Goethe’s Faust I
The Making and Impact of a Contemporary Performance
This book tracks the creative process of Heinz-Uwe Haus’s adaptation of Goethe’s Faust and his question of how Goethe’s Faust is relevant today. It unites comments from stage and costume designers as they bring their own understanding of the audience to bear on the play.
This book tracks the creative process of Heinz-Uwe Haus’s adaptation of Goethe’s Faust and his question of how Goethe’s Faust is relevant today. It unites comments from stage and costume designers as they bring their own understanding of the audience to bear on the play.
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Gothic Legacies
Four Centuries of Tradition and Innovation in Art and Architecture
Gothic art and architecture were reinterpreted in diverse ways from the sixteenth century onwards. These essays explore what “Gothic” meant across different periods and cultures, and how it was used to shape personal, national, and international identities.
Gothic art and architecture were reinterpreted in diverse ways from the sixteenth century onwards. These essays explore what “Gothic” meant across different periods and cultures, and how it was used to shape personal, national, and international identities.
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£66.99
The once-celebrated "Kerala Model" of development has crumbled under pressure. This book takes a new look at the statecraft through the lens of popular cinema, using melodrama to reveal the frictions and slippages that escape official histories and statistics.
The once-celebrated “Kerala Model” of development has crumbled under pressure. This book takes a new look at the statecraft through the lens of popular cinema, using melodrama to reveal the frictions and slippages that escape official histories and statistics.
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£39.99
Grace Crowley was a leading innovator of geometric abstraction in Australia. After studying in Paris, she returned to become a crucial influence on Australian abstraction. Though undervalued in her time, she is now one of the most important women artists of her generation.
Grace Crowley was a leading innovator of geometric abstraction in Australia. After studying in Paris, she returned to become a crucial influence on Australian abstraction. Though undervalued in her time, she is now one of the most important women artists of her generation.
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Grace under Pressure
Grey's Anatomy Uncovered
This collection of essays offers a scholarly, critical analysis of the hit series Grey’s Anatomy. Authors examine topics including the show's creation and marketing, the role of music, and its exploration of gender, family, and morality.
This collection of essays offers a scholarly, critical analysis of the hit series Grey’s Anatomy. Authors examine topics including the show’s creation and marketing, the role of music, and its exploration of gender, family, and morality.
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Greek Folk Textiles
Customs, Symbolism, Narrative
This richly illustrated historical research investigates Greek folk textiles, revealing their ritualistic, symbolic, and narrative character. The author deciphers their rich, coded language, showing how they shaped the customs, beliefs, and history of an entire nation.
This richly illustrated historical research investigates Greek folk textiles, revealing their ritualistic, symbolic, and narrative character. The author deciphers their rich, coded language, showing how they shaped the customs, beliefs, and history of an entire nation.
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Greek Interwar Art and Design (1922-1939)
An Overview
This fully documented overview explores Greek interwar art, a period defined by the birth of Modernism and the search for Greekness. It shows how artists blended modern trends with ancient and traditional art to forge a national identity, revealing the continuity of Hellenism.
This fully documented overview explores Greek interwar art, a period defined by the birth of Modernism and the search for Greekness. It shows how artists blended modern trends with ancient and traditional art to forge a national identity, revealing the continuity of Hellenism.
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Kaaber investigates the exact age of the eponymous prince in Shakespeare’s play, a topic which has been subject to frequent debates. As he shows, Henry Wriothesley, the third Earl of Southampton, once indisputably Shakespeare’s patron, is likely the inspiration for the character.
Kaaber investigates the exact age of the eponymous prince in Shakespeare’s play, a topic which has been subject to frequent debates. As he shows, Henry Wriothesley, the third Earl of Southampton, once indisputably Shakespeare’s patron, is likely the inspiration for the character.
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This volume investigates how Western art has visualized happiness from the Middle Ages to the present. Essays explore the concept within gender, religion, and politics, offering new interpretations of happiness—or its explicit absence.
This volume investigates how Western art has visualized happiness from the Middle Ages to the present. Essays explore the concept within gender, religion, and politics, offering new interpretations of happiness—or its explicit absence.
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HBO’s Girls
Questions of Gender, Politics, and Millennial Angst
This collection is the first to discuss the cultural, political, and social implications of the innovative series Girls. Contributors examine the show through lenses of gender, sexuality, race, and relationships to explain its profound cultural impact.
This collection is the first to discuss the cultural, political, and social implications of the innovative series Girls. Contributors examine the show through lenses of gender, sexuality, race, and relationships to explain its profound cultural impact.
