Lying abroad Fiction

Lying abroad FictionLying abroad reconstructs the tumultuous early modern career of a jobbing ambassador, Henry Wotton, the man James I sent to Venice in 1604 to restore Anglo Venetian relations. It recounts his back story then follows his daily life in diplomacy, poised between tedium and crisis a life endlessly theatrical.

Oddey and White analyze how gaming and televisual media and entertainment are used by young people and the resulting psychological challenges of understanding how viewers navigate these virtual worlds and surroundings

and social standing

the Duke is given the opportunity for revenge against the Comte de Saint-Vire and inadvertent redemption in the loving eyes of his new ward

semantic network logics for parallel computation

gendered and personal identity

its creators and its audience is subverted and democratised

making special reference to the study of history

From trivia nights dedicated to minutiae to forums speculating on plot twists to academics trying to make sense of the bizarre climate of Westeros

This short book offers a comprehensive

social practices

Drawing on ideas from postcolonial theory and literary and cultural studies

external relations