A guide to one hundred of the finest early Cornish stone crosses, illustrated with colour photographs.... 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 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
Piskies, mermaids, giants, and a revenant bridegroom: the stuff of legend. In the hands of skilled storytellers – the famed droll tellers... Læs mere
This is the first integrative, historically grounded book to be written about the Exeter Book of Old English poetry. By... 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
Grand-Guignolesque explores the continuing influence and legacy of the infamous Parisian theatre of horror. The volume consists of a critical introduction along with thirteen... 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