History – Page 10 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

The Modern Philosopher, Letters to Her Son and Verses on the Siege of Gibraltar, by Elizabeth Craven

Edited By: Julia Gasper

From £38.99

Gasper offers a modern edition of three fascinating and important works by Elizabeth Craven (1750-1828), an English author who lived for many years on the Continent. Put together, these three works demonstrate Craven’s versatility as a writer and startling modernity.

The Ottoman Turks in English Heroic Plays

By: Işıl Şahin Gülter

From £29.99

This book challenges the view of Restoration drama as purely domestic. It reveals how heroic plays used stereotypes of the Ottoman Turks to dramatize England's own revolution, regicide, and restoration, while shaping an emerging British imperial ideology.

This book challenges the view of Restoration drama as purely domestic. It reveals how heroic plays used stereotypes of the Ottoman Turks to dramatize England’s own revolution, regicide, and restoration, while shaping an emerging British imperial ideology.

The Paris Residences of James Joyce

By: Martina Nicolls

From £30.99

A narrative and photographic journey of the 18 hotels and apartments where James Joyce lived in 1920s-30s Paris. Arriving to finish Ulysses, he stayed for 20 years. This guide provides new insights into his life, based on the changing locations of his residences.

The Peak Time of Entertainment in China

A Study of the Jiaofang during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD)

By: Li (Ally) Wang

From £30.99

This detailed study of the Tang Dynasty entertainment system covers institutions of the government and city commoners. The book clarifies confusion with the later Song Dynasty and resolves the question of the origin of Ci in ancient Chinese art and literature.

The Position of Magic in Selected Medieval Spanish Texts

By: Francis Tobienne

£29.99

This book addresses the blurred lines between magic, religion, and science in Spanish literature and history. It explores the divide between white and black magic, Alfonso X’s court, and a window of quasi-tolerance amidst Muslims, Jews, and Christians.

The Proceedings of the 19th Annual History of Medicine Days Conference 2010

The University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Alberta, Canada

Edited By: Beth Cusitar, Aleksandra Loewenau

£49.99

Discover new voices in the history of medicine. This illustrated volume features student research on nursing, public health, psychiatry, eugenics, and more. It also includes the compelling keynote address from the conference.

The Sea in the Literary Imagination

Global Perspectives

Edited By: Ekaterina V. Kobeleva, Ben P. Robertson, Shannon W. Thompson

From £32.99

This collection explores nautical themes in literature from multiple cultures. Spanning a millennium, it emphasizes the universality of human experience with the sea, offering unique insights for scholars while intriguing general readers with the interconnectedness it reveals.

The Selected Letters of Charles Whibley

Scholar and Critic

Edited By: Damian Atkinson

£67.99

Scholar Charles Whibley straddled the Victorian age and the modern world. After his journalistic grounding with W.E. Henley, he moved in Parisian circles with Mallarmé and later befriended T.S. Eliot, who called his column “Musings without Method” a masterpiece of journalism.

The Shadow of the Precursor

Edited By: Nena Bierbaum

£44.99

For writers and artists, the shadows of precursors can be a welcome influence or a haunting presence. This book explores conscious and unconscious influences, from imitation to intertextuality, and asks how such references shape how we read.

The Solidarity Economy of Culture and Cultural Citizenship in the ABC Region of São Paulo, Brazil

Edited By: Eva Paulino Bueno

£58.99

How can artists create with few resources? How can they be supported? This book explores these questions through the lived experiences of artists in São Paulo, Brazil. A testimonial narrative, it's an inspiring guide for artists, culture managers, and intellectuals worldwide.

How can artists create with few resources? How can they be supported? This book explores these questions through the lived experiences of artists in São Paulo, Brazil. A testimonial narrative, it’s an inspiring guide for artists, culture managers, and intellectuals worldwide.

The Subversive Storyteller

The Short Story Cycle and the Politics of Identity in America

By: Michelle Pacht

£34.99

The Subversive Storyteller examines how American authors adapted the short story cycle to convey subversive ideas. Authors from Hawthorne to Kingston exploited the genre's fragmented nature to reflect the changing realities of life and identity in America.

The Subversive Storyteller examines how American authors adapted the short story cycle to convey subversive ideas. Authors from Hawthorne to Kingston exploited the genre’s fragmented nature to reflect the changing realities of life and identity in America.

The Unassuming Sky

The Life and Poetry of Timothy Corsellis

By: Helen Goethals

£39.99

For the first time in a collected edition, the work of Timothy Corsellis. The poems tell the striking story of an unusual war poet whose life was cut tragically short: an RAF pilot who refused to bomb civilians, and his literary encounter with Stephen Spender.

The Ways of Fiction

New Essays on the Literary Cultures of the Eighteenth Century

Edited By: Nicholas J. Crowe

£61.99

The essays gathered here capture fresh perspectives on the literary environments of the eighteenth century, and are specifically concerned with how culture shapes literature and is in turn influenced by it.

The Weather in the Icelandic Sagas

The Enemy Without

By: Bernadine McCreesh

£58.99

The descriptions of the weather in medieval Icelandic sagas have long been considered unimportant, mere adjuncts to the action. McCreesh shows that this is not true, illustrating how medieval Icelandic attitudes to the weather often affect the portrayal of the hero.

The Wild Pig

A Bilingual Edition of Pierre Boudot’s Le cochon sauvage

Edited By: Timothy J. Williams

£41.99

In war-torn Algeria, a narrator travels a land of stunning beauty, meditating on good and evil. As a primordial wildness wells within him, he chooses solitude. But will he be able to avoid confronting the wild beast in its lair?

The Yields of Transition

Literature, Art and Philosophy in Early Medieval China

Edited By: Jana S. Rošker, Nataša Vampelj Suhadolnik

£44.99

This volume on the Wei Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties (220–589 AD) opens new pathways in sinological studies. It reveals a new image of this period, undermining common historical interpretations and showing its decisive achievements.

Themes of Polemical Theology Across Early Modern Literary Genres

Edited By: Lucy R Nicholas, Andrea Riedl, Svorad Zavarský

£52.99

This collection brings together twenty-three scholars from thirteen countries to explore the dynamic and profound ways in which polemical theology, its discourses and codes, interacted with non-theological literary genres in the early modern era.

Thirty Years After

New Essays on Vietnam War Literature, Film and Art

Edited By: Mark Heberle

£49.99

The first major collection of Vietnam War criticism since the 1990s, these new essays on literature, film, and art explore the conflict's traumatic cultural legacy and enduring impact. An indispensable work for understanding this crucial period in history.

The first major collection of Vietnam War criticism since the 1990s, these new essays on literature, film, and art explore the conflict’s traumatic cultural legacy and enduring impact. An indispensable work for understanding this crucial period in history.

Thomas Hardy and the Comic Muse

By: J. K. Lloyd Jones

£39.99

Thomas Hardy is regarded as a great tragic writer, while the value of his comic works is often ignored. This book examines his novels, short stories, and poetry in terms of farce, humour, satire, and wit, revealing how Hardy and Comedy are mutually illuminating.

Through Other Eyes

The Translation of Anglophone Literature in Europe

Edited By: Sophie Alatorre, Richard Trim

£29.99

This volume investigates how English literary works have been translated and disseminated in Europe since the Renaissance. It explores translators’ intentions, faithfulness to the source text, and why translations are often portrayed in a different light to the original.