The heat of Beowulf

The heat of BeowulfThe heat of Beowulf reexamines the aesthetics of the longest surviving Old English poem through the poetics of twentieth century poets Jack Spicer, arguing that the aesthetics of Beowulf entangle vulnerable human corporeality in the non human world, rendering perceptible what otherwise remains insensible.

This ground-breaking study

one which explores the development of a technologically enabled planetary brain capable of coordinating ecological functions and peering far into the future and universe

The Architecture of the Screen examines the relationship between the visual language of film and the onscreen perception of space and architectural design

many publications about this subject rely on discipline-dependent distinctions to discuss the activity’s function

Key text for OU course: From Enlightenment to Romanticism

photographers and artists from around the world who have each responded to the theme in their own unique way

as spaces where the sociopolitical identities of communities and individuals are confronted and shaped

exhibitions and images) and charts some of the vociferous challenges to such histories that have emerged over recent years

In an original philosophical approach

the Directory of World Cinema: Latin America offers a comprehensive overview of the region's diverse films

This book provides that vocabulary

consumerism is the prevalent ideology of our time