Helen Hackett: 4 books

Book cover of A Short History of English Renaissance Drama
by Helen Hackett
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012

Shakespeare is a towering presence in English and indeed global culture. Yet considered alongside his contemporaries he was not an isolated phenomenon, but the product of a period of astonishing creative fertility. This was an age when new media - popular drama and print - were seized upon avidly...
Book cover of A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare, Helen Hackett
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2005

A young woman flees Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by her would-be husband and by her best friend. Unwittingly, all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where fairies and sprites soon take an interest in human affairs, dispensing magical love potions and casting mischievous spells....
Book cover of Early Modern Exchanges

Early Modern Exchanges

Dialogues Between Nations and Cultures, 1550-1750

by Helen Hackett
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016

Marcus Gheeraerts’s portrait of a ’Persian lady’ - probably in fact an English lady in masquing costume - exemplifies the hybridity of early modern English culture. Her surrounding landscape and the embroidery on her gown are typically English; but her head-dress and slippers are decidedly exotic,...
Book cover of Innovations in Social Work Research

Innovations in Social Work Research

Using Methods Creatively

by Jennifer Taylor, Peter Beresford, Cherilyn Dance
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015

A valuable reference to help practising researchers not only to understand but also to apply innovative approaches to social work research. Featuring extended case studies of actual research projects, the book provides an overview of a number of central features and qualities of social work...
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