Series: Bloomsbury Revelations

Brecht on Theatre is a seminal work that has remained the classic text for readers and students wanting a rich appreciation of the development of Brecht's thinking on theatre and aesthetics. First published in 1964 and on reading lists ever since, Brecht's writings are presented in this definitive edition featuring the wholly revised, re-edited and expanded text produced for the...

In this landmark text by one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, Gilles Deleuze takes the paintings of Francis Bacon as his object of study. The book presents a deep engagement with Bacon's work and the nature of art. Deleuze analyses the distinctive innovations that came to mark Bacon's style: the isolation of the figure, the violation...

Since its publication in 1974, Power has consolidated its reputation as a classic work and a major reference point within social and political theory by assessing the main debates about how to conceptualise and study power. New to the Revelations series, this revised edition presents a brand new introduction by Steven Lukes on the nature of the power debate in...

Since its publication in 1974, Power has consolidated its reputation as a classic work and a major reference point within social and political theory by assessing the main debates about how to conceptualise and study power. New to the Revelations series, this revised edition presents a brand new introduction by Steven Lukes on the nature of the power debate in...

'This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues — its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of what Englishmen in the hey-day of their empire thought and felt about their country's past.' The...

Even before the publication of his masterwork, John Henry Newman had been regarded as one of the most important religious thinkers of the 19th Century. His decision in 1845 to leave his Anglicanism behind and convert to the Roman Catholic faith was one that rocked the Victorian establishment at a time when virulent anti-Catholic feeling ran high. It was in...

Desiderius Erasmus (1466/9-1536) was the most renowned scholar of his age, a celebrated humanist and Classicist, and the first teacher of Greek at Cambridge. An influential figure in the Protestant Reformation, though without ever breaking from the Church himself, he satirised both human folly and the corruption of the Church. Martin Luther (1483-1546) was the founder of the German Reformation....

In Film Fables, Jacques Rancière turns his critical eye to the history of modern cinema. Combining an extraordinary breadth of analysis with an attentiveness to detail born from an obvious love of cinema, Rancière shows us new ways of looking at and interpreting film. His analysis moves effortlessly from Eisenstein and Murnau's transition from theatre to film to Fritz Lang's...

Henri Lefebvre is widely recognized as one of the most influential social theorists of the Twentieth Century. His writings on cities, everyday life, and the production of space have become hugely influential across Cultural Studies, Sociology, Geography and Architecture. Key Writings presents the full range of Lefebvre's thought in a single volume. The selection of essays spanning 1933 to 1990...

No one has had a greater influence on acting as we know it than Stanislavski. His 'method'—or interpretations of it—has become the central force determining almost every performance we see on stage or screen. In My Life in Art, Stanislavski recalls his theatrical career, from his early experiences in Rubinstein's Russian Musical Society to his final triumphs with Chekhov at...

‘A series of dazzling case studies exploring the idea of lateness in a range of composers, writers and artists' - London Review of Books ‘Gracefully unquiet, probing and wise ... Said's own elegiac masterpiece of late style' - Financial Times ‘What Said stands for - critical intelligence, high art and the preservation of the language - must be at the...

Is there a blocked vegetarian in your life? In this second edition of her bold and original book, Carol J. Adams offers real-life advice that vegetarians and vegans can use to defuse any situation where their food choices come under attack. She suggests viewing meat eaters as blocked, and their responses to vegans and vegetarians as signs of what keeps...

The Modes of Modern Writing tackles some of the fundamental questions we all encounter when studying or reading literature, such as: what is literature? What is realism? What is the relationship between form and content? And what dictates the shifts in literary fashions and tastes? In answering these questions, the book examines texts by a wide range of modern novelists...

Now published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, this is a classic work on the power and importance of drama by renowned American playwright, screenwriter, and essayist David Mamet. In this short but arresting series of essays, David Mamet explains the necessity, purpose, and demands of drama. A celebration of the ties that bind art to life, Three Uses of the...

