A Theory of Thrills, Sublime and Epiphany in Literature

A Theory of Thrills, Sublime and Epiphany in LiteratureA psychological explanation of goosebumps and tears, of the epiphanic experience of seeing something ordinary in a profoundly new way, and of the overwhelming perception of the sublime. These experiences found in life and literature involve a feeling of coming to know something deeply important but impossible to describe.

The monograph gives an overview of the development and characteristic features of Swedish Gothic from the Romantic age until today

Although many of the directors interviewed here have ventured successfully into the terrain of fiction

Reading Adaptations provides an original introduction to the widespread and extremely popular practice of stage adaptation in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

This is a penetrating and up-to-date account of one of the dramatic aspects of 20th-century history

interdisciplinary perspective on the importance of detailed rules to many of the world’s ethical traditions

in post-war England

diversity and fragility of a recognisably modern self

economists and educationalists

Centuries of reading and writing practice have made us Homo typographicus

and those who work behind the scenes all share how they are taking action and creating change

encouraging viewers to expand their perceptions to begin to understand the bigger picture

the play deals with topics of enduring fascination such as sexual and financial greed