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This book offers a new understanding of the relationship between family structures and narrative structure in the nineteenth-century novel. Comparing Russia and England, it argues that the two nations had fundamentally different conceptions of the family and that these, in turn, shaped the way they constructed plots. The English placed primary value on the vertical,…
The argument of Noir Fiction and Film is curiously counterintuitive: that in a century of hard-boiled fiction and detective films, characteristics that at first seemed trivial swelled in importance, flourishing into crucial aspects of the genre. Among these are aimless descriptions of people and places irrelevant to plot, along with detectives consisting of little more…
History’s Craziest Moments for Kids takes you on an unforgettable journey through the most outrageous, jaw-dropping, and downright hilarious stories from history! Get ready to discover that history isn’t just about boring dates and dusty old books-it’s packed with wild adventures, strange rulers, and unbelievable events that will leave you gasping in disbelief.Ever heard of…
Before electricity, automation, and machines, entire cities depended on human hands. Vanished Trades is a black-and-white graphic novel that brings to life the forgotten jobs that built the modern world-ice harvesters, switchboard operators, lamplighters, coal stokers, water carriers, and more. Through atmospheric illustrations and brief narration, each chapter captures a single trade at work, its…
A rare window into Victorian-era coinage and the evolution of currency, The Numismatic Chronicle And Journal Of The Royal Numismatic Society Third Series (Volume XX) by John Evans is a cornerstone of British numismatic literature. This distinguished numismatic history volume brings together the pioneering research, discoveries, and debates that shaped the study of coins and…
Step inside the fascinating world of ancient coinage and discover the stories that shaped civilisations. The Coin Collector’s Manual, Volume II, by Henry Noel Humphreys, is the definitive numismatic reference guide for those drawn to the art, history, and intrigue of coins. From the origins of coinage to the grandeur of Roman Empire coins and…
The mediated Arctic analyses the multiple relations between geography and cultural production that have long shaped – and are currently transforming – the circumpolar world. It explores how twenty-first-century cultural practitioners imagine and poeticise various elements of Arctic geography, and in doing so negotiate pressing environmental, (geo)political, and social concerns. From the plasmatic force of…
The Holocaust represents an immense historical as well as a cultural trauma. The following thesis talks about the trauma symptoms and the behavior of Holocaust victims, including a broad selection of scholarly research on the Holocaust aftermath. Afterwards, features of postgeneration art will be presented in detail, as second generation literature and art mirrors the…
This book serves as a retrieval and reevaluation of a rich haul of comic caricatures from the turbulent years between the Reform Bill crisis of the early 1830s and the rise and fall of Chartism in the 1840s. With a telling selection of illustrations, this book deploys the techniques of close reading and political contextualization…
This book serves as a retrieval and reevaluation of a rich haul of comic caricatures from the turbulent years between the Reform Bill crisis of the early 1830s and the rise and fall of Chartism in the 1840s. With a telling selection of illustrations, this book deploys the techniques of close reading and political contextualization…
The mediated Arctic analyses the multiple relations between geography and cultural production that have long shaped – and are currently transforming – the circumpolar world. It explores how twenty-first-century cultural practitioners imagine and poeticise various elements of Arctic geography, and in doing so negotiate pressing environmental, (geo)political, and social concerns. From the plasmatic force of…
Between the 1930s and the invention of the internet, American comics reached readers in a few distinct physical forms: the familiar monthly stapled pamphlet, the newspaper comics section, bubblegum wrappers, and bound books. From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich: The Materiality of Cheap Comics places the history of four representative comics–Watchmen, Uncle Scrooge, Richie Rich,…
For several generations, comics were regarded as a boy’s club–created by, for, and about men and boys. In the twenty-first century, however, comics have seen a rise of female creators, characters, and readers. While this sudden presence of women and girls in comics is being regarded as new and noteworthy, the observation is not true…
This deeply moving version of The Parade allows the reader to explore the art as Si Lewen intended it to be seen, in sequence. As the work unfolds, the reader is taken on an unforgettable journey through the essential nature of all wars–past, present, and future. Remastered from the original art, The Parade was and…
Framing Gotham City as a microcosm of a modern-day metropolis, Gotham City Living posits this fictional setting as a hyper-aware archetype, demonstrative of the social, political and cultural tensions felt throughout urban America. Looking at the comics, graphic novels, films and television shows that form the Batman universe, this book demonstrates how the various creators…
A complete guide to the comics work of the writer Alan Moore, this book helps readers explore one of the genre’s most important, compelling and subversive writers. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers: – Moore’s comics career – from his early work in 2000AD to his breakthrough graphic novels and his later…
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