More on the Victorians

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Dennis, B. (2003) The Victorian novel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Purchase, S. (2006) Key concepts in Victorian literature. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Also received, but more Gothic than Victorian: 

Poe, Edgar Allen. (2011) The Penguin complete tales of Edgar Allen Poe ; tales of mystery and the supernatural from the original master of terror. London: Penguin. 

Just in time for the fashion show... .

Siegal, E. (2012) Photographing models : 1000 poses : a practical sourcebook for aspiring and professional photographers. London: Bloomsbury.

New on literary criticism

Just in time for revision!

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Bennett, A. and Royle, N. (2009) An introduction to literature criticism and theory. Harlow: Pearson Education.

Luckhurst, R., (ed). (2005) Late victorian gothic tales. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics).

Montgomery, M., et al. (2013) Ways of reading: advanced reading skills for students of English literature. London: Routledge.

Peet, M. and Robinson, D. (2004) Leading questions: course in literary appreciation for A-Level students. Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes.

Thompson, J., et al. (2013) Comparative Essays for OCR A2 English Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

New titles for game designers

3D total team. (2011) Photoshop for 3D artists : VI enhance your 3D renders! Worcester: 3D Total Publishing.

Offers artists the chance to learn from some of the most talented and technically skilled individuals working in the 3D industry today.

Gaboury, Paul. (2012) Zbrush professional tips and techniques. Indianapolis: John Wiley and Sons.

Learn to work effectively and creatively with all versions of ZBrush!

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New Photography Journal: Aperture

From the Aperture website:

'Aperture, a not-for-profit foundation, connects the photo community and its audiences with the most inspiring work, the sharpest ideas, and with each other—in print, in person, and online.'

'Created in 1952 by photographers and writers as “common ground for the advancement of photography,” Aperture today is a multiplatform publisher and center for the photo community. From our base in New York, we produce, publish, and present a program of photography projects, locally and internationally.'

Of interest to Costume Production and Photography Students... .

The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn: Colour Photographs from a Lost Age by David Okuefuna

'In 1909 the millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn embarked on an ambitious project to create a colour photographic record of, and for, the peoples of the world using the, then new, Autochrome process. Over the next 20 years he created  the most important collection of early colour photographs in the world.’ – summary from Amazon.

New Photography Books May 2013

Beauty in Decay II: Urbex by RomanyWG

'Overgrown industrial complexes, disused asylums, abandoned palaces and monasteries feature in this incendiary book. Beauty in Decay - The Art of Urban Exploration broke new ground in depicting the global phenomenon of Urban Exploration (Urbex) when it was published in 2010. Author RomanyWG has again tirelessly tracked down dozens of new locations to amaze viewers of Beauty in Decay II' - summary from Amazon.

Genesis by Sebastiao Salgado

'The Genesis project, along with Salgado's Instituto Terra, are dedicated to showing the beauty of our planet, reversing the damage done to it, and preserving it for the future. Over 32 trips - traveled by foot, light aircraft, seagoing vessels, canoes, and even balloons, through extreme heat and cold and in sometimes dangerous conditions - Salgado created a collection of images showing us nature, animals, and indigenous peoples in such shocking and intense beauty as to take one's breath away.' - summary from Amazon.

PCA Library Blog Launched

Welcome to the new PCA Library Blog: Recent acquisitions in your field. Its aim is to create a space to share and discuss developments in the Library, especially around electronic resources, and advertise new items of stock (we are now able to provide RSS feeds to Moodle course pages which means that students can be regularly kept up to date on new acquisitions in their subject area - staff who would like to use this service should let us know). There will be regular updates, with at least one new post a week. If there's anything you would like covered get in touch either leave a comment or email: lrc@pca.ac.uk.