Towards a Poetics of Postmodern Drama
A Study of Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard
This study reveals Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard as postmodern playwrights. Their contradictory dramas subvert theatrical convention to challenge our very understanding of truth, history, and the human subject.
This study reveals Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard as postmodern playwrights. Their contradictory dramas subvert theatrical convention to challenge our very understanding of truth, history, and the human subject.
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Unlock film's power in the classroom. Experts show how to use movies from blockbusters to art films to foster critical thinking. This practical guide provides sample syllabi, assignments, and a glossary of key film terms for immediate use.
Unlock film’s power in the classroom. Experts show how to use movies from blockbusters to art films to foster critical thinking. This practical guide provides sample syllabi, assignments, and a glossary of key film terms for immediate use.
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The Secret Keepers
Narratives Exploring the Inter and Transgenerational Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Violence
Secrecy around childhood abuse creates a traumatic legacy passed through generations. This book demonstrates the use of narrative as a therapeutic process, finding creative ways for people to break the silence and live beyond being defined by abuse and violence.
Secrecy around childhood abuse creates a traumatic legacy passed through generations. This book demonstrates the use of narrative as a therapeutic process, finding creative ways for people to break the silence and live beyond being defined by abuse and violence.
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Divided we stand
The French and Italian political parties and the rearmament of West Germany, 1949-1955
In the 1950s, fears of a ‘new Wehrmacht’ clashed with the ambition for European integration, sparking passionate political debates. This book offers an innovative examination of the role non-state actors and political parties played in France and Italy.
In the 1950s, fears of a ‘new Wehrmacht’ clashed with the ambition for European integration, sparking passionate political debates. This book offers an innovative examination of the role non-state actors and political parties played in France and Italy.
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Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
Le Premier Jour de bonheur
From celebrated 19th-century French composer Auber comes his last great success. In colonial India, French officer Gaston de Mailleprés loves an English woman. Taken prisoner and condemned to death, can he survive to see his first day of happiness?
From celebrated 19th-century French composer Auber comes his last great success. In colonial India, French officer Gaston de Mailleprés loves an English woman. Taken prisoner and condemned to death, can he survive to see his first day of happiness?
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This volume explores the relation between the Irish people and the printed word. It highlights the role of private presses, periodicals, and propaganda in circulating ideas and building a national identity. 'A bold, wide-ranging introduction.' - Declan Kiberd
This volume explores the relation between the Irish people and the printed word. It highlights the role of private presses, periodicals, and propaganda in circulating ideas and building a national identity. ‘A bold, wide-ranging introduction.’ – Declan Kiberd
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Building Cultures of Peace
Transdisciplinary Voices of Hope and Action
In a world torn apart by conflict, from families to nations, how do we build a culture of peace? This volume of essays presents multiple perspectives from scholars and practitioners on fostering hope and creating peace in a conflict-ridden world.
In a world torn apart by conflict, from families to nations, how do we build a culture of peace? This volume of essays presents multiple perspectives from scholars and practitioners on fostering hope and creating peace in a conflict-ridden world.
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Collapse, Catastrophe and Rediscovery
Spain’s Cultural Panorama in the Twenty-First Century
Shaped by its dictatorial past and current economic crisis, Spain is in a moment of great rediscovery. This collection explores how contemporary Spanish film and literature dialogue with the nation's social situation, offering a wide range of analyses.
Shaped by its dictatorial past and current economic crisis, Spain is in a moment of great rediscovery. This collection explores how contemporary Spanish film and literature dialogue with the nation’s social situation, offering a wide range of analyses.
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Based on recent research, this book provides fresh perspectives on translation studies. It combines theory and practice with commented examples, examining literary works, comparative language patterns, and the challenges of film translation into English.
Based on recent research, this book provides fresh perspectives on translation studies. It combines theory and practice with commented examples, examining literary works, comparative language patterns, and the challenges of film translation into English.
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Film scholars, drawing upon psychology, analyze the connections between stylistic patterns and aesthetic effects. This selection of essays focuses on elements of filmic narration to gain tangible insight into the ancient mystery of the link between art and experience.
Film scholars, drawing upon psychology, analyze the connections between stylistic patterns and aesthetic effects. This selection of essays focuses on elements of filmic narration to gain tangible insight into the ancient mystery of the link between art and experience.
