Proposing a new approach to Jamesian aesthetics, Daniel Hannah examines the complicated relationship between Henry James's impressionism and his handling of 'the public.' Hannah challenges solely phenomenological or pictorial accounts of literary impressionism, instead foregrounding James's treatment of the word 'impression' as a mediatory unit that both resists and accommodates invasive publicity. Thus even as he envisages a breakdown between public and private at the end of the nineteent...

The instability of modernist form has everything to do with the social, political, and economic shakeups of the nineteenth century that left masculinity a site of contestation, racial anxiety, homophobic paranoia, performative display, and queer desire. Refusing to take white masculinity for granted, Daniel Hannah considers how the canonical novels of modernist fiction explore the ways that privilege is propped up and driven by factors of race, place, gender, and sexuality.Quee...

“I raced through Do Not Disturb. Douglas is one of few thriller writers who combines shocking twists effortlessly, and beautifully, with sensitive explorations of family dynamics. I loved it and can't wait to see what she does next.” — Gillian McAllister, New York Times bestselling author of Anything You Do SayFrom the award-winning author of The Sisters, Local Girl Missing and Last Seen Alive, comes ataut psycho...

In Christian Thought in America: A Brief History, Daniel Ott and Hannah Schell offer a short, accessible overview of the history of Christian thought in America, from the Puritans and other colonials to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Moving chronologically, each chapter addresses a historical segment, focusing on key movements and figures and tracing general trends and developments. While many texts offer a detailed history of Christianity in the American context, few focus on ...

This handbook addresses the methodological problems and theoretical challenges that arise in attempting to understand and represent humour in specific historical contexts across cultural history. It explores problems involved in applying modern theories of humour to historically-distant contexts of humour and points to the importance of recognising the divergent assumptions made by different academic disciplines when approaching the topic. It explores problems of terminology, identificatio...

A love story, about flu.It's January 1969, the winter after the summer of love, and Jill and David's fledgling relationship is about to be put to test by the outbreak of Hong Kong Flu. As they huddle under blankets together, full of flu, neither of them is aware of how this moment will impact them in both the near and distant future.Over five episodes, we follow Jill’s story across five decades as she struggles with the highs and lows of life, love and vira...

In "Aromatics and the Soul: A Study of Smells," Daniel McKenzie embarks on an exploration of the complex interplay between scent and human emotion, weaving together insights from psychology, anthropology, and sensory studies. This enlightening work adopts a lyrical yet analytical literary style, inviting readers into a rich tapestry of historical and cultural narratives surrounding the significance of aromas. McKenzie deftly navigates the intricate relationship between olfaction and identi...

From the nanoscale to the planetary, Issue 99 goes on an adventure across space and time:In the Top End, David Hancock documents ancient rock art as it’s renewed by a new generation of people on Country.From the shores of Botany Bay, Drew Rooke reports on the epic bird migrations turning avian science on its head.Ella Finkel documents a decade of brainwaves in neuroscience, a field already being revolutionised by AI.Plus zombies in real life, t...

Brought to you by Penguin.Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick is a loner who collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda, whom he watches from afar. When he wins the pools, he buys a remote Sussex country house and painstakingly works to make the cellar a comfortable prison. He then calmly abducts Miranda, believing that she will inevitably grow to love him in time if she just gets to know h...

Cosmos Weekly is the place for conversations, debates, discussions and insights into the science that changes our lives, where working scientists explain how they came to be where they are, and what hopes and breakthroughs keep them forging on.

This is Issue 96 of Cosmos, a quarterly science magazine. Produced by The Royal Institution of Australia, Cosmos aims to inspire curiosity in 'The Science of Everything' and make the world of science accessible to everyone.

The world is changing and Issue 101 is here to ask the burning questions:How did we get here, where are we going, and how can science guide us to make the right choices?Bianca Nogrady charts the way data is helping Australia negotiate its relationship with fire.Clare Watson takes a hard look at Big Pharma and explores alternative drug development initiatives that put people over profit.Up in Arnhem Land David Han...