The Iconography of Hell

To wander the streets of a bankrupt, often lawless, New York City in the early 1970s wearing a T-shirt with PLEASE KILL ME written on it was an act of determined nihilism, and one ...

A unique account of the opening weeks of history’s largest, most brutal conflict, told through the eyes of those who were there and based on original source material from across Eu...

This chapter presents an original interpretation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s classic play Huis Clos (also known as No Exit and In Camera). The protagonists are usually understood to be i...

This chapter explores the novels of Iris Guiver Wilkinson, who wrote as Robin Hyde. Three of her novels— Check to Your King (1936), Passport to Hell (1936), and Nor the Years Conde...