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  • 21st-Century British Gothic

    The Monstrous, Spectral, and Uncanny in Contemporary Fiction

    by Emily Horton ...
    In this innovative re-casting of the genre and its received canon, Emily Horton explores fictional investments in the Gothic within contemporary British literature, revealing how such concepts as the monstrous, spectral and uncanny work to illuminate the insecure, uneven and precarious experience of 21st-century life. Reading contemporary works of Gothic fiction by Helen Oyeyemi, Kazuo Ishiguro, ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • The 2010s

    A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction

    Edited by Emily Horton, Nick Bentley, Dr Nick Hubble, Professor Philip Tew ...
    Series series The Decades Series
    This volume relates the British fiction of the decade to the contexts in which it was written and received in order to examine and explain contemporary trends, such as the rise of a new working-class fiction, the ongoing development of separate national literatures of Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and shifts in modes of attention and reading.From the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crash to ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • The 1980s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction

    Edited by Emily Horton, Professor Philip Tew, Dr Leigh Wilson ...
    Series series The Decades Series
    How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during the 1980s shape contemporary British fiction?Setting the fiction squarely within the context of Conservative politics and questions about culture and national identity, this volume reveals how the decade associated with Thatcherism frames the work of Kazuo Ishiguro, Martin Amis, and Graham Swift, of Scottish novelists and new ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Ali Smith

    Contemporary Critical Perspectives

    Edited by Dr Monica Germanà, Emily Horton ...
    Series series Contemporary Critical Perspectives
    In such novels as Hotel World and the Whitbread Prize winning The Accidental, Ali Smith has established herself as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary fiction. Covering her complete oeuvre, from the short stories to her most recent novel There but for the, this is the first comprehensive critical guide to Smith's work.Bringing together leading scholars, Ali Smith: Contemporary ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Women's Fiction and Post-9/11 Contexts

    by Ruzy Suliza Hashim, Emily Horton, Kristine Miller, Jago Morrison, Ana-Karina Schneider, Corina Selejan, Karin Sellberg, Heather Yeung, Noraini Md Yusof, Roberta Garrett ...
    9/11 is not simple a date on the calendar but marks a distinct historical threshold, ushering in the war on terror, various states of emergency, a supposed “clash of civilizations,” and the putative legitimation of counter-democratic procedures ranging from extraordinary renditions to enhanced interrogation. Perhaps no date, since Virginia Woolf declared that “on or about December 1910 human ... Read more

    $136.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Entertaining Made Easy (Unabridged)

    by EMILY ROSE BURT ...
    Narrated by Thomas Horton ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 46 min

    A handy book of ideas for parties, weddings, and wedding showers. ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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    The Story of Dangerous Art

    by Daisy Dixon ...
    'From classical painting to video games, this survey of the taboo and the twisted won't let you look away . . . A timely and punchy new book' Guardian'Skips with panache across periods and genres, connecting disparate ideas and artworks . . . Even at its most provocative, Dixon's book remains lucid and engaging' Alastair Sooke, Daily Telegraph'Compelling . . . Dixon, in this deep... ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

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  • Identity

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Florian Coulmas ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Identity has become one of the most widely used terms today, appearing in many different contexts. Anything and everything has an identity, and identity crises have become almost equally pervasive. Yet 'identity' is extremely versatile, meaning different things to different people and in different scientific disciplines. To many its meaning seems self-evident, since its various uses share common ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Home

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael Allen Fox ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Thoughts and feelings about home traditionally provided people of all cultures with a firm sense of where they belonged, and why. But with the world rapidly changing, many of our basic notions are becoming problematic. Both internationally and within countries, populations are constantly on the move, seeking better opportunities and living conditions, or an escape from violence and war. In spite ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Capitalism: A Horror Story

    Gothic Marxism and the Dark Side of the Radical Imagination

    by Jon Greenaway ...
    A horror-story history of capitalism and its relationship to the haunted and the gothic, and a manifesto of Gothic Marxism, which finds revolutionary hope in the nightmare of modernity.What does it mean to see horror in capitalism? What can horror tell us about the state and nature of capitalism?Blending film criticism, cultural theory, and philosophy, Capitalism: A Horror Story examines ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Art History: The Basics

    by Diana Newall, Grant Pooke ...
    Series series The Basics
    Now in its second edition, this volume is an accessible introduction to the history of art. Using an international range of examples, it provides the reader with a toolkit of concepts, ideas and methods relevant to understanding art history.This new edition is fully updated with colour illustrations, increased coverage of non-western art and extended discussions of contemporary art theory. It ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Introducing Cultural Studies

    by Brian Longhurst, Greg Smith, Gaynor Bagnall, Garry Crawford, Miles Ogborn ...
    This updated, new edition of Introducing Cultural Studies provides a systematic and comprehensible introduction to the concepts, debates and latest research in the field. Reinforcing the interdisciplinary nature of Cultural Studies, the authors first guide the reader through cultural theory before branching out to examine different dimensions of culture in detail – including globalisation, the ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD