Arts Books

New and Published Books

1. The Path Of The Actor

   By Michael Chekhov

   Edited by Andrei A. Kirillov, Bella Merlin

   This is the first English translation of Michael Chekhov’s two-volume autobiography, combining The Path of the Actor (1927) and extensive extracts from his later volume Life and Encounters. Full of illuminating anecdotes and insightful observations involving prominent characters from the MAT and...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
2. Anton Chekhov at the Moscow Art Theatre

   Illustrations of the Original Productions

   Edited by and translated by Vera Gottlieb

   The Moscow Art Theatre is still recognized as having more impact on modern theatre than any company in the world. This lavishly illustrated and beautifully produced facsimile edition of a Russian journal from 1914 documents, photographically, the premieres of all of Anton Chekhov's plays produced...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
3. Audio Power Amplifier Design

   6th Edition

   By Douglas Self

   You are holding the essential book reference for amplifier designers. Douglas Self covers all the design issues of noise, distortion, power supply rejection, protection, reliability, and layout. He describes advanced forms of compensation that give dramatically lower distortion. This edition is...

   Published June 17th 2013 by Focal Press
4. Masculinity in Opera

   Edited by Philip Purvis

   Series: Routledge Research in Music

   This book addresses the ways in which masculinity is negotiated, constructed, represented, and problematized within operatic music and practice. Although the consideration of masculine ontology and epistemology has pervaded cultural and sociological studies since the late 1980s, and masculinity has...

   Published June 9th 2013 by Routledge
5. Corrections and Collections

   Architectures for Art and Crime

   By Joe Day

   America holds more than two million inmates in its prisons and jails, and hosts more than two million daily visits to museums, figures which represent a ten-fold increase in the last twenty-five years. Corrections and Collections explores and connects these two massive expansions in our built...

   Published June 6th 2013 by Routledge
6. Surreal Photography

   Creating The Impossible

   By Daniela Bowker

   Surreal digital photography is not only an enjoyable extension of many enthusiast’s repertoire, but is has firmly established a foothold in the world of art. This book reveals the latest developments in the field and demystifies the techniques used by modern surreal photographers, whether they...

   Published June 4th 2013 by Focal Press
7. Jill Enfield’s Guide to Photographic Alternative Processes

   Popular Historical and Contemporary Techniques

   By Jill Enfield

   As technology advances in the world of photography, a passionate crowd of professionals, students, and hobbyists is returning to the darkroom in search of a more authentic, handmade feel to their art. Jill Enfield’s Guide to Photographic Alternative Processes shows how to do just that. Packed with...

   Published June 4th 2013 by Focal Press
8. Core Training For The Relational Actor

   By Alison Hodge

   Alison Hodge is one of the most original actor-trainers working today. Founder of the international The Quick and the Dead ensemble, she has developed a uniquely embodied and relational approach to acting and live performance. Core Training encourages a profound awareness of actors’...

   Published June 2nd 2013 by Routledge
9. International Dictionary of Music Therapy

   Edited by Kevin Kirkland

   The therapeutic uses of music can vary greatly from one part of a country to the next, from one therapist to the next and across national and continental lines. This groundbreaking work is the first to bring together the expertise of an international array of contributors into one resource. The...

   Published June 2nd 2013 by Routledge
10. Landscapes of Holocaust Postmemory

    By Brett Ashley Kaplan

    Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

    How do the spaces of the past stay with us through representations—whether literary or photographic? How has the Holocaust registered in our increasingly globally connected consciousness? What does it mean that this European event is often used as an interpretive or representational touchstone for...

    Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge