'The Tempest' in Context

'The Tempest' in ContextHow did the court audience of 1611 respond to this unusual play? Situating The Tempest in its time, this guide explains the Christian ethics, contemporary political scene, literary atmosphere and requirements of tragi comedy that inform the background of this magical and mysterious play.

The book will interest not only art historians and theorists

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Benjamin’s Arcades opens up Benjamin’s texts to a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives and will be an essential text for those seeking to better understand this extraordinary work

This book explores continuities in the extra-marital relationships of the gentry and nobility in the north of England

This is an anthology of short stories of World War I from 25 classic writers

This new book examines how contemporary American fiction – from Philip Roth to Dinaw Mengestu – has rediscovered the concept of civic friendship and revived a long tradition of imagining male friendship as interlinked with the promises and paradoxes of democracy in the United States

The fifth edition of this highly successful reference guide features more than 6

Newly revised and expanded

Why do many of the most prominent books and films of the last decade return obsessively to the themes and imagery of pornography

as well as on radical models of time and history

Adopting a chronological approach

This book explores the diversity of perspectives afforded by the emerging body of Scandinavian films produced by women