Courting Disaster Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge

Courting Disaster Popular beliefs and controversial knowledgeDrawing parallels with the #MeToo movement, this book explores how a series of brilliant female authors in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries cleverly used the novel as a vehicle for ground breaking discussions about consent.

This is the first detailed exploration of the history of autism in the UK

to further a civilized future of peace

understands the perils of what’s to come should she not find a husband

and the ability to make informed judgements

it shows how artists in Ireland creatively responded to the urban environment where they lived and worked

Woman’s Way is explored alongside the lesser-known titles Woman’s View

“Four Augustan Science Poets: Abraham Cowley

Fight back examines the different ways punk – as a youth/subculture – may provide space for political expression and action

or as a specific group to be identified with

questioning the romantic images of the commodity offered in marketing campaigns

and its injurious effects

offering a lively account of what has made them valuable and provocative over many viewings