The long-term decline of the British coal industry has had serious and lasting implications for miners, their families and communities. Out of the Ashes? Presents an authoritative review of the history and current state of this process. Drawing on their own research in Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire mining communities, the authors chart the impact of pit closures, of their threat, on community life. The viability and working practices of the restructured industry are examined alongside case studies of successful and failed worker take-overs. The management of decline and attempts to stimulate the local economies affected are compared with very different strategies pursued in Germany, Belgium and Spain. The book concludes with an examination of the likely future of what remains of the industry and the prospects of the communities it once supported. Written in an accessible style,Out of the Ashes? Will engage all who have a professional or personal interest in the decline of the British coal mining industry, as well as academic and students of regional studies, sociology, psychology and the social sciences in general.

Out of the Ashes?: The Social Impact of Industrial Contraction and Regeneration on Britain's Mining Communities (Regions and Cities)

Business & Money

Waddington, David

Critcher, Chas

Dicks, Bella

Parry, David

Economics

Routledge

Allegory has been variously defined as a literary genre, a mode of interpretation, and a symbolic dimension to all language. Although 'allegory' historically escapes easy definition, it can be broadly defined as a mode of communicating that says one thing and means another. Allegory arguably functions by means of a distinction between the surface level of communication and a further level or levels of significance beyond the surface. The term 'allegory' has historically been used both of a mode of writing or representation and of a mode of reading and interpretation. Allegorical writing is found throughout history in a wide variety of literary forms and traditions. This Handbook reflects the diversity of literature in which allegory occurs, including genres such as medieval drama, Romantic poetry, and the postcolonial novel. It addresses both key texts typically thought of as allegories (such as Piers Plowman, The Pilgrim's Progress, and Animal Farm), and allegorical motifs and tendencies present in works not usually labelled as allegories, such as the novels of Dickens and the drama of Beckett. The Handbook also explores forms of allegorical representation beyond written texts, including visual art and film. In addition, the volume traces the history of allegorical reading and interpretation (often known as allegoresis), which has had immense cultural significance, especially in the case of sacred texts such as the Bible, but also, for instance, in the edifying readings of Greek myths and legends. This Handbook tackles a topic that is by its nature global, transhistorical, and interdisciplinary, and its coverage reflects that breadth of appeal, starting with Plato's myth of the cave and finishing with the 2015 Disney/Pixar film Inside Out. It draws upon, and makes contributions to, fields including literary studies, film studies, art history, mathematics, classics, theology, and cognitive science. It features both traditional topics of discussion in relation to allegory (such as rhetoric, personification, and typology) and innovative new approaches (such as ecocritical and phenomenological readings), offering a kaleidoscope of perspectives to illuminate the ongoing resonance of allegory's 'other-speaking' to the present.

The Oxford Handbook of Allegory

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Oxford University Press

Not mad, most noble Festus: Essays on the Renewal Movement

Religion & Spirituality

Darton,Longman & Todd

Starting Design and Technology: Computer Control

Computers & Technology

Hawes, Henry

Programming

Continuum International Publishing Group

Harry Bracken, a former CIA agent turned insurance investigator, stumbles on a terrorist organization trying to extort money from a local brewing company, by threatening to poison their product

The Jacamar Nest

Literature & Fiction

Withrow, Patrick

United States

St Martins Pr

Survey of English Dialects

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Reference

Upton, Clive

Widdowson, J.D.A.

Language Study & Reference

Jacamar Nest

MCCLELLAND STEWART

This Promise Is for You: Spiritual Renewal and the Charismatic Movement

Paulist Pr

Country Walks on Merseyside

Travel

Europe

Countyvise Ltd

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