Literary Collections : Essays

Spanning all fields of law and drawing on human rights law and practice worldwide, these essays include analyses of the Human Rights Act and Scotland Act, human rights and the law of crime, property, employment, family and private life. more...

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Images of the Street subjects the street to sustained critical scrutiny, enriching and extending our understanding of the making and meaning of urban space. more...

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In the 1960s, Christopher Isherwood gave an unprecedented series of lectures at California universities on the theme ÒA Writer and His World.Ó During this time Isherwood, who would liberate the memoir and become the founding father of modern gay writing, spoke openly for the first time about his craftÑon writing for film, theater, and novelsÑand on spirituality. Isherwood on Writing brings these public addresses together to reveal a distinctlyÑand surprisinglyÑAmerican Isherwood. Given at a critical time in IsherwoodÕs career, these lectures mark the era when he turned from fiction to memoir. In free-flowing, wide-ranging discussions, he reflects on such topics as why writers write, what makes a novel great, and what influenced his own work. Isherwood talks about his working relationship with W. H. Auden; his literary friendships with E. M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, Stephen Spender, Aldous Huxley, and Somerset Maugham; and his work in the film industry in London and Hollywood. He also explores uncharted territory in candid comments on his own work, something not contained in his diaries. Isherwood on Writing uncovers an important and often-misunderstood time in IsherwoodÕs life in America. The lectures present, in James J. BergÕs words, Òan example of a man, comfortable in his own sexuality and self, trying to talk about himself and his own life in a society that is not yet ready to hear the whole story.Ó more...

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The ten essays in this lively anthology move beyond a purely historical consideration of Latin American philosophy to cover recent developments in political and social philosophy as well as innovations in the reception of key philosophical figures from the European Continental tradition. Topics such as indigenous philosophy, multiculturalism, the philosophy of race, democracy, postmodernity, the role of women, and the position of Latin America and Latin Americans in a global age are explored by notable philosophers from the region. An introduction by Eduardo Mendieta examines recent trends and points to the social, political, economic, and cultural conditions that have inspired the discipline. Latin American Philosophy brings English-speaking readers up to date with recent scholarship and points to promising new directions. more...

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Marxist Shakespeares uses the rich analytic resources of the Marxist tradition to look at Shakespeare's plays afresh. more...

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