Philip Dickinson: 4 books

Drought has taken a terrible toll on the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, but worse is still to come.  It is the final days of the sacred calendar and the New Fire must be lit, to appease the gods and keep an apocalypse at bay. Meanwhile, war and dark politics are at work. The high priest...

This book explores Romanticism as a force that exerts an insistent but critically neglected pressure on the postcolonial imagination. From the decolonizing poetics of the Caribbean to the white writing of South Africa, from the aesthetics of post-imperial disappointment to postcolonial theory itself,...

50 classic poems reflowing in a modern medium. Originally published in black ink on white paper, 16 traditional poets have now been rendered digitally for e-readers. Poetry is the oldest and most flexible art form, and has migrated from performances to papyrus rolls to printed pages. Far from...

Music therapists are trained to use their first study instrument in clinical practice, yet existing literature focuses almost exclusively on the use of piano, basic percussion and voice. This illuminating book brings together international music therapists who use a diverse range of musical instruments...