Preston Sturges

Preston SturgesFew directors of the 1930s and 40s were as distinctive and popular as Preston Sturges, whose whipsmart comedies have entertained audiences for decades. This book offers a new critical appreciation of Sturges whole oeuvre, incorporating a detailed study of the last ten years of his life from new primary sources.

Did the Allied bombing of Germany in the Second World War constitute a war crime

when Leftist agendas and struggles often collapse or become appropriated by Right

this volume shows space to be less a defining category and more an abstract terrain whose boundaries may be continually probed and contested

and post-truth are broadly used terms

which has previously gone underappreciated

While the manifesto has been central to histories of modernity and modernism

Rooted in the lived experiences of women religious in Britain

and work with vendors

highlighting bordering process

The book opens with a chapter presenting an overview of existing critical perspectives and feminist debates

It examines its impact on labour markets and wage levels

in particular qualitative characteristics in a variety of systems amenable to mathematization