Literary Collections
Plutarch and the Historical Tradition
Plutarch was indisputably one of the most prominent of the philosophers and biographers of the ancient world.
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope's technical polish and intellectual poise appeal to the subtlest audience. This selection includes The Rape of the Lock, Eloisa to Abelard, and extracts from The Dunciad and the translation of Homer.
Strip Show
This book offers an account of an unprecedented North American study of contemporary female and male strip shows.
Routledge Dance Studies Reader
The Routledge Dance Studies Reader represents the range and diversity of writings from the 1980s and 1990s, providing contemporary perspectives on ballet, modern dance, postmodern 'movement performance' jazz, South Asian dance and Black dance.
Perspectives on Embodiment
Perspectives on Embodiment offers multiple ways of conceptualizing human corporeality. These essays collectively defy arbitrary distinctions between nature and culture and reveal the complex ways in which nature and culture interact to produce embodied subjects.
Sourcebook on Feminist Theatre and Performance
This work is a unique collection of key articles on feminist theatre and performance from The Drama Review (TDR). Carol Martin juxtaposes theory and practice to provide an exceptionally comprehensive overview of the development of feminist theatre.
Contemporary Feminist Theatres
A much-needed analysis of the development of feminist theatre in different cultures and on several continents in the past quarter-century.
Murder by the Book?
A thorough - and thoroughly enjoyable - look at the genre of the feminist crime novel in Britain and the United States. A pioneering work in the field and an indispensable guide for readers and scholars of the genre.
News and Journalism in the UK
This is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the political, economic and regulatory environments of press and broadcast journalism in Britain and Northern Ireland, which examines the past and the future of journalism
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag is one of America's most prolific and important 20th century authors. Known for her philosophical writings on American culture, this volume is an exhaustive collection with each entry accompanied by an annotated bibliography.