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Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3
The surprising final chapter of a great American life. When the first volume of Mark Twain's uncensored Autobiography was published in 2010, it was hailed as an essential addition …
Music as Social and Cultural Practice
Essays dealing with the controversial concept of the "work", and how far social and cultural practices are integral to it. The linking theme of the essays collected here is the …
Multilingualism in Later Medieval Britain
Essays reappraising the relationship between the various languages of late medieval Britain. The languages of later medieval Britain are here seen as no longerseparate or …
Freedoms Gained and Lost
Reconstruction is one of the most complex, overlooked, and misunderstood periods of American history. The thirteen essays in this volume address the multiple struggles to make good …
The Comedia in English
How should a seventeenth-centry Spanish verse play be presented to a contemporary English-speaking audience? For many reasons, but most usually the lack of playable modern …
Bauhaus Futures
Essays, photo-essays, interviews, manifestos, diagrams, and a play explore the varied legacies, influences, and futures of the Bauhaus.What would keep the Bauhaus up at night if it …
New Perspectives on Handel's Music
An international collaboration between leading scholars showcases a broad spectrum of observations on Handel and his music, covering many aspects of modern interdisciplinary and …
Globalisation and its Discontents
Essays discussing the concept of globalisation as present in works of art and literature. Like Freud's `civilisation', globalisation is both cause and consequence of its own …
Watching While Black Rebooted!
Watching While Black Rebooted: The Television and Digitality of Black Audiences examines what watching while Black means in an expanded U.S. televisual landscape. In this updated …
Conversion in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
A re-examination of the social processes behind religious conversions in the Ancient and Early Middle Ages. This volume explores religious conversion in late antique and early …
Robin Hood in Popular Culture
Studies of varied aspects of Robin Hood legends and associated topics: the greenwood, archery, outlawry, and 20c response to the legends. The Robin Hood tradition has had a …
Stuart Marriage Diplomacy
Dynastic marriages mattered in early modern Europe: the creation of alliances and the outbreak of wars were tied to continental dynastic politics. Dynastic marriages mattered in …