The Arts

Released in 1954, On the Waterfront is considered one of the greatest films of all time, winning eight Academy Awards-including Best Picture-and placing in the top 20 on the American Film Institute's 100 Films survey.

In Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, Jessica Brantley offers an innovative introduction to manuscript culture that uses the artifacts themselves to open some of the most vital theoretical questions in medieval literary studies.

British theatre has a greater tradition than any other, having started all the way back in 1311 and still going strong today.

Arlo Guthrie, the son of America's legendary dust bowl troubadour Woody Guthrie and Martha Graham dancer Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, was reared in the rarefied atmosphere of New York City's remnant Old Left culture, a period that brought together art, political action, and folk music.

Upon his arrival in Hollywood, Alfred Hitchcock began work on his first American film, an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's best-selling novel.

'A lively picture of multiple operators scrambling to steal a march on the competition .

Drawing on avant garde and classical Japanese dance traditions, the Alishina Method offers a systematized approach to Butoh dance training for the first time in its history.

With simple and evocative words, calligraphy, and home photos of the words in action, grandfather and granddaughter team Chungliang and Sylvia bring the spirit of Tai Ji to life.

Through a collection of original essays and case studies, this innovative book explores theory as an accessible, although complex, tool for theatre practitioners and students.

In 2010, Carlisle Floyd, one of American opera's most titanic talents, found himself at an impasse.

In 2010, Carlisle Floyd, one of American opera's most titanic talents, found himself at an impasse.

I sing of arms and of a man: his fate had made him fugitive: he was the first to journey from the coasts of Troy as far as Italy and the Lavinian shores.

Joseph Beuys is one of the most legendary figures of twentieth century art; his work and ideas continue to impact on artists today.

Although the eighteenth century is traditionally seen as the age of the Grand Tour, it was in fact the continental travel of Jacobean noblemen which really constituted the beginning of the Tour as an institutionalized phenomenon.

Alberto Giacometti's attenuated figures of the human form are among the most significant artistic images of the twentieth century.

Le Jour se leve (1939) directed by Marcel Carne, is widely recognised as the classic French Poetic Realist film.

Dismissed as a miserable elitist who condemned popular culture in the name of 'high art', Theodor W.

The Strand is one of London's most iconic streets - today the bustling and thriving home of West End theatres and the luxurious Savoy hotel; in the Victorian era, the Strand was a much more seedy and destitute part of the city.

The vampire and the zombie, the two most popular incarnations of the undead, are brought together for a forensic critical investigation in Screening the Undead.

Jan Svankmajer wrote this remarkable book on tactile art when he stopped directing films and experimented intensively with tactile art after repeated censorship by the communist governmnent of Czechoslovakia.

This highly sensitive and beautifully written book looks closely at the way contemporary Western artists negotiate death, both as personal experience and in the wider community.

Many years before Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve rose to fame, the French cinema produced a host of glamorous female stars designed to rival their Hollywood counterparts.

This is the first book to take seriously (though not too seriously) the surprisingly neglected role of humour in art.

Legendary philosopher and literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) developed concepts which are bywords within poststructuralist and new historicist literary criticism and philosophy yet have been under-utilised by artists, art historians and art critics.

A mind-expanding dive into a lost chapter of 1968, featuring the famous and forgotten: Van Morrison, folkie-turned-cult-leader Mel Lyman, Timothy Leary, James Brown, and many more

Van Morrison''s Astral Weeks is an iconic rock album shrouded in legend, a masterpiece that has touched generations of listeners and influenced everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Martin Scorsese.

From the writer of When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, a collection of classic quotes for every occasion and season the perfect gift for all women.

Denes Striny's international singing career brought him to the major opera houses of the world in leading roles.

While there are books about folk dances from individual countries or regions, there isn't a single comprehensive book on folk dances across the globe.

Over the course of his career, Billy Joel has released a series of remarkable albums that together chart his journey as an artist from relative obscurity to international success.

Basic Elements of Music introduces readers to a wide range of knowledge essential for a well-rounded understanding of music.

Black Sabbath has often been credited with inventing heavy metal with their first album released in 1970.

The Broadway musical has greatly influenced both American and world culture.

Released in 2002, M.

The Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction is a detailed overview of the rich history and achievements of the British espionage story in literature, cinema and television.

The Sex Pistols exploded onto the music scene in 1976, paving the way for the deluge of punk rock that would change the face of modern rock music forever.

For nearly 25 years, Pauline Kael was one of America's most respected, controversial, and talked-about film reviewers.

No band has ever been able to demonstrate the enduring power of rock and roll quite like the Rolling Stones, who continue to enthrall, provoke, and invigorate their legions of fans more than fifty years since they began.

Punk rock has long been equated with the ever-shifting concepts of dissent, disruption, and counter-cultural activities.

Women's Bands in America is the first comprehensive exploration of women's bands across the three centuries in American history.

As millions of Jews immigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe starting in the 1870s, they brought with them not only their religious heritage but also a definitive idea of the place and value of art and aesthetics in society.

Nonfiction films about sports have been around for decades, but the previously neglected subgenre of the documentary has become increasingly popular in the last several years.

Origins and Development of Musical Instruments describes the creation, use, and development of musical instruments from the Old Stone Age to the present day.

Although writers on film music frequently allude to specific parts of scores, comprehensive examinations of entire scores are rare.

Green buildings are better buildings.

By the mid-1920s, Buster Keaton had established himself as one of the geniuses of cinema with such films as Sherlock, Jr.

Since the advent of network television, situation comedies have been a staple of prime-time programming.

The films of Alfred Hitchcock are appreciated for a variety of reasons, including the many memorable villains who menace the protagonists.

From his early shorts in the 1910s through his final film in 1967, Charlie Chaplin's genius embraced many arts: mime, dance, acting, music, writing, and directing.