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Spanish Royal Patronage 1412-1804
Portraits as Propaganda
Portraits have a long history in royal courts as a way of communicating the monarch’s status, rulership, and even piety. This anthology places such art works studied in the context of their commission, production, and display, with a specific focus on Spain.
Portraits have a long history in royal courts as a way of communicating the monarch’s status, rulership, and even piety. This anthology places such art works studied in the context of their commission, production, and display, with a specific focus on Spain.
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Spike Lee’s Bamboozled
A Contrastive Analysis of Compliments and Insults from English into Italian
This analysis of the film *Bamboozled* compares the original screenplay with the Italian dub. Focusing on compliments and insults, it reveals how cultural references and the linguistic traits of African American English are weakened or omitted in translation.
This analysis of the film *Bamboozled* compares the original screenplay with the Italian dub. Focusing on compliments and insults, it reveals how cultural references and the linguistic traits of African American English are weakened or omitted in translation.
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Spiritual and Corporeal Selves in India
Approaches in a Global World
This volume explores the union of the corporeal and the spiritual in contemporary India. It offers clues to the East-West encounter and tackles the dualism of mind and body, suggesting a rupture of binary thinking, unlike in Western theory.
This volume explores the union of the corporeal and the spiritual in contemporary India. It offers clues to the East-West encounter and tackles the dualism of mind and body, suggesting a rupture of binary thinking, unlike in Western theory.
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Spirituality in Late Byzantium
Essays Presenting New Research by International Scholars
This collection of essays on late Byzantine spirituality presents new research on an important but under-documented period. Through new evidence and re-appraisals of scholarly views, it is a valuable contribution for academics and students alike.
This collection of essays on late Byzantine spirituality presents new research on an important but under-documented period. Through new evidence and re-appraisals of scholarly views, it is a valuable contribution for academics and students alike.
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Stage Migrants
Representations of the Migrant Other in Modern Irish Drama
This volume investigates how recent migration is reflected in Irish culture, focusing on the representation of outsiders in theatre. It explores debates on national identity, multiculturalism, and racism in plays whose topics are central to any global community.
This volume investigates how recent migration is reflected in Irish culture, focusing on the representation of outsiders in theatre. It explores debates on national identity, multiculturalism, and racism in plays whose topics are central to any global community.
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Staging and the Arts in Nineteenth-Century France
Appearing, Revealing, Disappearing
In nineteenth-century France, staging was more than theatre. It was a process of appearing and disappearing that shaped how individuals were seen in the visual arts and culture. This book explores staging’s mechanisms, repercussions, and what it chose not to show.
In nineteenth-century France, staging was more than theatre. It was a process of appearing and disappearing that shaped how individuals were seen in the visual arts and culture. This book explores staging’s mechanisms, repercussions, and what it chose not to show.
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Staging Ben
A Collection of Essays on the Theatricality of Jonson's Plays
This edited volume offers a rebuttal of the mischaracterization of Ben Jonson’s plays as anti-theatrical. Featuring contributions from both Renaissance literature scholars and theatre practitioners, it demonstrates the playwright’s prodigious theatrical imagination.
This edited volume offers a rebuttal of the mischaracterization of Ben Jonson’s plays as anti-theatrical. Featuring contributions from both Renaissance literature scholars and theatre practitioners, it demonstrates the playwright’s prodigious theatrical imagination.
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Classical drama on the modern stage is a major cultural and political phenomenon. Intertwined with the politics of locale, language, and culture, its performance is a feature in all types of theatre. These essays provide case studies for everyone in the field.
Classical drama on the modern stage is a major cultural and political phenomenon. Intertwined with the politics of locale, language, and culture, its performance is a feature in all types of theatre. These essays provide case studies for everyone in the field.
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This collection of scholarly articles explores Strindberg on international stages and in translation. Essays analyze performances, translation problems, and postdramatic theatre, posing key questions for modern Strindberg scholars, directors, and enthusiasts.
This collection of scholarly articles explores Strindberg on international stages and in translation. Essays analyze performances, translation problems, and postdramatic theatre, posing key questions for modern Strindberg scholars, directors, and enthusiasts.
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Pavlou offers a significant and original contribution to studies on D. W. Griffith and film, through a systematic analysis of the director’s chase scenes, which create suspense and resolution in his films.
Pavlou offers a significant and original contribution to studies on D. W. Griffith and film, through a systematic analysis of the director’s chase scenes, which create suspense and resolution in his films.
