Since the early 1950s, Chris Marker has embraced different filmmaking styles as readily as he has new technologies, and has broadened conceptions of the ...

A history of poisoning in the nineteenth century and in particular the case of Dr William Palmer, convicted of murder by poisoning, and how he baffled ...

This is the first in-depth study of post-war female religious life. Rooted in the lived experiences of women religious in Britain, it explores British ...

The book charts the evolving relationship between cinema and radio during the heyday of the two media and compares and contrasts their development in Britain ...

Explores Robespierre's vision and the events held across France on this day, which he declared a national day of celebration to inaugurate the state religion ...

"The Malcontent" is considered one of the most original and complex plays of the Elizabethan theatre. The aim of this edition is to offer answers to the ...

An original blending of literary and film studies which seeks to dissolve barriers between the two disciplines. Offers a new reading of Dickens from the ...

The public culture of the Victorian middle class looks at the creation of a distinctive 'high' culture in the industrial cities of Birmingham, Leeds and ...

As European theatre directors become a familiar presence on international stages and a new generation of theatre makers absorbs their impulses, this study ...

This book stakes out new territory within an exciting, emerging field of study. Not only does it uncover the history of a neglected group, but it also ...