An amusing tale of late twelfth-century social mobility, the romance tells of a bewildering series of adventures... Læs mere
Linked to new research on 18th-century middle orders, this book looks deep into small-town society. It finds these to be places... Læs mere
This Reader brings together for the first time key works by Steve Neale, one of the founding figures of UK film studies. It includes selections of his... Læs mere
This book is one of the first to study the role of women in public and professional life from a regional point of view. It breaks new ground in considerations of gender in the early twentieth century and the history of Devon in the modern period.
This book sheds new light on the under-researched period of early British cinema through a history of the... Læs mere
Using a range of theoretical and empirical approaches to identity politics, collective memory and... Læs mere
Women with fish tails are among the oldest and most popular of mythological creatures. This book presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and beautifully... Læs mere
This volume provides the three corpora on which the associated monograph The Boggart: Folklore, History, Place-Names... Læs mere
This is the history of the grassroots anti-vaccination movement in nineteenth-century Cornwall. The book examines the lives of those who publicly... Læs mere
This book uses new source material to reappraise the work of Bill Douglas – one of Britain’s most significant and singular filmmakers. Douglas’s poetic and moving films... Læs mere
Grand-Guignolesque explores the continuing influence and legacy of the infamous Parisian theatre of horror. The volume consists of a critical... Læs mere
This book shows the impact of cinema on individuals across the globe, from the 1890s to the present day. It analyses and celebrates the... Læs mere