The Reading Figure in Irish Art in the Long Nineteenth Century

The Reading Figure in Irish Art in the Long Nineteenth CenturyThis book examines Irish portraits during the long nineteenth century in which figures read or hold a book. Reading fiction was cast as unmanly, while silent reading allowed women of means to read widely and privately. Portraits of such women helped construct the idea of the New Woman in Ireland.

both within and outside of academia

emerged in the 1870s and underpinned the change from classical economics to modern (micro)economics

and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – are discussed with reference to their relationship to tech-noir and one another

art history and other fields to challenge and expand concepts of Islamic architecture

Investigates the social contradictions

The first part of a three-volume work devoted to mapping the transnational history of Australian film studies

including interactive games

this is a significant work for use in the study of Modern Languages or film

The book approaches performance art from a pedagogical aspect

The postwar period in Australian history was rife with critical debate over notions of nation-building

and the effects of mediation on nanotechnology and electronic literature

In a highly readable and engaging style