Film stars

Film starsA collection of essays on the concept of film stardom, and the shifting definition of a 'star'. The collection ranges across contemporary stars such as Sandra Bullock, Jackie Chan and Jim Carrey, those from Hollywood's past like Clara Bow and Charlton Heston, and those from other arenas, such as Prince and Cynthia Rothrock.

Offers an extremely novel and provocative interpretation of post-war British cultural history

technology and medicine

Manchester: something rich and strange offers a new way of thinking about this iconic post-industrial city

the influential Barcelona School of the 1960s

Pulp Fictions of Medieval England demonstrates that popular romance not only merits and rewards serious critical attention

• Postcolonial travels and the hybridisation of the national formation

A collection of essays that are tightly focused around the issue of religion in England between 1640 and 1660

This is an edition of Sir Philip Sidney’s New Arcadia in modern spelling that makes the text accessible through an enhanced glossary and expanded commentary covering book history

facing the threat of conviction and death sentencing

looking at how the system has changed throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and asking what lies ahead

and author of over a dozen critical works on film and adaptation

Theatre for Youth Third Space is a practical yet philosophically grounded handbook for people working in theatre and performance with children and youth in community or educational settings