In 19th-century France, painting asserted its independence from literature as art’s influence on authors grew. This investigation reveals their complex relationship through case studies of David, Hugo, Van Gogh, and Balzac, shedding new light on both fields.
The American Occupation of Australia, 1941-45
During WWII, over 120,000 American troops were based in Australia. This book examines the resulting “fault lines” in the alliance: GI crime, jurisdictional disputes, and fraught race and gender relations, challenging the accepted history of this occupation.
Exploring Space
This two-volume collection offers a comprehensive insight into how the category of space can inform original philological research. The first volume covers cultural and literary studies, while the second refers to English language studies.
Socrates and Dionysus
Nietzsche argued Socratic reason destroyed the tragic art of Dionysus, pitting science against art. But are they enemies? This volume challenges that division, exploring how artists and thinkers bridge the gap between the world of fact and the world of fiction.
Celebrity Colonialism
Celebrity Colonialism explores the entanglements of fame and power in colonial and postcolonial settings. It demonstrates the ambivalent roles played by famous personalities, providing a powerful lens for understanding what colonialism was and what it has become.
The Impact of Vatican II on Women Religious
This book examines the impact of Vatican II on the Irish Presentation Sisters. It explores their struggle for renewal and transformation, often hampered by local Bishops but supported by Rome, which led to the creation of the Union of Presentation Sisters.
Sustaining Competitiveness in a Liberalized Economy
This book shares research from the International Management Accounting Conference on the role of accounting in a liberalized economy. It explores challenges in sustaining competitiveness through themes of Cost Management, Performance Measurement, and Strategic Alliance.
This book examines international efforts to protect children from war through the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol. It exposes major shortcomings in the UN’s monitoring process and explores how compliance can be secured more effectively.
North and South
This collection of essays crosses historical and disciplinary boundaries to ask if “north” and “south” represent real divisions. The essays interrogate boundaries—symbolic and literal, as communication and division—and explore how identity emerges across them.
Charitini Christodoulou argues that a “dialogic openness” permeates Nikos Kazantzakis’ The Last Temptation. Antithetical forces clash in unresolved tension, revealing that subjectivity and identity are always in the process of becoming.
Conflicts in Africa, from complex wars to community disputes, share common dynamics. This volume shows that lessons in conflict resolution are applicable across all scales, offering case studies and new ideas for peace, justice, and security in Africa.
These essays explore Shakespeare in performance across time and media. From 17th-century stagings to modern cinema, the circus, and global theatre, the collection asks what motivates Shakespearean performance and how we trace what is ephemeral.
This ground-breaking book highlights the gritty, messy, and humorous reality of sports coaching. It deconstructs the activity before showing how it can be done better, providing the first distinct theorisation of coaching and clearing the conceptual fog around the practice.
Auber, a key 19th-century French composer, and librettist Scribe created the successful opéra-comique Le Concert à la cour. In this one-act work, a young singer’s debut is sabotaged. It showcases the elegance and finesse of the composer’s art.
Until recently, copying in medieval book painting was explained by the use of model drawings or sketch books. However, it is no longer sufficient to regard the art through these lenses alone. This volume considers other factors in the transmission of art.
Discourses That Matter
Confronting our age of deep instability, this collection asks how English and American Studies can intervene. The essays explore how discourses on gender, race, and power matter, demonstrating the field’s capacity to foster critical thought and challenge injustice.
Post Traumatic Survival
Why do some war refugees thrive while others do not? This study of Khmer Rouge survivors reveals how cultural and religious resources were instrumental to their resilience. It proposes a new model to help health workers assist other survivors in their recovery.
The Future of Text and Image
This volume explores the evolving relationship between text and image in literature. Scholars examine this dynamic across diverse forms—from novels and poetry to collage books and digital poetry—reflecting the significance of the visual in today’s image culture.
The Apparelling of Truth
This collection of essays offers new perspectives on the literature and culture of the reign of James VI. Its emphasis is on the continuities in literary culture throughout his rule, extending beyond the court to regional and international contexts.
Event and Decision
This book unites the philosophies of Badiou, Deleuze, and Whitehead on the concept of the event. For all three thinkers, the event necessitates a radical politics, revealing humanity as constituted by a multiplicious cycle of infinite creation.
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