Harry Potter
The Books, The Films, The Cultural Phenomenon
by Jeremy Robinson
A new critical study of Harry Potter,
the Harry Potter cultural phenomenon, the Harry Potter books,
the Harry Potter films and the Harry Potter franchise.
This new critical analysis explores the
Harry Potter cultural phenomenon, the most remarkable event publishing
of the past ten, twenty, thirty or more years. Since 1997, J.K. Rowling's
books have sold nearly 200 million copies, selling more than Stephen King,
John Grisham and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Bibliography, notes, illustrations 142pp ISBN 1-86171-058-5 £15.99 / $25.00
Provisional publication date: June 7, 2004
J.R.R. Tolkien
by Jeremy Robinson
A new critical study of J.R.R. Tolkien,
creator of Middle-earth and author of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit
and other books.
This new book draws on contemporary cultural
theory and analysis and offers a sceptical but sympathetic and illuminating
account of the Tolkien phenomenon. This book is designed to appeal to the
general reader (and viewer) of Tolkien: it is written in a clear, jargon-free
and easily-accessible style.
Bibliography, notes, illustrations 812pp ISBN 1-86171-057-7 £30.00 / 60.00
Provisional publication date: Jan, 2008
Maurice Sendak and the
Art of Childrenís Book Illustration: Special Edition
by L.M. Poole
This new, special edition has a new introduction, a new bibliography and more illustrations.
Bibliography, notes, illustrations 152pp ISBN 1-86171-061-5 £19.99 / $32.00
forthcoming
Maurice Sendak in Close-Up
by L.M. Poole
Just about the best childrenís book author and illustrator of recent times, if not the most significant, Maurice Sendak ranks alongside Dr Seuss (Theodore Geisel) as one of Americaís biggest talents in the world of childrenís picture books. Now heís having the Hollywood blockbuster treatment, with the release of Where the Wild Are, itís a good time to reappraise the art of this astonishingly inventive book artist.
Art in Close-up Series Bibliography, notes, illustrations 132pp ISBN 1-86171-076-3 £19.99 / $32.00
forthcoming
The Art of Andy Goldsworthy:
The Complete Works: Special
Edition
by William Malpas
An up-to-date appraisal of the contemporary
British sculptor, Andy Goldsworthy, who makes 'land' or 'earth' art.
A new, special edition, including a new
introduction, new bibiliography and many new illustrations
Sculptors Series Notes, b/w
illustrations & bibliography. 355pp New, special 2nd edition
ISBN 1-86171-059-3 £35.00 / $52.50
Richard Long: The Art
of Walking the Landscape: Special Edition
by William Malpas
A new, first edition.
Richard Long walks. This is the central
fact of his art. His work is founded on the art of walking, and on walking
as art. His walks become 'artwalks', artwalks which become artworks. For
Richard Long, (art)walking is (art)working. As he walks he works. He makes
art-walk-works. Art-walking and artworking become interchangeable.
Notes, bibliography, illustrations
New, first editon 422pp ISBN 1-86171-080-1
£75.00 / $112.50
Land Art
A Complete Guide
by William Malpas
This new, special edition includes a new
introduction, a new bibiliography and many new illustrations.
Featuring all the major land artists of
the past 30 years, such as Robert Smithson, Christo, Robert Morris, Walter
de Maria, David Nash, Richard Long, Alice Aycock, Mary Miss, Nancy Holt
and Carl Andre. A study of tunnels, walks, stones, pools, furrows, ladders,
cones, stars, hills, water and steam.
Sculptors Series Illustrations, bibliography,
notes 320pp New, first edition ISBN 1-86171-062-3
£35.00 / $52.50
A huge array of contemporary artists are studied and illustrated in this new book on installation and environmental art.
Art in Close-Up Series Bibliography, notes, illustrations 110pp ISBN 1-86171-053-4 £19.99 / $32.50
now available
The Art of Kurt Jackson: Painting-Sea-Sky-Light-Land-Cornwall
by Jeremy Mark Robinson
This is the first major critical study of the art of Cornish painter Kurt Jackson. Jackson's landscapes have been exhibited widely, and are becoming more popular.
Bibliography, notes, illustrations 165pp ISBN 1-86171-078-X £19.99 / $32.50
forthcoming in early 2008
Sex in Art:
Pornography
and Pleasure in the History of Art and Design: Special Edition
by Cassidy Hughes
A comprehensive and detailed survey of erotic art from ancient times to the modern era.This new, special edition contains many new illustrations (some of which are rare), a new introduction and bibliography.
Bibliography, index, illustrations
New, special edition 224pp ISBN 1-86171-067-4 £29.99
/ $45.00
Frank Stella in Close-Up
by James Pearson
An in-depth exploration of the American abstract painter. Born in 1936, Stella went on to become among Americaís premier contemporary artists. Unlike many 20th century artists, Stella has always worked in abstraction. His art is irrepressible, daring, hugely enjoyable, and refreshingly angst-free.
Art in Close-up Series Bibliography, notes, illustrations 122pp ISBN 1-86171-075-5 £19.99 / $32.00
forthcoming
A new, special edition, with a new introduction and bibliography, and many more illustrations.
Painters Series New, special 3rd edition Illustrations, bibliography, notes 92pp ISBN 1-86171-073-9 £9.99 / $14.50
now available
Mark Rothko in Close-Up
by Julia Davis
This new book surveys all of the work of
the celebrated American painter Mark Rothko up close.
Taking in every period of Rothkoís artistic
career, from the early post-Surrealist figurative works, the ëmultiformí,
cloud-like paintings of the Forties and Fifties, to the mature works: the
big commissions and murals series and the ëRothko Chapelsí in Houston,
Harvard and the Tate Gallery, London. Finally, to the late grey, brown
and black works of the Sixties.