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This collection explores the classroom as a generative site for research in Transatlantic Studies. Moving beyond *what* to teach, it focuses on *why* and *how*, emphasizing the transformative potential of the field for students, scholars, and our profession.
This collection explores the classroom as a generative site for research in Transatlantic Studies. Moving beyond *what* to teach, it focuses on *why* and *how*, emphasizing the transformative potential of the field for students, scholars, and our profession.
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This book reveals how Greek Enlightenment intellectuals forged a modern national identity. They reframed history to include Byzantium and transformed liberal Enlightenment ideas into a nationalist ideology, paving the way for the War of Independence in 1821.
This book reveals how Greek Enlightenment intellectuals forged a modern national identity. They reframed history to include Byzantium and transformed liberal Enlightenment ideas into a nationalist ideology, paving the way for the War of Independence in 1821.
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A Self-divided Poet
Form and Texture in the Verse of Thomas Hood
Long regarded as a minor comic poet, this first book on Thomas Hood’s verse reveals his true range. It analyzes his serious poems, uncovering a debt to Elizabethan and Metaphysical poets, while also giving his comic genius its due in his light-hearted oeuvre.
Long regarded as a minor comic poet, this first book on Thomas Hood’s verse reveals his true range. It analyzes his serious poems, uncovering a debt to Elizabethan and Metaphysical poets, while also giving his comic genius its due in his light-hearted oeuvre.
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Sisters of Fate
The Myths that Speak Themselves
Tracking the feminine principle in divination over three thousand years, this book explores the psychic vantage point of fate’s sisters. It examines the source of their visions within the Western concept of time, free will, and destiny.
Tracking the feminine principle in divination over three thousand years, this book explores the psychic vantage point of fate’s sisters. It examines the source of their visions within the Western concept of time, free will, and destiny.
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Pursuits and Joys
Great Victorian Antiquarians and Intellects
This volume is a collection of updated papers exploring the remarkable Lukis family and their contemporaries. It examines their pioneering work and the evolution of archaeology as a discipline in the nineteenth century across Britain and Europe.
This volume is a collection of updated papers exploring the remarkable Lukis family and their contemporaries. It examines their pioneering work and the evolution of archaeology as a discipline in the nineteenth century across Britain and Europe.
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Myths and Facts about Football
The Economics and Psychology of the World’s Greatest Sport
This book presents economic and psychological analyses of football, investigating popular conceptions and misconceptions. Are teams more likely to concede a goal after scoring? Does the team going first in a penalty shoot-out have an advantage?
This book presents economic and psychological analyses of football, investigating popular conceptions and misconceptions. Are teams more likely to concede a goal after scoring? Does the team going first in a penalty shoot-out have an advantage?
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This collection reconsiders the history of science in nineteenth-century Britain. Moving away from a Darwin-focused history, these interdisciplinary essays offer fresh insights into scientific development through history, religion, literature, and art.
This collection reconsiders the history of science in nineteenth-century Britain. Moving away from a Darwin-focused history, these interdisciplinary essays offer fresh insights into scientific development through history, religion, literature, and art.
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Becoming Intercultural
Inside and Outside the Classroom
This book explores what it means to be intercultural. It examines how people become intercultural, inside and outside the classroom, and considers ways in which interculturality can be systematically addressed through foreign language education.
This book explores what it means to be intercultural. It examines how people become intercultural, inside and outside the classroom, and considers ways in which interculturality can be systematically addressed through foreign language education.
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Few subjects are more controversial or important to today’s world than the British Empire. Using case studies, this book examines how the Empire ended, how independence was won and resisted, and what its collapse tells us about its legacy.
Few subjects are more controversial or important to today’s world than the British Empire. Using case studies, this book examines how the Empire ended, how independence was won and resisted, and what its collapse tells us about its legacy.
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Perspectives on Creativity
Volume 2
This unique interdisciplinary volume examines creativity from multiple viewpoints. Contributions from writers, therapists, artists, and scholars explore the creative process, the psychology of artists, creativity in therapy, and its link to mood and perception.
This unique interdisciplinary volume examines creativity from multiple viewpoints. Contributions from writers, therapists, artists, and scholars explore the creative process, the psychology of artists, creativity in therapy, and its link to mood and perception.
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