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Lost Objects of Desire

The Performances of Jeremy Irons

By: Mark Nicholls

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Lost Objects of Desire

The Performances of Jeremy Irons

By: Mark Nicholls

This first book-length critical study of Jeremy Irons concentrates on his key performances and acting style. Through the analysis of some of the major screen roles in Irons's career, such as Brideshead Revisited, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Reversal of Fortune, Swann in Love, Dead Ringers and Lolita, Mark Nicholls identifies a new masculine identity that unites them: an emblematic figure of the 1980s and 1990s presented as an alternative to the action hero or the common man. Using clear explanations of complex theoretical ideas, this book investigates Jeremy Irons's performances through the lens of sexual inversion and social rebellion, to uncover an entirely original but recognizable screen type.

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Berghahn Books

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0857454439

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9780857454430

Sir Walter Raleigh

In Life and Legend

By: Mark Nicholls,Penry Williams

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Sir Walter Raleigh

In Life and Legend

By: Mark Nicholls,Penry Williams

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414

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A&C Black

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144111209X

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9781441112095

Woman Much Missed

Thomas Hardy, Emma Hardy, and Poetry

By: Mark Ford

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Woman Much Missed

Thomas Hardy, Emma Hardy, and Poetry

By: Mark Ford

Woman Much Missed is the first book-length study of the many poems (over 150) that Thomas Hardy composed in the wake of the death of his first wife Emma in November of 1912. Mark Ford uses these poems to develop a narrative of their four-year courtship on the remote and romantic coast of Cornwall where they met, and then follows Thomas's poetic recreation of the slow degeneration of their marriage and their embittered final decade. Ford shows how Emma's writings and experiences during this time were fundamental to Thomas's evolution into both a best-selling novelist and into one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. Although for over a decade the marriage between Thomas and Emma had been troubled, and indeed Emma spent much time during her final years secluded in her attic rooms above his study, her death stimulated him to write some of the greatest elegies in English. Twenty-one of these, including masterpieces such as 'The Voice' (which opens 'Woman much missed, how you call to me, call to me') and 'After a Journey' were collected in 'Poems of 1912-13'. While these have received much attention and are often read by school pupils and university students alike, his numerous other poems about Emma have only rarely been discussed. Ford corrects this oversight, providing accessible and insightful readings from a poet's perspective.

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275

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Oxford University Press

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0192886827

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9780192886828

The World Since 1945

An International History

By: P. M. H. Bell,Mark Gilbert

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The World Since 1945

An International History

By: P. M. H. Bell,Mark Gilbert

A masterly synthesis of the history of the contemporary world, The World Since 1945 offers the ideal introduction to the events of the period between the end of the Second World War and the present day. P. M. H. Bell and Mark Gilbert balance a clear narrative with in-depth analysis to guide the reader through the aftermath of the Second World War, the Cold War, decolonization, Détente and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, up to the on-going ethnic strife and political instability of the 21st century. The new edition has been thoroughly revised to fully reflect developments in the history and historiography of the post-war world, and features five new chapters on the post-Cold War world, covering topics including: - The rise and fall of American hegemony - The decline of Europe - The rise of Asia - Political Islam as a global force - The role of human rights The World Since 1945 challenges us to better understand what happened and why in the post-war period and shows the ways in which the past continues to exercise a profound influence on the present. It is essential reading for any student of contemporary history.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472534425

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9781472534422

Genocide in the Age of the Nation State

Volume 2: The Rise of the West and the Coming of Genocide

By: Mark Levene

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Genocide in the Age of the Nation State

Volume 2: The Rise of the West and the Coming of Genocide

By: Mark Levene

Most books on genocide consider it primarily as a twentieth-century phenomenon. In The Rise of the West and the Coming of Genocide, Levene argues that this approach fails to grasp its true origins. Genocide developed out of modernity and the striving for the nation-state, both essentially Western experiences. It was European expansion into all hemispheres between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries that provided the main stimulus to its pre-1914 manifestations. One critical outcome, on the cusp of modernity, was the French revolutionary destruction of the Vendée. Levene finishes this volume at the 1914 watershed with the destabilising effects of the 'rise of the West' on older Ottoman, Chinese, Russian and Austrian empires. "Very impressive" - Eric Hobsbawm

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470

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857712896

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9780857712899

Bleating Hearts

The Hidden World of Animal Suffering

By: Mark Hawthorne

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Bleating Hearts

The Hidden World of Animal Suffering

By: Mark Hawthorne

Comprehensive and hard-hitting, Bleating Hearts examines the world’s vast exploitation of animals, from the food, fashion, and research industries to the use of other species for sport, war, entertainment, religion, labor and pleasure. ,

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John Hunt Publishing

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1780998503

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9781780998503

Heinemann GCSE Music

By: Mark Phillips

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Heinemann GCSE Music

By: Mark Phillips

Providing audio CDs with relevant excerpts and a CD-ROM with supporting files, this pack offers an integrated approach to the requirements of performing, composing, listening and appraising for Key Stage 4. The pack also offers a copy of the student book and a teacher's resource file.

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168

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Heinemann

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0435813188

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9780435813185

Ireland's 1916 Rising

Explorations of History-Making, Commemoration & Heritage in Modern Times

By: Mark McCarthy

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Ireland's 1916 Rising

Explorations of History-Making, Commemoration & Heritage in Modern Times

By: Mark McCarthy

In light of its upcoming centenary in 2016, the time seems ripe to ask: why, how and in what ways has memory of Ireland’s 1916 Rising persisted over the decades? In pursuing answers to these questions, which are not only of historical concern, but of contemporary political and cultural importance, this book breaks new ground by offering a wide-ranging exploration of the making and remembrance of the story of 1916 in modern times. It draws together the interlocking dimensions of history-making, commemoration and heritage to reveal the Rising’s undeniable influence upon modern Ireland’s evolution, both instantaneous and long-term. In addition to furnishing a history of the tumultuous events of Easter 1916, which rattled the British Empire’s foundations and enthused independence movements elsewhere, Ireland’s 1916 Rising mainly concentrates on illuminating the evolving relationship between the Irish past and present. In doing so, it unearths the far-reaching political impacts and deep-seated cultural legacies of the actions taken by the rebels, as evidenced by the most pivotal episodes in the Rising’s commemoration and the myriad varieties of heritage associated with its memory. This volume also presents a wider perspective on the ways in which conceptualisations of heritage, culture and identity in Westernised societies are shaped by continuities and changes in politics, society and economy. In a topical conclusion, the book examines the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to the Garden of Remembrance in 2011, and looks to the Rising’s 100th anniversary by identifying the common ground that can be found in pluralist and reconciliatory approaches to remembrance.

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Routledge

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1317112873

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9781317112877

The Third Man

Insight Text Guide

By: Mark Desmond Nicholls,Scott Hurley,Geoffrey Heard

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The Third Man

Insight Text Guide

By: Mark Desmond Nicholls,Scott Hurley,Geoffrey Heard

Context and background - Genre, style and structure - Characters and relationships - Themes and issues - Scene-by-scene analysis__

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1920693157

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Book's by Mark Desmond Nicholls

Lost Objects of Desire

Lost Objects of Desire

Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh

Woman Much Missed

Woman Much Missed

The World Since 1945

The World Since 1945

Genocide in the Age of the Nation State

Genocide in the Age of the Nation State

Bleating Hearts

Bleating Hearts

Heinemann GCSE Music

Heinemann GCSE Music

Ireland's 1916 Rising

Ireland's 1916 Rising

The Third Man

The Third Man

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