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The Idea of the City
Early-Modern, Modern and Post-Modern Locations and Communities
An important and timely work with depth and breadth. International scholars explore the city in literature, history, and film from the medieval period to the present. With a truly global focus, this is a fascinating snapshot of literary urban studies.
An important and timely work with depth and breadth. International scholars explore the city in literature, history, and film from the medieval period to the present. With a truly global focus, this is a fascinating snapshot of literary urban studies.
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Psoni shows the importance of, and the various roles played by, the feminine figure in the work of both W.B. Yeats and Angelos Sikelianos, highlighting the essential role assumed by the gynocentric mythology permeating the work of the two poets.
Psoni shows the importance of, and the various roles played by, the feminine figure in the work of both W.B. Yeats and Angelos Sikelianos, highlighting the essential role assumed by the gynocentric mythology permeating the work of the two poets.
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Ground-breaking movement theater performers ignored taboos to reveal our deepest thoughts and feelings. These virtuoso clowns and mimes busted boundaries to redefine the relationship between performer and audience, making a theater of kindness—a theater of joy.
Ground-breaking movement theater performers ignored taboos to reveal our deepest thoughts and feelings. These virtuoso clowns and mimes busted boundaries to redefine the relationship between performer and audience, making a theater of kindness—a theater of joy.
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The International Emblem
From Incunabula to the Internet Selected Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of the Society for Emblem Studies, 28th July-1st August, 2008, Winchester College
The emblem, a Renaissance genre combining text and image, was a powerful tool for propaganda and piety. This collection of essays follows its development from its European origins to its global influence and its ongoing vitality in literature and scholarship.
The emblem, a Renaissance genre combining text and image, was a powerful tool for propaganda and piety. This collection of essays follows its development from its European origins to its global influence and its ongoing vitality in literature and scholarship.
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The Language of Art and Cultural Heritage
A Plurilingual and Digital Perspective
This book provides an up-to-date overview of digital linguistic resources and research methods to design effective communication strategies for art and cultural heritage. It offers innovative tools for curators, translators, researchers, and heritage management professionals.
This book provides an up-to-date overview of digital linguistic resources and research methods to design effective communication strategies for art and cultural heritage. It offers innovative tools for curators, translators, researchers, and heritage management professionals.
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The Language of the Arts and Literature
An English-Romanian and Romanian-English Dictionary
This dictionary brings into contact two cultures, namely English and Romanian, by facilitating communication in the fields of visual and performing arts and literature. It will help translators, interpreters and students to communicate better in both English and Romanian.
This dictionary brings into contact two cultures, namely English and Romanian, by facilitating communication in the fields of visual and performing arts and literature. It will help translators, interpreters and students to communicate better in both English and Romanian.
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Combs focuses on “cinematic knowing” as an expression of ludenic experience, and considers how this way of seeing has expanded our visual acuity and experience, including not only hindsight and foresight, but also insight and indeed even “blindsight”.
Combs focuses on “cinematic knowing” as an expression of ludenic experience, and considers how this way of seeing has expanded our visual acuity and experience, including not only hindsight and foresight, but also insight and indeed even “blindsight”.
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The Legacy of Antiquity
New Perspectives in the Reception of the Classical World
This collection of essays explores the uses of the past from a wide range of perspectives. Drawn from medieval to modern times, it presents new perspectives on the constant fascination with the antique, opening the way for future research.
This collection of essays explores the uses of the past from a wide range of perspectives. Drawn from medieval to modern times, it presents new perspectives on the constant fascination with the antique, opening the way for future research.
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This book unmasks the legend of Leonardo da Vinci. Rediscovered documents show the artist was two different men: a Tuscan painter and an Ottoman agent. Crucially, a document proves the painter died in 1499, revealing the true artist of the Mona Lisa: Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio.
This book unmasks the legend of Leonardo da Vinci. Rediscovered documents show the artist was two different men: a Tuscan painter and an Ottoman agent. Crucially, a document proves the painter died in 1499, revealing the true artist of the Mona Lisa: Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio.
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The Life and Work of Rudolf Bruči
The Composer in the Rift between Aesthetics and Ideologies
This first collection of essays in English on composer Rudolf Bruči explores his multivalent work from many angles. It emphasizes his relevance in Balkan musicology, his considerable international reputation, and his role as a cultural worker in post-war socialist Yugoslavia.
