Russell Jackson 
Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen [PDF ebook] 

This book analyses the way that HIV/AIDS is often narrativised and represented in contemporary world cultures, as well as the different strategies of remembrance deployed by different (sub)cultural g …

The little-known art of Berlin Work was once the most commonly practiced art form among European women. Pictorial Embroidery in England is the first academic study of both pictorial Berlin Work and i …

Jean-François Lyotard (1924-1998) was one of the most important French philosophers of the Twentieth Century. His impact has been felt across many disciplines: sociology; cultural studies; art theory …

Today”s many popular aesthetic pleasures have a very long history. Paul Duncum considers the historical critical discourses, and socio-political issues raised by aesthetic pleasures in fifteen thema …

Understanding light is fundamental to good photography. How any image is lit will change how the viewer sees and interprets the content. The second edition of Lighting teaches the theory and backgrou …

Born in South Carolina, White spent his childhood as a lead boy for traveling blind bluesmen. In the early ”30s he moved to New York and became a popular blues star, then introduced folk-blues to a …

New synths with unique features and layers of complexity are released frequently, with hundreds of different synths currently available in the marketplace. How do you know which ones to use and how d …

The recent resurgence of experimental music has given rise to a more divergent range of practices than has previously been the case. The Ashgate Research Companion to Experimental Music reflects thes …

From c.1750 to c.1810 the paths of music history and the history of painting converged with lasting consequences. The publication of Newton”s Opticks at the start of the eighteenth century gave a ” …

After the Roman empire fell, medieval Europe continued to be fascinated by Rome itself, the ”chief of cities”. Once the hub of empire, in the early medieval period Rome became an important centre f …