British Academy Lectures 2014-15

Informationen zum Autor Janet Carsten is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at University of Edinburgh. Simon Frith is Tovey Professor of Music at University of Edinburgh. Klappentext British Academy lectures have previously been published in the Proceedings of the British Academy. Lectures are now made available in the new open access Journal of the British Academy. But they will also be printed in an annual volume. This volume publishes lectures from the 2014 and 2015 programmes, which were posted to the Journal in 2015. Zusammenfassung British Academy lectures have previously been published in the Proceedings of the British Academy. Lectures are now made available in the new open access Journal of the British Academy. But they will also be printed in an annual volume. This volume publishes lectures from the 2014 and 2015 programmes, which were posted to the Journal in 2015. Inhaltsverzeichnis Time for Shakespeare: Hourglasses, sundials, clocks, and early modern theatre The novel as therapy: Ministrations of voice in an age of risk Britain and the beginning of Scotland Rivers of Blood: Illustrating violence and virtue in Russia's Early modern empire 'To count for nothing': Poverty beyond the statistics Out of the ashes: Europe's rebirth after the Second World War Reinventing the corporation

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• Authors: Janet (Professor of Social and Cultural A Carsten
• Assisted by: Janet Carsten (Editor), Janet (Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology Carsten (Editor), Carsten Janet (Editor), Simon Frith (Editor), Simon (Tovey Professor of Music Frith (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.02.2016
• EAN: 9780197265987
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726598-7
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: British Academy Lectures Series; Journal of the British Academy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Poverty & unemployment, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Poverty and precarity, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean