2001
The First World War in Photographs
Foreword Robert Crawford Introduction: The Build Up to War 1914: Not Over By Christmas 1915: The War Sets Hard 1916: Impasse 1917: Mud and Blood 1918: Armistice Aftermath
What the Victorians Did for Us
Introduction Speed Merchants Playing God The Conquerors Pleasure Seekers Health and Happiness Rules of the Game Making It Big Crime and Punishment Places of Interest
History of Punishment and Torture
Introduction Punishment Without Mercy Human Sacrifice Tiberius and Caligula Crucifixion Persecution of Christian Martyrs No Justice for Ancient Slaves Medieval Justice Ordeal by Fire or Water Burnt but Alive Mutilation Torture Chambers Punishment of Women Burning Methods of Execution Pressing Cases Margaret the Martyr Ivan the Terrible French Blood Lust Inquisition The Wrath of Rome …
Molière: The Misanthrope, Tartuffe and Other Plays
Introduction Translator’s Note Select Bibliography A Chronology of Molière Ian Maclean The Plays Explanatory Notes
The Tate Britain Companion to British Art
Foreword Introduction: In Pursuit of Rare Meats 1480-1729 1480-1545 The Eve of Destruction 1545-1660 Self, Fashion and Self-Fashioning 1660-1720 The Missing Link 1720-1800 1720-1760 Rising Expectations 1760-1800 It’s a Small World 1800-1900 1800-1850 The Art of Empire? 1850-1900 Rapid Art Movements 1900-2001 1900-1940 Drastic Winds 1940-2001 Invasion Scares Chronology
Useful Knowledge: The Victorians, Morality and the March of Intellect
Introduction: Knowledge and the Novel Food for Thought: The Dissemination of Knowledge in the Early Nineteenth Century Science in the Popular Novel: Jane Webb Loudon’s The Mummy! The Monstrous Body of Knowledge: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Lessons Learned in Class: Charlotte Brontë’s The Professor The Tailor Transformed: Charles Kingsley’s Alton Locke Destiny as an Unmapped River: …
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Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass Scenes and Songs Notes on a few characters Millions of Alices
Sarah Kane: Complete Plays
Chronology Introduction David Greig
John Godber: Plays 2
Chronology Introduction John Godber, Hull 2000
John Godber: Plays 1
Chronology Introduction John Godber
Feydeau: Plays 1
Chronology Introduction Kenneth McLeish
Performing Shakespeare in Japan
Introduction Minami Ryuta, Ian Carruthers, John Gillies Part I: Early modern and traditional theatre productions What do we mean by ‘Japanese’ Shakespeare? Anzai Tetsuo Japan as ‘half-civilized’: an early Japanese adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and Japan’s construction of its national image in the late nineteenth century Yoshihara Yukari Shakespeare in Kabuki James …