This work attempts a re-reading of Peckinpah's films by applying recent scholarship on the Gothic to understand better one distinctive approach he used in his critique of American institutions. It…

First published in 1970 by Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature, the novel tells the story of 11-year-old Pecola Breedlove, the nightmare at the heart of her…

Forced by constant physical abuse at school, young Stanley decided that he had to take desperate actions to escape his situation. Without any of his family knowing anything at all…

Examines the cultural, historical, and ideological factors influencing British cinema during World War II and the postwar years, with attention to male-female relationships as well as to utopian desires for…

Explores the relevance of Romero’s films within American cultural traditions and explains the potency of such work beyond ‘splatter movie’ models.

Best of 2000 AD is the milestone new quarterly graphic novel series, bursting with stories hand-curated for a whole new generation of readers who may never have picked up 2000…

Raymond Williams (1921-1988) was one of the most original and influential thinkers of the post-war period. Many know him for his work on mass culture and his left-wing literary criticism…