The Arts books

In modern times of political confusion, when Leftist agendas and struggles often collapse or become appropriated...  Read More >>

This book explores how literature, theatre and music revive the dead to explore the dynamics of grief and mourning....  Read More >>

Thomas Nashe is typically regarded as an urban author and a University wit, but his writings are inflected and shaped...  Read More >>

This book seeks to detect the ways of thinking about international law present in films and TV series, placing focus...  Read More >>

This volume explores John Ford's preoccupations throughout his long career, showing how he attempted to come to...  Read More >>

This book studies the ways in which three fields of creative activity inspired by the medieval musical performance,...  Read More >>

Utilising an architectural lens, this book illustrates how development instigates interest in the past and in the...  Read More >>

This book presents for the first time a coherent analysis of the British Isles as an imperial setting understood...  Read More >>

This book explores the relationship between peacebuilding and dance, including insights dance provides on key debates...  Read More >>

This books looks at Antony and Cleopatra in performance from 1606 to 2018, examining how actors, directors and designers...  Read More >>

This book offers essential reading on a wide array of theatre and film productions of Shakespeare's play The Merchant...  Read More >>

This collection of essays considers the significance of graveyards in Gothic literature, film, television and video...  Read More >>

All about the big beautiful blonde, Anita Ekberg.  Read More >>

In the year 2011, Erik Troy imagined a story about a small town in the Merrimack Valley between Massachusetts and...  Read More >>

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A study of how our understanding of Akkadian history has been shaped by subsequent dynasties. In this innovative...  Read More >>

Useful Art explores how art can be a tool for activism and resistance against neoliberalism. Highlighting projects...  Read More >>

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Why a world-transforming invention remained an untold story-until now. Why a world-transforming invention remained...  Read More >>

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The first volume of a classic account of 5,000 years of Indian art The Art of Indian Asia is a unique work of scholarship...  Read More >>

A groundbreaking exploration of the feminine archetype in Henry Moore's sculptural world Henry Moore (18981986)...  Read More >>

Decolonizing images focuses on Egypt's local visual heritage and continues the urgent process of decolonizing the...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of graphic designers in Milan from the 1930s to the 1960s. Focusing on design education,...  Read More >>

Threads of globalization is an interdisciplinary volume that brings fashion-specific garments, motifs, materials,...  Read More >>