Avant-garde to New Wave

Avant-garde to New WaveThe cultural liberalization of communist Czechoslovakia in the 1960s produced many artistic accomplishments, not least the celebrated films of the Czech New Wave. This movement saw filmmakers use their new freedom to engage with traditions of the avant garde, especially Surrealism. This book explores the avant garde's influence over the New Wave and considers the political implications of that influence. The close analysis of selected films, ranging

Bulent Gokay examines Turkey’s recent remarkable political and economic transformation within the context of broader regional and global change to offer new insight into the functioning of Turkey’s political economy and the successes and failures of its ruling party’s economic management

It reveals the social depth of opposition to the Stuarts and the Church of England

value(s) and sustainability

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and popular at the time as Goldman's-are virtually unknown today

A history of poisoning in the nineteenth century and in particular the case of Dr William Palmer

and practicing in a convenient care clinic

the castle burns to the ground—but its mystery remains

Bongmba argues that when properly explored and understood

In this provocative and in-depth history of several decades of recent Buffalo city politics

detection and spot spraying of weeds

this book seeks to recover literary criticism's humanistic mission