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Shaking an elephant: Sound, space and suspense in The Unholy Three (2008)
Book Chapter
Lawrence, M. (2008). Shaking an elephant: Sound, space and suspense in The Unholy Three. In B. Herzogenrath (Ed.), The Cinema of Tod Browning: Essays of the Macabre and Grotesque (70-83). McFarland and co

An analysis of the representation of sound in Tod Browning’s silent crime melodrama The Unholy Three and the sound remake by Jack Conway.

The hybrid lexicon: an overview of contemporary artists’ publishing in the UK and Ireland, using traditional and emerging technologies to create finely produced artist’s books (2008)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2008). The hybrid lexicon: an overview of contemporary artists’ publishing in the UK and Ireland, using traditional and emerging technologies to create finely produced artist’s books. In D. Jury (Ed.), The Hybrid Lexicon: an overview of contemporary artists’ publishing in the UK and Ireland, using traditional and emerging technologies to create finely produced artist’s books (35-55). Codex Foundation, USA

The introduction of this book outlines the historical relationship between art, design, and the book. There are illustrated transcripts of the four symposium speakers: Robert Bringhurst, Felipe Ehrenberg, Sarah Bodman, and Stefan Soltek, all devoted... Read More about The hybrid lexicon: an overview of contemporary artists’ publishing in the UK and Ireland, using traditional and emerging technologies to create finely produced artist’s books.

The story of colonial adventure (2008)
Book Chapter
Boccardi, M. (2008). The story of colonial adventure. In D. Malcolm, & C. A. Malcolm (Eds.), A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story (19-34). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell

The chapter examines the nature and scope of the colonial short story, with reference to authors such as Kipling, Conrad, Conan Doyle and Somerset Maugham. The Companion itself is a valuable resource for students and scholars in the field.

Agricultural policy (2008)
Book Chapter
Greer, A. (2008). Agricultural policy. In M. Woods (Ed.), New Labour’s Countryside: Rural Policy in Britain since 1997 (149-165). Bristol: The Policy Press

The agricultural policy of the New Labour governments has been central in their approach to governing the countryside. This is highlighted in the rhetoric of multifunctional agriculture, which stresses the central contribution that farmers make to th... Read More about Agricultural policy.

3D printing of bespoke ceramic artworks (2008)
Book Chapter
Huson, D. (2008). 3D printing of bespoke ceramic artworks. In S. A. T. The Society for Imaging (Ed.), NIP24: International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication 2008 (287-290). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Society for Imaging Science and Technology

David Huson and colleagues at the Centre for Fine Print Research in the Faculty of Art, Media and Design at the University of the West of England are conducting a three-year AHRC funded research project into the use of Digital Fabrication techniques... Read More about 3D printing of bespoke ceramic artworks.

Three-dimensional fabrication of smart actuators: design applications (2008)
Book Chapter
Walters, P., & Rossiter, J. (2008). Three-dimensional fabrication of smart actuators: design applications. In NIP24: International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Society for Imaging Science and Technology

A conference paper presented at the NIP24: International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication 2008, September 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. This paper describes the design and digital fabrication of a series of “... Read More about Three-dimensional fabrication of smart actuators: design applications.

Commemoration of war (2008)
Book Chapter
Gough, P. (2008). Commemoration of war. In B. Graham, & P. Howard (Eds.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Heritage and Identity (215-230). London: Ashgate

In the four weeks leading to 11th November 1928 the now defunct illustrated newspaper Answers published a ‘magnificent series of plates celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Armistice’. Under the strapline ‘Ten years after, 1918 - 1928’ the plates... Read More about Commemoration of war.

Communication technologies and terrorism (2008)
Book Chapter
Sonwalkar, P. (2008). Communication technologies and terrorism. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopaedia of Communication (5117-5121). Wiley-Blackwell

Vital illusions in The Portrait of a Lady (2008)
Book Chapter
Rawlings, P. (2008). Vital illusions in The Portrait of a Lady. In G. W. Zacharias (Ed.), A Companion to Henry James (70-88). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell

Always something wanting: The troubled history of the British moonlight (2008)
Book Chapter
Poole, S. (2008). Always something wanting: The troubled history of the British moonlight. In J. Kerr (Ed.), Night: A Time Between (7-10). Bristol: Royal West of England Academy

A short catalogue essay on the critical reception of British moonlight painting c.1720-1860.

Death as spectacle: the Paris morgue in Dickens and Browning (2008)
Book Chapter
Martens, B. (2008). Death as spectacle: the Paris morgue in Dickens and Browning. In S. Friedman, E. Guiliano, A. Humpherys, N. McKnight, & M. Timko (Eds.), Dickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian Fiction (223-248). New York: Ams Press, Inc

As an object of macabre fascination, the Paris morgue is without parallel in the Victorian imagination. This article explores the representation of visits to the morgue in Dickens’s Uncommercial Traveller and in Browning’s dramatic monologue “Apparen... Read More about Death as spectacle: the Paris morgue in Dickens and Browning.

Entry on Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (2008)
Book Chapter
Kocho-Williams, A. (2008). Entry on Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In R. van Dijk (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Cold War (596-598). New York and Oxford: Routledge

Entry on Eduard Shevardnadze (2008)
Book Chapter
Kocho-Williams, A. (2008). Entry on Eduard Shevardnadze. In R. van Dijk (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Cold War (782-783). New York and Oxford: Routledge

Entry on Andrei Gromyko (2008)
Book Chapter
Kocho-Williams, A. (2008). Entry on Andrei Gromyko. In R. van Dijk (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Cold War (387-388). New York and Oxford: Routledge

Lexical Patterns: from Hornby to Hunston and beyond. The Hornby Lecture (2008)
Book Chapter
Hanks, P. (2008). Lexical Patterns: from Hornby to Hunston and beyond. The Hornby Lecture. In E. Bernal, & J. DeCesaris (Eds.), Proceedings of the XIII EURALEX International Congress (Barcelona, 15-19 July 2008). Barcelona: Iula, Documenta Universitaria

Correct identification of word meaning is a long-standing problem for lexicography, language teaching, linguistic theory, and computer processing of text. Traditional approaches typically proceed word by word, relying on evidence from introspection –... Read More about Lexical Patterns: from Hornby to Hunston and beyond. The Hornby Lecture.

Lord Harlech in South Africa, 1941-1944 (2008)
Book Chapter
Fedorowich, K. (2008). Lord Harlech in South Africa, 1941-1944. In C. Baxter, & A. Stewart (Eds.), Diplomats at War: British and Commonwealth Diplomacy in Wartime (195-225). Leiden and Boston: Martinus Nijhoff

The British Empire on the move: 1760-1914 (2008)
Book Chapter
Fedorowich, K. (2008). The British Empire on the move: 1760-1914. In S. Stockwell (Ed.), The British Empire: Themes and Perspectives (63-100). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell

'The old curiosity shop' (2008)
Book Chapter
Ballinger, G. (2008). 'The old curiosity shop'. In D. Paroissien (Ed.), A Companion to Charles Dickens (328-337). Blackwell