Published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series and featuring a new preface by the author, this classic biography by acclaimed historian Richard Overy takes the reader on a chilling journey into the heart of Hitler's inner circle. Goering was Hitler's most loyal supporter, his designated successor, and the second most powerful man in the Third Reich. As one of the main...

"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues — its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of what Englishmen in the hey-day of their empire thought and felt about their country's past." The...

Is it ever right to target civilians in a time of war? Or do the ends sometimes justify the means? The twentieth century—the age of 'total war'—marked the first time that civilian populations came to be seen as legitimate military targets. At this policy's most terrible extreme came the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but it...

Evolution and Conversion explores the main tenets of René Girard's thought in a series of dialogues. Here, Girard reflects on the evolution of his thought and offers striking new insights on topics such as violence, religion, desire, and literature. His long argument is a historical one, in which the origin of culture and religion is reunited in the contemporary world...

As relevant as it was at the time of publication, this landmark work remains timely and urgent in demonstrating how to examine questions of race, politics and crime in contemporary society. A formative text in cultural studies and criminology, Policing the Crisis shows the relevance of conjunctural analysis to the current emergence of forms of authoritarian populist politics. Examining the...

The World Crisis is considered by many to be Winston S. Churchill’s literary masterpiece. Published across five volumes between 1923 and 1931, Churchill here tells the story of The Great War, from its origins to the long shadow it cast on the following decades. At once a history and a first-hand account of Churchill’s own involvement in the war, The...

In this classic work of music theory, Adorno critiques two major composers, Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky, whom he presents as dialectically opposed to one another in terms of their musical styles, techniques, and directions. Adorno’s readings, especially of Schoenberg, continue to cause controversy and disagreement among musicians, music lovers, and philosophers today. As always with Adorno, a wide range...

The World Crisis is considered by many to be Winston S. Churchill’s literary masterpiece. Published across five volumes between 1923 and 1931, Churchill here tells the story of The Great War, from its origins to the long shadow it cast on the following decades. At once a history and a first-hand account of Churchill’s own involvement in the war, The...

First performed in 458 BC, Aeschylus's trilogy of plays, known collectively as The Oresteia, remains perhaps the great masterpiece of Ancient tragic drama. Telling the bloody story of the House of Atreus, Aeschylus's tragedy stages an eternal debate about justice and revenge that remains relevant more than two millennia later. Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series in this classic...

The World Crisis is considered by many to be Winston S. Churchill’s literary masterpiece. Published across five volumes between 1923 and 1931, Churchill tells the story of The Great War, from its origins to the long shadow it cast on the following decades. At once a history and a first-hand account of Churchill’s own involvement in the war, The World...

States and Markets should be read by every student of international political economy. - International Relations Theory. Susan Strange was one of the most influential international relations scholars of the latter half of the twentieth century. She is regarded by many as the creator of the discipline of international political economy (IPE) and leaves behind an impressive body of work....

Unquestionably the most authoritative, balanced, readable, and meticulously documented introduction to the Third Reich. - International History Review Sir Ian Kershaw is regarded by many as the world’s leading authority on Hitler and the Third Reich. Known for his clear and accessible style when dealing with complex historical issues, his work has redefined the way we look at this period...

Creating A Role is the third book—alongside the international bestseller An Actor Prepares and Building A Character—in the series of influential translations that introduced Stanislavski's acting 'system' to the English-speaking world. Here Stanislavski describes the elaborate preparation that an actor must undergo before the actual performance itself. Now published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series to mark the 150th anniversary of...

In this landmark work of animal rights activism, Carol J. Adams—the bestselling author of The Sexual Politics of Meat—explores the intersections and common causes of feminism and the defence of animals. Neither Man nor Beast explores the common link between cultural attitudes towards women and animals in modern Western culture that have enabled the systematic exploitation of both. A vivid...