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Explore the Symbolist movement's profound, interdisciplinary impact on 20th-century culture. These essays trace its evolution across Europe, highlighting the foundational role of French art and literature.
Explore the Symbolist movement’s profound, interdisciplinary impact on 20th-century culture. These essays trace its evolution across Europe, highlighting the foundational role of French art and literature.
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Symbols and Models in the Mediterranean
Perceiving through Cultures
This anthology spans a vast chronology and territory, ranging from Old Kingdom Egypt to modern-day Slovenia. Each essay serves as a micro-study that demonstrates the many ways in which Mediterranean communities have co-opted, appropriated, and adapted symbols from one another.
This anthology spans a vast chronology and territory, ranging from Old Kingdom Egypt to modern-day Slovenia. Each essay serves as a micro-study that demonstrates the many ways in which Mediterranean communities have co-opted, appropriated, and adapted symbols from one another.
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Symbols in Arts, Religion and Culture
The Soul of Nature
Abbaszadeh discusses how we learn about our human nature and how we fit into the larger scheme of life and spirit. She argues that we do this by understanding how our ancestors, through art, symbol and myth, expressed their relationship with the natural world.
Abbaszadeh discusses how we learn about our human nature and how we fit into the larger scheme of life and spirit. She argues that we do this by understanding how our ancestors, through art, symbol and myth, expressed their relationship with the natural world.
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What is the relation between drama and its critics? Drama is itself a critical genre, showing up the problems of human existence. Plays critique society and themselves, while also spurring critique from the audiences and reviewers who are intrinsic to theatre.
What is the relation between drama and its critics? Drama is itself a critical genre, showing up the problems of human existence. Plays critique society and themselves, while also spurring critique from the audiences and reviewers who are intrinsic to theatre.
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Teaching Shakespeare in Film and the Arts Today
Models, Methods, Materials
Explore past, present, and future approaches to Shakespeare on Film. This volume offers practical case-studies for teaching textual analysis through film and the arts—perfect for instructors to adapt or for any reader interested in the field to enjoy.
Explore past, present, and future approaches to Shakespeare on Film. This volume offers practical case-studies for teaching textual analysis through film and the arts—perfect for instructors to adapt or for any reader interested in the field to enjoy.
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This collection leans on the fact that, even in the Cold War era, television could become a cross-border matter. It combines transnational perspectives on convergence zones, observations, collaborations, circulations and interdependencies between Eastern and Western television.
This collection leans on the fact that, even in the Cold War era, television could become a cross-border matter. It combines transnational perspectives on convergence zones, observations, collaborations, circulations and interdependencies between Eastern and Western television.
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Telling Stories
Countering Narrative in Art, Theory and Film
Trespassing disciplines to bind practice and theory, this collection addresses the contemporary preoccupation with narrative. It considers how visual and performative encounters in photography, film, and objects can contribute to thinking and ask: how might they tell theories?
Trespassing disciplines to bind practice and theory, this collection addresses the contemporary preoccupation with narrative. It considers how visual and performative encounters in photography, film, and objects can contribute to thinking and ask: how might they tell theories?
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Terrorism
Politics, Religion, Literature
This collection of essays offers theoretical insights into terrorism, examining the “who,” the “how,” and the “when” of its violence. It distinguishes modern terrorism from insurgency or revolution and analyzes it through politics, religion, film, and literature.
This collection of essays offers theoretical insights into terrorism, examining the “who,” the “how,” and the “when” of its violence. It distinguishes modern terrorism from insurgency or revolution and analyzes it through politics, religion, film, and literature.
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Testimony, Witness, Authority
The Politics and Poetics of Experience
This international, interdisciplinary collection of essays examines how testimony, witness, and authority shape human experience. Scholars and artists explore how stories bear witness to experience through a web of verbal and near-verbal media.
This international, interdisciplinary collection of essays examines how testimony, witness, and authority shape human experience. Scholars and artists explore how stories bear witness to experience through a web of verbal and near-verbal media.
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Text in Contemporary Theatre
The Baltics within the World Experience
This collection of articles is devoted to the relationship between text and performance in contemporary theatre. Focusing on the Baltics but with wider insight into world drama, this book is recommended for both theatre and drama theoreticians and practitioners.
This collection of articles is devoted to the relationship between text and performance in contemporary theatre. Focusing on the Baltics but with wider insight into world drama, this book is recommended for both theatre and drama theoreticians and practitioners.
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