Arts

Dress Culture in Late Victorian Women's Fiction: Literacy, Textiles, and Activism

by Christine Bayles Kortsch

Christine Bayles Kortsch asks us to shift our understanding of late Victorian literary culture by examining its inextricable relationship with the material culture of dress and sewing, what Kortsch terms "dress...

Between Baudelaire and Mallarmé: Voice, Conversation and Music

by Helen Abbott

Helen Abbott examines the verse and prose poetry of Baudelaire and Mallarmé, together with their critical writings, to address how their attitudes towards the performance practice of poetry influenced the future...

The Materiality of Religion in Early Modern English Drama

by Elizabeth Williamson

The Materiality of Religion in Early Modern English Drama is the first book to present a detailed examination of early modern theatrical properties informed by the complexity of post-Reformation religious practice....

I Drum, Therefore I Am: Being and Becoming a Drummer

by Gareth Dylan Smith

Despite their central role in many forms of music-making, drummers have been largely neglected in the scholarly literature on music and education. Drawing on data collected from in-depth interviews and questionnaires,...

Collaborative Learning in Higher Music Education

by Helena Gaunt & Heidi Westerlund

This edited collection brings together theoretical papers and case studies of practice in response to the challenge of becoming more conscious of the creative and multiple dimensions of social interaction in...

The Globalization of Irish Traditional Song Performance

by Susan H. Motherway

Susan Motherway illustrates the transformative impact of globalization on Irish traditional song performance by examining the ways in which performers mediate the divide between local and global markets. The...

Hip-Hop Turntablism, Creativity and Collaboration

by Sophy Smith

This is the first book to explore the creative and collaborative processes of groups of DJs working together as hip-hop turntable teams. Focusing on a variety of subjects - from the history of turntable experimentation...

Jeremias Drexel's 'Christian Zodiac': Seventeenth-Century Publishing Sensation. A Critical Edition, Translated and with an Introduction & Notes

by Nicholas J. Crowe

First published in 1622, Jeremias Drexel's 'Zodiacus christianus' (or 'Christian Zodiac') was a remarkable work of religious iconography and spiritual self-help. Offering the first modern translation into English...

Memory and Commemoration in Medieval Culture

by Elma Brenner & Meredith Cohen

Focusing on France but incorporating studies from further afield, this collection of essays marks an important new contribution to the study of medieval memory and commemoration. Arranged thematically, each...

The Sentimental Theater of the French Revolution

by Cecilia Feilla

Smoothly blending performance theory, literary analysis and historical insights, Cecilia Feilla explores the mutually dependent discourses of feeling and politics and their impact on the theatre and theatre...

Loading the Silence: Australian Sound Art in the Post-Digital Age

by Linda Ioanna Kouvaras

Linda Kouvaras explores the ways in which selected sound art works demonstrate creatively how sound is embedded within local, national, gendered and historical environments. Taking Australian music as its primary...

The History of Live Music in Britain, Volume I: 1950-1967: From Dance Hall to the 100 Club

by Simon Frith & Matt Brennan

To date there has been a significant gap in existing knowledge about the social history of music in Britain from 1950 to the present day. The three volumes of The History of Live Music in Britain address this...

Our Ancient National Airs: Scottish Song Collecting from the Enlightenment to the Romantic Era

by Karen McAulay

Karen McAulay traces the complex history of Scottish song collecting, and the publication of major Highland and Lowland collections. Looking at sources, authenticity, collecting methodology and format, McAulay...

Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter

by Russell T Davies & Benjamin Cook

For this new edition of The Writer's Tale, Russell T Davies and Benjamin Cook expand their in-depth discussion of the creative life of Doctor Who to cover Russell's final year as Head Writer and Executive Producer...

The Grammy Awards Record of the Year 1958-2011 Songbook: E-Z Play Today Volume 160

by Hal Leonard Corp.

(E-Z Play Today). More than 50 award-winning songs from the past five decades, all in our famous easy-to-read-and-play notation! Includes: All I Wanna Do * Beautiful Day * Bette Davis Eyes * Bridge over Troubled...

Justin Bieber - Believe (Songbook)

by Justin Bieber

(PVG Personality). Our matching folio to the young superstar's chart-topping 2012 album will make anyone a Belieber! Features 16 hits arranged for piano and voice with chord frames: All Around the World * As...

Ailis Ni Riain

by Ailis Ni Riain

"She's goin' back there. I can tell.

She's breakin' her promise.

She's breakin' my heart.

She said she never would."

Sive and Orlaith are twelve and thirteen. Yet despite their age, they are each responsible for...

Jackie Chan: Inside the Dragon

by Clyde, III Gentry

Jackie Chan: Inside the Dragon is the first biography of this international star. Drawn from one-on-one interviews with Chan himself and the actors, actresses, directors, and other stuntmen who've worked with...

Neil Jordan: Interviews

by Carole Zucker

These interviews cover the career to date of Neil Jordan (b. 1950), easily the most renowned filmmaker working in contemporary Irish cinema. Jordan began as a fiction writer, winning the distinguished Guardian...

So You Wanna Be a Producer?: Adventures of a Migrant Film Worker

by Steve Ecclesine

Producer Steve Ecclesine has boiled down more than 30 years and over 700 shows as an independent Hollywood producer into one book. So You Wanna Be A Producer? features 130 essays on a wide variety of subjects,...