Vénus et Adonis de Cornelis van Haarlem

This chapter shows Shakespeare weaving his rhetorical engagement with Ovid with a sexual narrative to ‘disorient’ his readership, in the process critically reorienting his own rela...

Abstract Anthologizing Shakespeare, 1593–1603 is a reading of Shakespeare’s first decade in print, from Venus and Adonis to Hamlet, through the Elizabethan anthologi...

From rumps and stays to muffs and handkerchiefs, underwear and accessories were critical components of the 18th-century woman’s wardrobe. They not only created her shape, but expre...

The author shares the life stories of Venus and Serena Williams, who charged onto center court in professional tennis at the end of the 20th century with a force never before seen ...

This book examines the reception of Graeco-Roman sculptures of Venus and their role in the construction of the body aesthetics of the “fit” American woman in the decades around the...

One of the most talented and imaginative artists of independent cinema, Gus Van Sant established himself with a number of important movies of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Beginn...

De afgelopen twintig jaar is een groot aantal proefschriften verschenen op het gebied van normatieve professionalisering en waardenwerk. In deze bundel bieden dertien oud-promovend...