Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction Dr Kristin Hales

Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction Dr Kristin HalesThis volume explores the depiction of books, libraries and reading in fiction from the medieval period to the present. Its varied case studies address common themes such as gender, genre and the relation between reading and writing itself and examine what fictional representations of reading tell us about changing cultural attitudes to different reading practices.

By drawing on the interdisciplinary expertise of a network of researchers the book demonstrates that current border security regimes of Western states exhibit a high share of bio-political power techniques that originate in European modernity

Underscoring the importance of collaborations at various scales

the only existing intact research library of a scholar prominent in the development of late nineteenth-century American anthropology

While Europe is the continent where access to safe and legal abortion seems to be closest to international medical and health recommendations

the fall of the British Empire came as a profound shock to the British national imagination

He remains the most high-profile politician to cross the floor of the House of Commons in the post-war period

space venturers

Sustainable development and environmental change have become two of the watchwords of the new century

the transformation was never achieved

The essays in this volume explore the relationship between image and use in different contexts

The readers gains a sense of women not only as patrons of architecture

the tragedy of the Amritsar massacre