As two kingdoms wage a magical war according to strictly prescribed rules similar to those of chess, Pedino and Sara, two enemy squires, fall in love and seek to escape to other, even stranger worlds

Queenmagic, kingmagic

Watson, Ian.

St.Martin's Press

Originally published in 1983. Song has always been a natural way to record everyday experiences – an expression of celebration, commiseration, complaint and protest. This innovative book is a study of popular and working-class song combining several approaches to the subject. It is a history of working-class song in Britain which concentrates not simply on the songs and the singers but attempts to locate such song in its cultural context and apply principles of literary criticism to this essentially oral medium. It triggered controversy: some critics castigated its Marxist approach, others enthused that ‘such unabashed partisanship amply reveals the outstanding characteristic of Watson's book’. The author discusses the way in which the popular song, from Victorian times onwards, has been forced by the entertainment industry out of its roots in popular culture, to become a blander form of art with minimal critical potential. The book ends by considering the possibilities for a continued flourishing of a genuine popular song culture in an electronic age. It has become a standard title in bibliographies and curricula. Much has changed since 1983, not least in music; but this then innovative book still has a lot to say about popular song in its social and historical context.

Song and Democratic Culture in Britain: An Approach to Popular Culture in Social Movements

Arts & Photography

Music

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

As two kingdoms wage a magical war according to strictly prescribed rules similar to those of chess, Pedino and Sara, two enemy squires, fall in love and seek to escape to other, even stranger worlds

Queenmagic, Kingmagic

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

St Martins Pr

Eugenio Barba is one of Europe's leading theatre directors who has been at the forefront of experimental and group theatre for more than twenty years. In Towards a Third Theatre Ian Watson examines the historical development of Barba's unique training and dramaturgical methods and describes most of his major productions. He discusses Barba's sociological ideas on group theatre, as well as his theories on acting technique, dramaturgy and training and looks in detail at his intercultural research at the International School of Theatre Anthropology. Towards a Third Theatre is an invaluable introduction to Barba and an essential companion to Barba's own Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology. An important book for anyone interested in the future of performance.

Towards a Third Theatre: Eugenio Barba and the Odin Teatret

Biographies & Memoirs

Routledge

Eugenio Barba is one of Europe's leading theatre directors, at the forefront of experimental and group theatre for more than twenty years. Ian Watson provides the most comprehensive and systematic study of Barba's work, including his training methods, dramaturgy, productions and theories, as well as his work at the International School of Theatre Anthropology.

Warhammer: Inquisitor

Literature & Fiction

Games Workshop Ltd.

The Martian Inca

The Mars Probe has crashed. A triumph of Soviet technology, the first two-way interplanetary probe performed brilliantly until the final stage of its return. Then something went wrong: rather than following its programmed course to a soft landing in its country of origin, the probe crashed in the Peruvian Andes. Now a weird infection beyond the understanding of medical science has wiped out an entire village - except for one man, who, alone and undiscovered by medics, survives. He has awakened to find himself become his own ancestor, and a god. Suddenly the flames of an Indian revolution are spreading South America; he is the Martian Inca.

Miracle Visitors

Ace Books

1st edition 1st printing paperback, fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

The Gardens Of Delight

Corgi Books

Ian Watson's brilliant debut novel was one of the most significant publications in British sf in the 1970s. Intellectually bracing and grippingly written, it is the story of three experiments in linguistics, and is driven by a searching analysis of the nature of communication. Fiercely intelligent, energetic and challenging, it immediately established Watson as a writer of rare power and vision, and is now recognized as a modern classic.

The Embedding

Bantam Books, Inc.

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Queenmagic, kingmagic

Song and Democratic Culture in Britain: An Approach to Popular Culture in Social Movements

Queenmagic, Kingmagic

Towards a Third Theatre: Eugenio Barba and the Odin Teatret

Towards a Third Theatre: Eugenio Barba and the Odin Teatret

Warhammer: Inquisitor

The Martian Inca

Miracle Visitors

The Gardens Of Delight

The Embedding