As Lillian Faderman writes, there are "no constants with regard to lesbianism," except that lesbians prefer women. In this groundbreaking book, she reclaims the history of lesbian life in twentieth-ce
This book explores the formative period when Scotland acquired the characteristics that enabled it to enter fully into the comity of medieval Christendom. These included a monarchy of a recognisably c
First published in 1963, The International Film Guide enjoys an unrivalled reputation as the most authoritative and trusted source of information on contemporary world cinema. Comprehensive internatio
Clark (philosophy, Oxford U.) replaces Donald Hudson's text by incorporating the writings found in the past 30 years by the notoriously difficult 20th-century philosopher. For interested lay readers a
Catalogue of an groundbreaking exhibition of Chinese art, exploring the theme of imitation in its broadest sense, from emulation of revered ancient masters to outright deception.
New and distinctive approaches to five central topics in musical aesthetics are provided in this outstanding book. The topics are: understanding, representation, expression, performance and profundity
Filling a significant gap in contemporary cultural studies, "Musical Elaborations" examines the intersection of the public and private meaning of music. Incorporating the music criticism of Adorno, mu
Winner of the 1999 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Prize in Middle Eastern Studies. Described by the BKFS reviewer as A ground-breaking work on a subject that has been almost totally neglected.""Why
Continues the exemplary Columbia U. Press scholarly edition of the great transcendentalist's (1803-1882) letters, the present volume including correspondence with or about such luminaries as Thomas Ca
This textbook is designed to provide a detailed understanding of the principles and practices underlying the use of large language corpora in exploratory learning and English language teaching and res
Ever since Deleuze and Guattari provocatively declared that all 'becoming' must go by way of a 'becoming-woman' their work has been the subject of intense feminist interrogation. This volume highlight
Richard Wall Memorial Award 2012 - Finalist. What key concerns are reflected in documentaries produced in and about the United States? How have documentaries engaged with competing visions of US histo
Throughout his career, Deleuze developed a series of original philosophies of time and applied them successfully to many different fields. Now James Williams presents Deleuze's philosophy of time as t
This volume presents Higg's first collection of poems, Scottish Pastorals, together with his other early poems, and the "Letters on Poetry" that he contributed to The Scots Magazine in 1805 and 1806,
This companion examines MacDiarmid's journalism, short fiction, autobiography, and all of his major poems, including A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle, To Circumjack Cencrastus, D?readh I, II,, and III
Throughout the history of photography, theorists have never stopped asking whether there is in fact any truth at all in the art. The essays collected in this volume consider this and the relationship
This study examines the direct political and diplomatic antecedents, circumstances and consequences of the Second Vienna Award. It focuses on the development of the bilateral relations and the minorit
