This collection gathers leading international scholars in the humanities, who offer cutting-edge responses to the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer for the current... Læs mere
The end of the empire and the legacies of Britain’s imperial past have shaped how the British... Læs mere
A counter-touristic guide to one of the world’s fastest developing megacities, this book intervenes in global contemporary art discourse by exploring the cross-cultural histories and creative conflicts buried beneath Shanghai’s glamorous cosmopolitan façades. -- .
The author examines a very broad range of fiction and non fiction works, many relatively unknown, to analyse how discourses about non-elites, conversos and moriscos, reveal anxieties in their Old Christian readers and authors. -- .
Situates Martel's features and unstudied short films in relation to trends in recent national and international filmmaking. -- .
A study of twenty stage productions, adaptations and screen versions of Shakespeare’s final Roman play -- .
Curatopia explores how curating globally is being (re)conceptualised through engagement with indigenous people in the Pacific and collections and exhibitions in Euro-American institutions. -- .
This book explores the life courses of children born of warin different twentieth-century conflicts, from the Second World War to theRwandan Genocide and the... Læs mere
This volume provides a comprehensive reinterpretation of the 1916 Central Asian Revolt - a key event in the history of Central Asia, the Russian Empire and the First World War. -- .
A detailed account of the performance history of As You Like It through the modern period, focusing on landmark stage and film productions. -- .
A timely and coherent collection on conversion studies of the Early Modern period, considering themes of conversion, materiality, embodiment and early modern spaces across and beyond Europe. -- .
This volume of essays presents innovative research from a variety of perspectives on the cultural significance of wolves, children raised by wolves, and werewolves, as portrayed in different media and genres. -- .