This work explores the urban extremes of Europe in their cultural, physical, geographical and mythical dimensions. "Extreme Europe" considers the history and visual culture of Europe in the decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
This volume includes contributions from international scholars on topics such as: "The Duke of Buckingham Masque", "The Gower Manuscripts of Poems by Thomas Carew" and "A Newly Discovered Songbook in Poland with works by Henry Lawes and His Contemporaries".
Epicentre of the Revolution of 1789, the Bastille area of Eastern Paris is an ethnically and socially mixed quartier. This title charts the history and cultural geography of this area of Paris, from the fortress and prison that gave the area its name to the building of the largest and costliest opera house in the world.
