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Readers and Texts, from the Fourteenth Century to the PresentThis is the first account of Dante&'s reception in English to address full chronological span of that process. Individual authors and periods have been studied before, but Dante&'s British Public takes a wider and longer view, using a selection of vivid and detailed case studies to record...

Film, Music, and Sound from M*A*S*H to A Prairie Home CompanionAmerican director Robert Altman (1925-2006) first came to national attention with the surprise blockbuster M*A*S*H (1970), and he directed more than thirty feature films in the subsequent decades. Critics and scholars have noted that music is central to Altman&'s films, and in addition...

Everyday Politics in the Wake of Total WarBeing a good citizen under Stalin meant taking an active part in political rituals, such as elections, parades, festive meetings, political information sessions, and subscriptions to state bonds. In Stalin&'s Citizens, Serhy Yekelchyk examines how ordinary citizens came to embrace some parts of this...

Providing detailed commentary of unrivalled quality on the process of civil litigation, this is the only major civil work to adopt a narrative approach based on the chronology of a claim. Written by a team of expert practitioners and academics, it provides authoritative analysis on the process of civil litigation from commencement of a claim to...

The Winding Road from the Late Teens Through the TwentiesIn recent decades, the lives of people in their late teens and twenties have changed so dramatically that a new stage of life has developed. In his provocative work, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett has identified the period of emerging adulthood as distinct from both the adolescence that precedes it...

The new edition of the bestselling Blackstone&'s Magistrates&' Court Handbook provides a complete practical guide for the busy practitioner. Incorporating essential extracts from the Magistrates&' Court Sentencing Guidelines, it offers all you need in one trustworthy source. Covering all the key aspects of magistrates&' court practice, the book...