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Israeli Literature of the 1980s and 1990s

By: Dvir Abramovich

From £24.99

This study opens a fascinating window into Israeli writing of the 1980s and 90s. It links the era's dramatic social and political transformations to the evolution of key literary genres like Holocaust literature, the Mizrachi novel, and detective fiction.

This study opens a fascinating window into Israeli writing of the 1980s and 90s. It links the era’s dramatic social and political transformations to the evolution of key literary genres like Holocaust literature, the Mizrachi novel, and detective fiction.

On Wolves and Sheep

Exploring the Expression of Political Thought in Golden Age Spain

Edited By: Aaron M. Kahn

£39.99

On Wolves and Sheep explores the methods used in the Spanish Golden Age to voice political opinions. Studying works by Cervantes, Lope de Vega, and others, these original essays reveal critical thoughts concerning Spain’s monarchs and imperial policies.

Science, Fables and Chimeras

Cultural Encounters

Edited By: Philippe Murillo, Laurence Roussillon-Constanty

£49.99

Imagination, religion, and mythology have both helped and hindered scientific progress. This interdisciplinary book weaves together visual art, literature, and science to explore our fascination with potent symbols like dinosaurs, dragons, and the chimera.

Sufism as Lorna Goodison’s Alternative Poetic Path to Hope and Healing

By: Brenda Domínguez-Rosado

£58.99

Jamaican Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison's poetry uses Sufism to heal the trauma of the Middle Passage. This book examines how she applies Sufi ideals to a Caribbean context, showing how its message resonates with Jamaican-based religions and creates a new literary canon.

Jamaican Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison’s poetry uses Sufism to heal the trauma of the Middle Passage. This book examines how she applies Sufi ideals to a Caribbean context, showing how its message resonates with Jamaican-based religions and creates a new literary canon.

To Test the Limits of Our Endurance

By: Shlomo Giora Shoham

£44.99

A new approach to culture relates personality to the genesis of myths and religions. Cultures, like man, pass through phases from childhood to old age. From sacred tales to modern myths like Superman, these stories provide meaning and motivation for human behavior.

Transfigurations of the European Identity

Edited By: Zsolt Almási, Mike Pincombe

£39.99

European identity is both a problem and an opportunity. This interdisciplinary volume examines its complex facets—from cultural politics to digital media—to clarify and even create a new sense of what it means to be European.

Women of the Transcendentalist Club

By: Dawn Hutchinson

From £35.99

This book presents 13 biographies of women in the Transcendentalist movement. While names like Emerson and Thoreau are familiar, figures like Elizabeth Peabody, Sarah Freeman Clark, and others in this volume deserve to be known for their vital contributions to the movement.