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
This book tells the story of John Wright, a talented but poor student at Cambridge who was deprived of success and impelled to make... Læs mere
This compact book reproduces fifty-two memorials in Latin taken from churches situated largely in the West Country. Each... Læs mere
This book takes a comprehensive approach to new ways of thinking about air and its ways of relating to the world, through society, place,... Læs mere
This book takes a comprehensive approach to new ways of thinking about air and its ways of relating to the world, through society, place,... Læs mere
A new overview of Roman declamation, one of the least studied but most important genres of ancient literature. Letano presents an original way of looking at aspects of major relevance to Roman culture of the imperial period.
Examines the experience of paediatric patients, and the staff who determined their treatment, in the Reichsuniversitat Strasbourg, a Nazi-run hospital in occupied France from 1941 to 1944.
What’s a djibbah, how long has the old school tie been around and do yellow petticoats really repel vermin? This book will provide answers to these questions and... Læs mere
The first book devoted exclusively to how Stanley Cavell’s thoughts about film apply to television. In a dozen chapters, a number of acknowledged critics and... Læs mere
With contributions from an international range of scholars, this ground-breaking study explores the forms, contexts, and impacts of theatre censorship in twenty-first-century Europe.
This book gives Laugier’s response as a philosopher-viewer to selected TV shows from the last 20 years, and their relationship to social and political issues of our times.