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High Culture, Popular Culture
"In this provocative analysis, Goodall challenges the current dominance of the contemporary and the popular in cultural studies. He argues that culture should be treated as an historical term, and traces the debate between high culture and popular culture in industrialised society from the 18th century to the present day." "Goodall then locates the debate in Australia, arguing that it is of particular relevance to a postcolonial society. More than any other modern culture, Australia has sought its identity in its sense of struggle between populism and elitism." "Finally, Goodall broaches the contentious topic of the relationship between the 'new' cultural studies and the 'old' humanities. Rather than simply defending one and denigrating the other, he points the way to a more productive relationship."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Early Modern Autobiography
Why, and in what ways, did late medieval and early modern English people write about themselves, and what was their understanding of how "selves" were made and discussed? This collection goes to the heart of current debate about literature and autobiography, addressing the contentious issues of what is meant by early modern autobiographical writing, how it was done, and what was understood by self-representation in a society whose groupings were both elaborate and highly regulated. Early Modern Autobiography considers the many ways in which autobiographical selves emerged from the late medieval period through the seventeenth century, with the aim of understanding the interaction between thos...
Apollonius of Tyre
A comparative study of one of the most familiar stories in medieval romance (used by Gower, Shakespeare, etc.), from late Antiquity into the Renaissance.
A Killer Groove
In the rock and roll business, death promotes a hit song almost as well as sex. But trying to murder the entire band is taking things too far. Someone is killing off hard rockers Constant Black one by one, and while the band's social media profile is going through the roof, it's running out of musicians. Lukas Boston has to find out who is targeting the band, where the priceless tapes of a secret recording session are hidden, and avoid a pair of homicidal drug dealers. Lukas is pulled into a violent world of sex, drugs, rock'n'roll and murder. Fortunately, he's quite good at that sort of thing. Be warned, bass players are expendable.
Covert Operations
Annotation. Here, Karma Lochrie brings the categories and cultural meanings of secrecy in the Middle Ages out into the open. Lochrie examines various types of secrecy and the literary texts in which they are played out.
