What counts as the same? This simple question forms the core of how we constitute ourselves as groups and as individuals. This book suggests that different ways of... Læs mere
In London Is The Place for Me, Kennetta Hammond Perry explores how Afro-Caribbean migrants navigated the politics of race and... Læs mere
An extraordinary prodigy of Mozartean abilities, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was a distinguished composer and conductor, a legendary pianist and organist, and an accomplished painter and classicist. This book offers a masterful blend of biography and musical analysis.
Organized Time is the first attempt to unite theories of harmony, rhythm, and form under a common idea of structured time. This is a major advance in the field of music theory, leading to new theoretical approaches to topics such as closure, hypermeter, and formal function.
Out of Context disrupts the notion of static context, instead proposing a transhistorical approach to literature, revealing that the significance of literature is in its moments of surprising reception.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Policy as Practice enourages music educators who are novice to policy as well as those who would like to further explore and participate in policy action to exercise informed influence within their communities.
One of the fundamental properties of human language is movement, where a constituent moves from one position in a sentence to another position. This book investigates how different... Læs mere
The Roman emperor Julian (361-363) was raised as a Christian, but soon after apostatized, and, during his short reign, attempted to revive paganism. This provoked the anger of the... Læs mere
In this groundbreaking book, a leading authority on the late Roman Empire proposes that centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling the Empire that had dominated their lives for so long.