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Byron’s European Impact

By: Peter Cochran

£62.99

Peter Cochran’s book charts Byron's profound influence on European literature, arguing that it was a mythical Byron who held sway. Europe's writers embraced the gloomy Byronic Hero, ignoring his satirical best, until Eliot, Joyce, and Yeats read him accurately.

Peter Cochran’s book charts Byron’s profound influence on European literature, arguing that it was a mythical Byron who held sway. Europe’s writers embraced the gloomy Byronic Hero, ignoring his satirical best, until Eliot, Joyce, and Yeats read him accurately.

Iris Murdoch, Philosopher Meets Novelist

Edited By: Sofia de Melo Araújo, Fátima Vieira

£34.99

This collection gathers international experts on Iris Murdoch to promote the dialogue between philosophy and literature. Scholars first explore her philosophical concerns and their influence, then retrieve the underlying philosophical thinking from her novels.

Teaching Literacy across Content Areas

Effective Strategies that Reach All K–12 Students in the Era of the Common Core State Standards

By: Lasisi Ajayi, Tamara Collins-Parks

£52.99

This book answers teachers’ questions about implementing the Common Core State Standards. It contains practical teaching strategies, examples, and illustrations to prepare diverse students for college and career by helping them analyze complex texts and solve real-life problems.

Civilizing and Decivilizing Processes

Figurational Approaches to American Culture

Edited By: Christa Buschendorf, Astrid Franke, Johannes Voetz

£44.99

This collection applies Norbert Elias’s theory of the “civilizing process” to American history and culture. Scholars explore topics from democracy in the early republic to the modern-day black ghetto, offering new answers to the question of America's peculiar characteristics.

Elemental Encounters in the Contemporary Irish Novel

Reading as Touching

By: Claire McGrail Johnston

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Reading is touching. Words pierce flesh like a knife. Storytelling breathes with air, fire, earth and water. This book explores how novels by Irish authors John Banville and Mary Morrissy revitalise these elements with sensual, social, and tactile textures.

Arthur W. Upfield

Life and Times of Bony's Man

By: A. J. Milnor

£34.99

Immigrant, soldier, and Bushman, Arthur W. Upfield matured with Australia. He created the famous bi-racial Detective "Bony," rivaling Sherlock Holmes, and described the Outback to the world. This biography relies on unexplored letters to tell his story.

Immigrant, soldier, and Bushman, Arthur W. Upfield matured with Australia. He created the famous bi-racial Detective “Bony,” rivaling Sherlock Holmes, and described the Outback to the world. This biography relies on unexplored letters to tell his story.

Fiction, Crime, and the Feminine

Edited By: Rédouane Abouddahab

£39.99

In today's crime fiction, women are the criminals, not just the victims. The genre forsakes the simple "whodunnit," instead exploring the lure of violence and leaving a chilling sense of unrest.

In today’s crime fiction, women are the criminals, not just the victims. The genre forsakes the simple “whodunnit,” instead exploring the lure of violence and leaving a chilling sense of unrest.

Beckett Re-Membered

After the Centenary

Edited By: James Carney, Michael O’Sullivan, Karl White

£39.99

This collection of recent scholarship on Samuel Beckett offers a diverse and comprehensive survey of his literary and philosophical work. It will appeal to any reader interested in provocative responses to one of the 20th century’s most important writers.

Exploring Gender in the Literature of the Indian Diaspora

Edited By: Sandhya Rao Mehta

£47.99

This collection of critical essays explores the intersection of gender and diaspora in Indian literature. Drawing on feminist and queer studies, it examines the predicament of belonging and identity, showcasing the range and depth of the Indian diaspora.

Teaching as a Human Experience

An Anthology of Contemporary Poems

Edited By: Patrick Blessinger, Karen J. Head

£47.99

The poems in this collection deal with the real-life worlds of teachers. This volume covers the manifold experiences, perspectives, and epiphanies of being an educator, giving creative voice to teachers and students and empowering readers with inspiration and personal agency.

Emerald Green

An Ecocritical Study of Irish Literature

By: Tim Wenzell

£34.99

Emerald Green is an ecocritical study of Irish literature's reverence for the natural world. It examines writers from ancient hermit poets to modern naturalists, exploring how Ireland’s landscape—shaped by famine, loss, and rebirth—defines its literature.

Emerald Green is an ecocritical study of Irish literature’s reverence for the natural world. It examines writers from ancient hermit poets to modern naturalists, exploring how Ireland’s landscape—shaped by famine, loss, and rebirth—defines its literature.

A Genealogy of the Verse Novel

By: Catherine Addison

£70.99

This monograph considers the status of the verse novel as a genre and traces its mainly English-language history from its beginnings. The discussion will be of interest to genre theorists, prosodists, narratologists and literary historians.

Occult Joyce

The Hidden in Ulysses

By: Enrico Terrinoni

£34.99

Ulysses is an occult text that deliberately hides its meanings, compelling the reader to unveil its secrets. This penetrating study excavates Joyce’s cryptic system, showing his deep knowledge of the subject and challenging past interpretations.

Texts and Textiles

Affect, Synaesthesia and Metaphor in Fiction

By: Diana Mary Eva Thomas

£52.99

This study illustrates how fiction that makes use of textiles as an essential element utilizes synaesthetic writing and metaphor to create an affective link to, and response in, the reader. These links and responses are assessed using affect theory and work on synaesthesia.

Romantic Ireland

From Tone to Gonne; Fresh Perspectives on Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Edited By: Paddy Lyons, Willy Maley, John Miller

£54.99

Romantic Ireland: From Tone to Gonne takes Irish Studies in new directions. Bringing together international scholars, it explores the tumultuous nineteenth century through a cross-cultural comparison with Scotland, enhancing our awareness of colonialism and nationalism.

Water Imagery in George Sand’s Work

Edited By: Françoise Ghillebaert, Madeleine Vala

£64.99

These essays explore the importance of water imagery in the work of George Sand. Discover the complex symbolism of water—encompassing life and death, fluid kinship, and artistic creativity—in her novels, short stories, plays, and even her paintings.

The Anti-Imperialist and Nationalist Struggle of Halide Edib Adivar and Lady Augusta Gregory

By: Neslihan G. Albay

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A pioneering comparative study of Halide Edib Adıvar and Lady Augusta Gregory. It explores how these female activists and anti-imperialists challenged British imperialism, using literature to shape their national identities despite their different cultural backgrounds.

True North

Literary Translation in the Nordic Countries

Edited By: B.J. Epstein

£49.99

True North is the first book on literary translation in the Nordic countries. It explores genres from novels and children’s literature to crime fiction, analysing authors like Ibsen, Lindgren, and Laxness, and examines key translatorial challenges.

Illness, Disease and Death in the Poems of Constantine Cavafy

By: Iakovos Menelaou

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Cavafy’s preoccupation with the fragile human condition—illness, old age, and death—continues to challenge readers. This book draws on the medical humanities to provide a new framework for his poetry, for literary scholars and medical practitioners alike.

Canterbury

A Medieval City

Edited By: Catherine Royer-Hemet

£39.99

Since becoming the religious heart of the country in AD 597, Canterbury's fame has endured. This book explores its history, from illustrious figures like Thomas Becket and Chaucer to the lesser-known people and events that shaped its identity.

Since becoming the religious heart of the country in AD 597, Canterbury’s fame has endured. This book explores its history, from illustrious figures like Thomas Becket and Chaucer to the lesser-known people and events that shaped its identity.