This book explores Shakespeare’s presence in the American cultural imaginary at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It traces how his texts are disseminated and reassembled in contemporary TV shows…

Elisabeth Bronfen examines Sylvia Plath’s poetry, her novel The Bell Jar, her shorter fiction as well as her autobiographical texts, in the context of the resilient Plath-Legend that has grown…

If ever an art ? museum is transformed into a fashion show, then Sylvie Fleury definitely is the guest. For around twenty-five years, the artist has wittily ? explored gender…

Dreamscapes is a long-term artistic project of Swiss photographer Dominic Buttner, in which he is recording actual performances at night, both in natural and built environments. Bearing a torch, he…

Best known as the photographer for the 1990s Marlboro Man (as appropriated by Richard Prince), Hannes Schmid (born 1946) has been active for decades in various genres of photography–principally fashion…