« En casa piensan que soy demasiado antibritánico, pero no es verdad, no lo siento así. Reconozco que tienen un huevo de virtudes. España es un país con miles y miles de defectos y diez virtudes. El Reino Unido tiene mile...
Descubre de la mano de Michael Robinson el lado humano del deporte. El deporte es una parte muy importante de nuestras vidas, ya seamos simples aficionados o modestos practicantes. El deporte y los deportistas atraviesan por momentos dolorosos y solidario...
The rise of the Art Nouveau style across Continental Europe and the US in all forms of art was remarkable and is explored in this beautifully illustrated book. Discussing the movement first as a whole, then from the angle of the graphic arts and finally...
Shell-Shocked British Army Veterans in Ireland, 1918-39: A difficult homecoming, tells the story of Irish veterans of the First World War who suffered from psychoneurotic ailments as a result of war service. Relying on previously untouched and newly relea...
Arguably the greatest artist of the Baroque period, Peter Paul Rubens was an accomplished painter and draughtsman, as well as a valued diplomat. This accessible examination of his life and work looks at every aspect of Rubens's oeuvre; from his commission...
Bringing to life the gorgeous, inspiring art of Monet, Manet, Renoir, Pissarro and their group, Impressionists takes the reader back to Nineteenth Century Paris to explore one of the most influential, and popular art movements in the history of painting....
Quick introduction, and packed with illustration the Masterpieces of Art focuses on the popular work of Hiroshige and Hokusai whose visions of waves and Mount Fuji have dominated the popular imagination for over 200 years.
The Music of the Streets is Michael Robinson's second collection of poetry. His first, The Tiger in the Vineyard , was published by Ginninderra Press in 2015. Poems in this collection (or earlier drafts of them) have appeared in the following print...
French artist Edgar Degas was famous for his drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking. Although a member of the Impressionists, with Monet, Pissaro and Renoir his work focused on indoor subjects, particularly his acutely observed pieces on ballerinas....
The Tiger in the Vineyard is a collection shaped by wide personal experience of pressing social issues. The poems reflect a commitment to verse that is lucid, structured, accessible and vivid and draws on its tradition, and a deeply felt concern for the...
In this volume Strindbergâs accomplishments as a dramatist are set against his achievements in other fields, as an autobiographer, painter, letter writer and theatre director. There are studies of individual plays, in which Strindberg&ac...
This copiously annotated bibliography documents and examines the whole range of commentary on Strindberg's works and activity in many fields besides the plays for which he is internationally best known. These include his prose fiction and poetry, his...