Art in Close-up Series Bibliography, notes, illustrations 119pp ISBN 1-86171-074-7 £19.99 / $32.00
forthcoming
Mark Rothko, the
American Abstract Expressionist painter, is one of the most widely celebrated
of all 20th century artists. His paintings are huge and haunting, marked
by themes of tragedy and transcendence.
A new, special edition, with a new introduction
and bibliography, and many more illustrations.
Painters Series
New, special 3rd edition Illustrations, bibliography, notes
88pp ISBN 1-86171-072-0 £9.99 / $14.50
now available
The Erotic Object in Close-Up:
Sexuality in Sculpture
From Prehistory to the Present Day
by Susan Quinnell
Sculptureís sensual impact is explored in this new critical study, which ranges over the history of sculpture from prehistoric times to contemporary art.
Art in Close-up Series Bibliography,
notes, illustrations 112pp ISBN 1-86171-077-1 £19.99
/ $32.00
now available
The Erotic Object
Sexuality in Sculpture
From Prehistory to the Present: Special Edition
by Susan Quinnell
A new special edition, with many new ilustrations, a new introduction and bibliography.
Illustrations, bibliography, notes
164pp New, special edition ISBN 1-86171-069-0 £19.99
/ $32.00
now available
Sexing Hardy:
Feminism and Gender Studies
in the Work of Thomas Hardy
(new edition)
by Margaret Elvy
This new edition includes a new introduction and a new bibliography.
Extensive bibliography and notes
188pp ISBN 1-86171-065-8 £15.99 / $25.00
now available
Cixous, Irigaray, Kristeva:
The Jouissance
of French Feminist Philosophy
(new edition)
by Kelly Ives
This new edition includes a new introduction
and a new bibliography.
As writers, philosophers, speakers and
feminists, Julia Kristeva, Hélène Cixous and Luce Irigaray
are among the most provocative, subtle and illuminating voices in contemporary
culture.
Full bibliography and notes 148pp
ISBN 1-86171-064-X £15.99 / $25.00
now available
Media Hell: Global Media
Warning
(new edition)
by Oliver Whitehorne
A new edition, including a new bibliography and introduction.
Bibliography, index, illustrations 165pp ISBN 1-86171-068-2 £21.99 / $34.50
forthcoming
Lawrence Durrell:
Between Love and Death,
East and West, Sex and Metaphysics
(new edition)
by Jeremy Robinson
A new edition, with a new introduction
and up-to-date bibliography.
A critical survey of the novelist who
died in 1990. The author studies in detail all of Durrell's work; The
Avignon Quintet, the Tunc and Nunquam novels, the travel
books, the letters, the poetry, and The Alexandria Quartet.Still
critically neglected, this study offers a much-needed new appraisal of
Durrell.
Bibliography, notes 135pp ISBN
1-86171-066-6 £15.99 / $25.00
now available
Sex-Magic-Poetry-Cornwall:
A Flood of Poems
(new edition)
by Peter Redgrove. Edited with an essay by Jeremy Robinson
A marvellous collection of poems by one of Britain's best but underrated poets, Peter Redgrove. This book brings together some of Redgrove's wildest and most passionate works, creating a 'flood' of poetry. A new edition, including a new introduction, new preface and new bibliography.
British Poets Series 75pp
3rd edition, ISBN 1-86171-070-4 £10.99 / $17.00
now available
The Book of Wonders:
The
Best of Peter Redgroveís Poetry
(new edition)
by Peter Redgrove
edited & introduced by Jeremy Robinson
This book gathers together poetry (and
prose) from every stage of Redgrove's career, and every book. It includes
pieces that have only appeared in small presses and magazines, and in uncollected
form.
This new edition includes a new introduction
and bibiliography.
British Poets Series 165pp
ISBN 1-86171-063-1 New, 2nd edition £19.99 / $32.00
now available
In the Dim Void: Samuel
Beckett's Late Trilogy: Company, Ill Seen, Ill Said and Worstward
Ho
(new edition)
by Gregory Johns
A new edition, including a new introduction
and a new bibliography.
This book discusses the luminous beauty
and dense, rigorous poetry of Beckett's late works, Company, Ill Seen,
Ill Said and Worstward Ho.
Bibliography, notes. 88pp ISBN 1-86171-071-2
£7.99 / $12.50
now available
This new collection includes poems taken from the time of the great German poet's New Poems through the Duino Elegies to the last pieces.
European Writers Series Notes & bibliography. 88pp ISBN 1-86171-031-3 £7.99 / $12.50
published in 2003
translated by Michael Hamburger and edited by Jeremy Robinson
The German Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) is one of the very greatest poets of any era. This selection features many of his best odes, poems and hymns, from the whole span of his career.
European Writers Series Notes & bibliography. 88pp ISBN 1-86171-027-5 £7.99 / $12.50
published in 2003
A new study of Sixties post-painterly abstraction, also known as colourfield, ABC, Process, systematic, minimal or 'hard edge' painting. Featuring Louis, Stella, Newman, Rothko, Noland, Frankenthaler, Kelly, Marden, Ryman, Richter, Martin, Mangold, Reinhardt, Klein, Diebenkorn and many others.
Painters Series Notes, illustrations
& bibliography. 136pp ISBN 1-86171-026-7 £14.99 /
$23.50
now available
All the main practitioners and theoreticians of the still-influential 1960s Minimal art are studied here: Donald Judd, Robert Morris, Carl Andre, Frank Stella, Robert Ryman, Robert Smithson, Brice Marden, Dan Flavin, Eva Hesse, Sol LeWitt, and many land artists
Painters Series Notes, b/w and colour
illustrations & bibliography. 260pp ISBN 1-86171-025-9
£35.00 / $52.50
now available
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