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In 1715 the German philosopher Leibniz warned his friend the Princess of Wales of the dangers posed to religion by Newton's ideas. The matter was referred to Newtonian scholar Samuel Clarke and thus began an exchange of papers that became a seminal document in the philosophy of science.

Fifteen introductory but challenging essays on the key aspects of the age of Charlemagne written by many of the top scholars of early medieval Europe. -- .

This is an exceptional collection of essays that looks at the issues of conflict, conversion and coexistence in the religious context since the third century -- .

'New challenges for documentary' provides a major stimulus for teaching about documentary film and television and a fresh encouragement for critical thinking about practive. This second edition brings together many new contributions both from academics and film-makers. -- .

In 1994 the Arts Council of Great Britain brought together a number of theatre directors as part of the City of Drama celebrations. This is a collection of their interviews and discussions, which involved directors such as Peter Brook, Peter Stein, Augusto Boal, Jorge Lavelli and Jonathan Miller.

This text provides original documents which are designed tohelp the reader evaluate claims that World War II introduced a new sense ofsocial solidarity and social idealism which led to a consensus on welfare statereform. -- .

This work sets out to depose the sacred icon of the "eternal bard" and argue for a Shakespeare who meditates and exploits political, cultural and ideological forces. Ten years on, this second edition presents additional essays by Jonathan Dollimore and Alan Sinfield.

There is no other comprehensive introduction to Bakhtin. The book is aimed at arts students - the primary market. Deals extensively with gender issues. -- .

This text surveys the work of 19 of the 20th century's most influential European thinkers, and acts as an introduction to three major movements: phenomenology, critical theory and structuralism. This edition includes a chapter devoted to Julia Kristeva.

This work provides a social history of death from the earliest times to Diana, Princess of Wales. As we discard the 20th century taboo about death, this book charts the story of the way in which our forebears coped with a fundamental aspects of their daily lives.

This edition of the multi-authored text The Witch of Edmonton offers a thorough reconsideration of the text, comprehensive notes and glossary, together with a complete transcription of the original pamphlet by Henry Goodcole.

In the REVELS PLAYS series. An anthology of plays which illustrate the ways in which both theatrical pleasures and social relations complicate the connection between women and plays in early modern drama. The plays are annotated and introduced by McLuskie using contemporary and feminist critical approaches. Aimed at students of Elizabethan drama.