This first collection of essays in English on composer Rudolf Bruči explores his multivalent work from many angles. It emphasizes his relevance in Balkan musicology, his considerable international reputation, and his role as a cultural worker in post-war socialist Yugoslavia.
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For the first time, this book demonstrates the extraordinary contribution of Australian glass artist David Wright. Including the first catalogue raisonné on the artist, it examines the stunning art glass he created for Australia's sacred and public spaces.
For the first time, this book demonstrates the extraordinary contribution of Australian glass artist David Wright. Including the first catalogue raisonné on the artist, it examines the stunning art glass he created for Australia’s sacred and public spaces.
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This collection analyzes the Star Wars movies from diverse viewpoints—from history and politics to music and economics. The book will appeal to a wide audience, from students and academics to dedicated fans of the saga.
This collection analyzes the Star Wars movies from diverse viewpoints—from history and politics to music and economics. The book will appeal to a wide audience, from students and academics to dedicated fans of the saga.
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This anthology explores how theatre functions at the interstices of local and global networks. It offers diverse critical viewpoints to argue that the local and global should not be regarded in opposition but as entangled, a potent force of expression and resistance.
This anthology explores how theatre functions at the interstices of local and global networks. It offers diverse critical viewpoints to argue that the local and global should not be regarded in opposition but as entangled, a potent force of expression and resistance.
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The Madruzzo Book of Hours, a 15th-century manuscript, was dismembered and sold. This book details its digital reconstruction while exposing the illicit networks that exploit cultural artifacts, urging action to preserve our shared history.
The Madruzzo Book of Hours, a 15th-century manuscript, was dismembered and sold. This book details its digital reconstruction while exposing the illicit networks that exploit cultural artifacts, urging action to preserve our shared history.
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The Making of Indigenous Australian Contemporary Art
Arnhem Land Bark Painting, 1970-1990
This book reveals how Arnhem Land bark painting was critical to Indigenous contemporary art and self-determination. It charts the art’s trajectory from being understood as an ethnographic form to its appreciation as conceptual art with cultural agency and contemporaneity.
This book reveals how Arnhem Land bark painting was critical to Indigenous contemporary art and self-determination. It charts the art’s trajectory from being understood as an ethnographic form to its appreciation as conceptual art with cultural agency and contemporaneity.
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This collection of papers examines circus history, life, the relationship of circus to society, and its impact on the arts. "This fascinating collection showcases the cultural depth of the circus in historical and contemporary settings." —Janet M. Davis
This collection of papers examines circus history, life, the relationship of circus to society, and its impact on the arts. “This fascinating collection showcases the cultural depth of the circus in historical and contemporary settings.” —Janet M. Davis
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What are the characteristics of media in small nations? This collection brings together perspectives and case-studies from across Europe to explore the challenges and advantages, providing insights into media policy, representation, and national identity.
What are the characteristics of media in small nations? This collection brings together perspectives and case-studies from across Europe to explore the challenges and advantages, providing insights into media policy, representation, and national identity.
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The integrated musical emerged not in the 20th century, but in the 18th with Charles Dibdin. He wrote, composed, and performed in innovative musicals, blending Italian opera and English ballads to create an organic musical theatre that paved the way for the art form today.
The integrated musical emerged not in the 20th century, but in the 18th with Charles Dibdin. He wrote, composed, and performed in innovative musicals, blending Italian opera and English ballads to create an organic musical theatre that paved the way for the art form today.
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The dance floor is the stage of life. This book explores how dance reflects the maps of meaning that structure our lives, from religious to artistic forms, examining performers from Fred Astaire to Michael Jackson and choreographers like Balanchine and Fosse.
The dance floor is the stage of life. This book explores how dance reflects the maps of meaning that structure our lives, from religious to artistic forms, examining performers from Fred Astaire to Michael Jackson and choreographers like Balanchine and Fosse.
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The Nation on Screen
Discourses of the National on Global Television
This book focuses on the complex discourses of the nation in the television of twelve countries. It examines how the nation is staged in news, fiction, and entertainment, revealing it as a site of struggle: everywhere and nowhere, endlessly discussed but never grasped.
This book focuses on the complex discourses of the nation in the television of twelve countries. It examines how the nation is staged in news, fiction, and entertainment, revealing it as a site of struggle: everywhere and nowhere, endlessly discussed but never grasped.
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