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Hogarth and his Place in European Art
1st Edition
By Frederick Antal
October 01, 2024
First published in 1962, Hogarth and his Place in European Art attempts to convey the historical relevance, both in its native and European context, of perhaps the most outstanding English painter of the eighteenth century. Dr. Antal applies his method of establishing the close relationship between...
Ionesco: A Study of His Plays
1st Edition
By Richard Coe
October 01, 2024
First published in 1971, Ionesco is a study of the plays written by the absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco. Eugene Ionesco’s play La Cantatrice Chauve, first presented in 1950, established him as one of the most provocative leaders of post-war ‘Theatre of the Absurd’. By 1970, his work had been ...
Mannerism (Vol. I and II): The Crisis of the Renaissance and the Origin of Modern Art
1st Edition
By Arnold Hauser
October 01, 2024
First published in 1965, Mannerism is the rediscovery and revaluation of Mannerism, that long misjudged artistic style which came into its own during the crisis of the Renaissance. Expressionism, Surrealism and Abstract Art prepared the ground for a new understanding of Mannerism, and Dr. Hauser ...
Paris and the Provinces: The Politics of Local Government Reform in France
1st Edition
By Peter Gourevitch
October 01, 2024
First published in 1980, Paris and the Provinces explores why reforms of central-local relations in France have been so ineffectual. Professor Gourevitch discovers the cause in party politics and personal rivalries. The struggle for dominance among different parties (Gaullists, Communists, ...
Patriarchal Precedents: Sexuality and Social Relations
1st Edition
By Rosalind Coward
October 01, 2024
First published in 1983, Patriarchal Precedents is an excavation of the term patriarchy. Rosalind Coward shoes how the debates about patriarchy and matriarchy were crucial to social theories in the nineteenth century, discussing how the resolution of these debates resulted in our present ways of (...
Poison, Play, and Duel: A Study in Hamlet
1st Edition
By Nigel Alexander
October 01, 2024
First published in 1971, Poison, Play and Duel explores the dominant symbols of the language and action of Hamlet. The Ghost first reveals that Claudius murdered his brother by poison, and this act of poisoning is then dramatically presented before the King. The ultimate consequence of the ‘poison ...
Psychopath: The Case of Patrick MacKay
1st Edition
By Tim Clark, John Penycate
October 01, 2024
First published in 1976, Psychopath is a study of Patrick Mackay who, in 1974 – with a string of muggings and killings behind him – was on trial for murder and was imprisoned in November 1975. John Penycate and Tim Clark – responsible for the controversial BBC Panorama programme on Patrick Mackay’s...
Quality and Regulation in Health Care: International Experiences
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Dingwall, Paul Fenn
October 01, 2024
First published in 1992, Quality and Regulation in Health Care employs socio-legal ideas concerning regulation to examine the methods used to influence the quality of health care in the US, UK, and Western Europe. Throughout the Western world, health care systems, both public and private, are ...
Radicalism, Anti-Racism and Representation
1st Edition
By Alastair Bonnett
October 01, 2024
First published in 1993, Radicalism, Anti-Racism and Representation is a study set within a wider political context for the discussion of ‘racial’ representation and anti-racism. The second half of the book is devoted to interview-based exploration of the ambiguities and political characteristics ...
The American Prison Business
1st Edition
By Jessica Mitford
October 01, 2024
First published in 1974, The American Prison Business studies the lunacies, the delusions, and the bizarre inner workings of the American prison business. From the first demonstration that the penitentiary is an American invention that was initiated by the late eighteenth-century reformers, to the ...
The Assamese: Religion, Caste and Sect in an Indian Village
1st Edition
By Audrey Cantlie
October 01, 2024
First published in 1984, The Assamese is an anthropological exploration of Assam. The many tribes living in the hill tracts of Assam early engaged the attention of anthropologists but no significant studies have been made of the people living in the Assam valley who call themselves Assamese, the ...
The Literature of Controversy: Polemical Strategy from Milton to Junius
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas N. Corns
October 01, 2024
First published in 1987, The Literature of Controversy is a collection of essays by scholars from Britain, the United States, and Australia on major works from a classic epoch of English controversial prose. Each essay engages a single text or series of texts, less to discuss the ideas and ...