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Simplification, Explicitation and Normalization

Corpus-Based Research into English to Italian Translations of Children's Classics

By: Margherita Ippolito

£39.99

This study tests for proposed "universal features" of translation, like simplification and explicitation, in a corpus of Italian children's books. The results show they do not prevail, suggesting cultural and social conditions determine translation choices.

This study tests for proposed “universal features” of translation, like simplification and explicitation, in a corpus of Italian children’s books. The results show they do not prevail, suggesting cultural and social conditions determine translation choices.

Florida Studies

Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association

Edited By: Carole Policy, Claudia Slate

£39.99

This volume contains essays about Florida literature and history. Topics range from slave shipwrecks and Zora Neale Hurston to Stephen King and the “Dexter” novels, as well as Florida ecocriticism, Hunter Thompson, and Elizabeth Bishop.

English in Southeast Asia

Varieties, Literacies and Literatures

Edited By: David Prescott

£39.99

This is the first single volume to publish such diverse work on English in Southeast Asia. Sections cover Varieties, Literacies, and Literatures, from code-switching to new writings. An excellent resource for university students and academics.

Freond ic gemete wið

Perspectives on Medieval Britain; Language, Literature, Society

Edited By: Helena Filipová, Michaela Hejná

£39.99

This book offers a mosaic of perspectives on medieval Britain. Its chapters present focused analyses of language, literature, and society from the Anglo-Saxon period to the late Middle Ages, offering new readings of texts and exploring language change.

Beyond Postmodernism

Onto the Postcontemporary

Edited By: Christopher K. Brooks

£39.99

This collection provides an alternative to Postmodernism, arguing it has ruled too long. Contributors utilize critical tools like posthumanism and postcontemporary theory, yielding conclusions beyond its scope. For those seeking something new, join the dialogue.

A Journey through Knowledge

Festschrift in Honour of Hortensia Pârlog

Edited By: Loredana Frăţilă, Codruța Goșa

£39.99

A Journey through Knowledge is a collection of articles honouring renowned Romanian linguist Hortensia Pârlog. United by the common theme of the “journey,” these articles explore traveling across identities, time, space, languages, and cultures.

Apocryphal and Literary Influences on Galway Diasporic History

By: Gay Lynch

£39.99

This book reveals how apocryphal stories shape collective memory. It traces an Irish myth through generations to a convict's play in Australia and a modern novel, drawing on unpublished sources to solve the historical mystery of the playwright's disappearance.

This book reveals how apocryphal stories shape collective memory. It traces an Irish myth through generations to a convict’s play in Australia and a modern novel, drawing on unpublished sources to solve the historical mystery of the playwright’s disappearance.

Literature, Geography, Translation

Studies in World Writing

Edited By: Stefan Helgesson

£39.99

This volume connects world literature, postcolonial, and translation studies. It approaches translation as a distinct practice that connects literatures, challenging global theory by insisting on the specificity of place and the resistance to translatibility.

Ideological Stylistics and Fictional Discourse

By: Ganakumaran Subramaniam

£39.99

This book explores the link between textual ideologies and real ideologies in Malaysian and Singaporean fiction. It introduces "ideological stylistics," a linguistic approach to revealing themes of race, identity, and belonging in these literary traditions.

This book explores the link between textual ideologies and real ideologies in Malaysian and Singaporean fiction. It introduces “ideological stylistics,” a linguistic approach to revealing themes of race, identity, and belonging in these literary traditions.

Translating Across Cultures

BAS 21st Annual International Conference

Edited By: Luminiţa Frenţiu, Hortensia Pârlog

£39.99

This collection of papers explores translation problems across literary, legal, and economic texts. It answers key questions on cultural elements, equivalence, and metaphors, while suggesting solutions for difficult challenges like lexical gaps and 21st century 'Newspeak'.

The Iliad of Homer, Books XIII-XXIV (Volume 2)

Edited By: Barry Nurcombe

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Enraged by the death of his beloved comrade Pátroklos, Akhilleús returns to battle to slay the Trojan champion Héktōr. After desecrating the corpse, he is confronted by King Príamos. Touched by the old man’s grief, Akhilleús achieves redemption by returning the body for burial.

The Iliad of Homer, Books I-XII (Volume 1)

Edited By: Barry Nurcombe

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Homer’s epic song of the Trojan War. When the Greeks’ greatest warrior, Akhilleús, falls out with King Agamémnōn and withdraws from battle, their fortunes turn. The Trojans are storming the wall to fight close to the ships, and Akhilleus still refuses to join the battle.

Bakhtin and Translation Studies

Theoretical Extensions and Connotations

By: Dr. Amith Kumar P.V.

£41.99

This book investigates translation using Bakhtin’s dialogical principles, questioning extreme tendencies. It proposes a new model for cultural encounters by uniquely examining Western theory through examples from Indian literatures.

Language across Languages

New Perspectives on Translation

Edited By: Emanuele Miola, Paolo Ramat

£41.99

Translation has always played a pivotal role in human societies. This volume tackles today's challenging translation issues from two viewpoints: linguistics and anthropology, exploring translation as a basic cognitive strategy of the human mind.

Translation has always played a pivotal role in human societies. This volume tackles today’s challenging translation issues from two viewpoints: linguistics and anthropology, exploring translation as a basic cognitive strategy of the human mind.

The Ethics and Poetics of Alterity

New Perspectives on Genre Literature

Edited By: Maylis Rospide, Sandrine Sorlin

£41.99

This volume shows that genre literature is not escapist, but a field for ethical reflection. It explores how science fiction and fantasy dramatize encounters with otherness, raising a crucial question: how can human language describe what escapes humanity?

Authority and Displacement in the English-Speaking World (Volume I

Exploring Europe/from Europe)

Edited By: Florence Labaune-Demeule

£41.99

This collection of essays in two volumes examines the concepts of authority and displacement within English language regions. This first volume investigates the European context, exploring authors such as Shakespeare and Thomas Hardy.

Critical Perspectives on Conflict in Caribbean Societies of the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries

Edited By: Patricia Donatien, Rodolphe Solbiac

£41.99

This book adopts a fresh approach to conflict in Caribbean societies of the late 20th and 21st centuries. It brings new perspectives to the analysis of recent fiction and art by writers and artists from both the Francophone and Anglophone Caribbean.

Florida Studies

Selected Papers from the 2012 and 2013 Annual Meetings of the Florida College English Association

Edited By: Andrew Lieb, Paul D. Reich

£41.99

A journey through Florida's literary and cultural soul. From its storied past to its complex present, these essays reveal a unique sense of place, locating the state within the heart of American political and literary tradition.

A journey through Florida’s literary and cultural soul. From its storied past to its complex present, these essays reveal a unique sense of place, locating the state within the heart of American political and literary tradition.

Language, Literature and Style in Africa

A Festschrift for Professor Christopher Olatunji Awonuga

Edited By: Taiwo Abioye, Arua E. Arua, Kehinde Ayoola

£41.99

This book brings together scholars to study language, literature and style in Africa. It is a timely response to the neglect of stylistic analysis of African prose, offering innovative discussions that illuminate the field and call for its revival.

Young Scholars’ Developments in Linguistics

Tradition and Change

Edited By: Tatiana V. Dubrovskaya, Yulia Lobina

£41.99

This edited volume brings together young researchers in language processes from Russia, Poland, Spain, Iran, India, Pakistan, Thailand and Ukraine, and showcases current research into linguistic tradition and change in a variety of contexts across the globe.