mere