Chambers kicks off this collection of essays about Beyoncé with a reflection on how the superstar’s achievements are paving the way for future generations. In these deeply personal pieces, contributors express their admiration for the singer’s talent and impact on society. Warner, Andrea.Buffy S...
War of WordsCulture and the Mass Media in theMaking of the Cold War in Europeedited by Judith Devlin andChristoph Hendrik MullerWar of Words is a volume of essays by leadingscholars on the role of propaganda, mass mediaand culture in the development of the Cold Warin Europe. The powers th...
InDenial of DeathErnest Becker describes the essential human dilemma — the existential contradiction — at the core of our nature: we imagine infinity with our minds (our symbolic constructs are endless), even though our physical bodies are food for worms. Much poetry today engages with anxiety,...
like brief prose anecdotes told in a bar but the apparent normality is edged with disorientation, menace and anxiety. We slip over the edge in an instant and look to recover our balance but can’t quite. The world has gone, leaving behind a comical void....
Jonathan Griffin. The instability of this strange and compelling work in its various original versions is mirrored by the three critical essays in the present work, which do not always see eye to eye. It is thirty years since Jonathan Griffin died and nearly fifty years since Pierre Rouve’s...