Studying the event film Christopher KlopperPeter Jackson's epic trilogy, the biggest film event of the 21st century, turned the best selling book of the 20th century into a popular, critical and financial success all over again. This comprehensive collection draws together twenty five essays on the making, the meaning and the reception of The Lord of the Rings. There is a section on the business of the event film, critical chapters on techniques and meanings ranging from music to spirituality,
Global Technological Change continues to challenge assumptions about technology and the gap between the developed and developing countries in the twenty-first century
1815-43 examines the debates preceding and surrounding the 1838 act on the nature of Irish poverty and the responsibilities of society towards it
An explanation of Lancashire's unique social history since Elizabethan times is long overdue
including Benjamín Ávila's Clandestine Childhood
Uses a wide range of official and unofficial sources
David Ian Rabey brings in sources ranging from medieval and Renaissance theatre to contemporary performances to analyse ways that time can be presented
A new edition of Jill Liddington’s classic work on Anne Lister's extraordinary diaries
at the heart of Palestinian East Jerusalem
The papers
This edited collection highlights ways that arts-educators have taken up important questions around environmental sustainability and land stewardship through walking practices across spatial
Greg Battye focuses on the storytelling power of a single image by providing a wide-ranging account of the narrative properties of photographs
The final chapter is an extensive discussion of the conclusions to be drawn both with respect to their emergent-memory theory and to fundamental issues of creativity that were raised in the beginning of the book