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Heinz-Uwe Haus and Brecht in the USA
Directing and Training Experiences
As the first renowned East German director in the USA, Heinz-Uwe Haus’s productions of Brecht were historic. This book documents his work through his notes, media reviews, academic analysis, and firsthand reflections from the cast and creative team.
As the first renowned East German director in the USA, Heinz-Uwe Haus’s productions of Brecht were historic. This book documents his work through his notes, media reviews, academic analysis, and firsthand reflections from the cast and creative team.
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This book presents writings on Heinz-Uwe Haus's productions of Brecht and ancient Greek drama in Cyprus and Greece, beginning with his 1975 launch of the Cyprus National Theatre. It includes reviews, academic articles, and reflections by Haus, cast members, and designers.
This book presents writings on Heinz-Uwe Haus’s productions of Brecht and ancient Greek drama in Cyprus and Greece, beginning with his 1975 launch of the Cyprus National Theatre. It includes reviews, academic articles, and reflections by Haus, cast members, and designers.
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£61.99
Heinz-Uwe Haus, a leading voice in the collapse of communism in the GDR, combined politics and theatre. In this book, he provides a unique insider's narrative of German unification and its aftermath, widening the context to current issues through the lens of theatre.
Heinz-Uwe Haus, a leading voice in the collapse of communism in the GDR, combined politics and theatre. In this book, he provides a unique insider’s narrative of German unification and its aftermath, widening the context to current issues through the lens of theatre.
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£45.99
Denham brings together the work of Helen Kemp Frye, an accomplished artist and musician, and the wife of literary critic Northrop Frye. The book contains her reflections on art, giving voice to a creative being whose contributions to cultural life in Ontario are often neglected.
Denham brings together the work of Helen Kemp Frye, an accomplished artist and musician, and the wife of literary critic Northrop Frye. The book contains her reflections on art, giving voice to a creative being whose contributions to cultural life in Ontario are often neglected.
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This book explores Henry van de Velde’s German period (1900-1916) through his writings and major works, including his unpublished manuscript on ornament. The study casts light on this major figure's aesthetic theory, centered on themes of “rational conception” and “empathy”.
This book explores Henry van de Velde’s German period (1900-1916) through his writings and major works, including his unpublished manuscript on ornament. The study casts light on this major figure’s aesthetic theory, centered on themes of “rational conception” and “empathy”.
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£41.99
This book offers a provocative new interpretation of megaliths, arguing they mark humanity's transition from natural selection to civilization. It reveals their original purpose as scenes for primordial theatrical performance and explores sites from Stonehenge to Gobekli Tepe.
This book offers a provocative new interpretation of megaliths, arguing they mark humanity’s transition from natural selection to civilization. It reveals their original purpose as scenes for primordial theatrical performance and explores sites from Stonehenge to Gobekli Tepe.
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Heroes, Monsters and Values
Science Fiction Films of the 1970s
This anthology of essays on 1970s sci-fi films from Alien to Zardoz explores what it means to be human. Challenging our ideas on heroism, technology, and morality, this is an enlightening work for science fiction and film enthusiasts.
This anthology of essays on 1970s sci-fi films from Alien to Zardoz explores what it means to be human. Challenging our ideas on heroism, technology, and morality, this is an enlightening work for science fiction and film enthusiasts.
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Hidden Legacies of Baroque Thought in Contemporary Literature
The Realms of Eternal Present
This monograph presents, from the point of view of the early modern historian, the legacy of Baroque thought in modern and contemporary literature. It highlights the patterns of thought that our time owes to the age of Baroque, namely both temporal and spatial plurality.
This monograph presents, from the point of view of the early modern historian, the legacy of Baroque thought in modern and contemporary literature. It highlights the patterns of thought that our time owes to the age of Baroque, namely both temporal and spatial plurality.
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Highlights in Anglo-American Drama
Viewpoints from Southeast Europe
The collection of essays represents perspectives on various aspects of modern Anglo-American drama and dramatists from scholars from ex-Yugoslav republics. It will appeal to both the academic and general reader, given the lack of worldwide scholarship on American drama.
The collection of essays represents perspectives on various aspects of modern Anglo-American drama and dramatists from scholars from ex-Yugoslav republics. It will appeal to both the academic and general reader, given the lack of worldwide scholarship on American drama.
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This book uses scientific advances to understand the degradation and characterisation of historical materials. It highlights multidisciplinary procedures for analyzing precious, small samples, and is of interest to the public, scientists, and the conservation community.
This book uses scientific advances to understand the degradation and characterisation of historical materials. It highlights multidisciplinary procedures for analyzing precious, small samples, and is of interest to the public, scientists, and the conservation community.
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