Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary - Softcover

The Keywords Project

 
9780190636579: Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0190636572 ISBN 13: 9780190636579
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Keywords for Today takes us deep into the history of the English language in order to better understand our contemporary world.

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About the Author

The Keywords Project is an independent group of scholars who, with the support of the University of Pittsburgh, Jesus College, Cambridge, and the academic journal Critical Quarterly, have spent more than a decade preparing Keywords for Today.

Colin MacCabe taught the history of modern and Early Modern English at Cambridge and Strathclyde universities before becoming Head of Production at the British Film Institute in 1985. Since then he has combined literary criticism and film production. His most recent book is Perpetual Carnival: Essays in Film and Literature (2017) and his most recent film The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger (2016). He edits Critical Quarterly and chairs The Derek Jarman Lab.

Holly Yanacek is Assistant Professor of German in the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at James Madison University. Her research focuses on 19

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0190636572
ISBN 13 
9780190636579
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
416
Editor
MacCabe Colin, Yanacek Holly