The Legacy of János S. Petőfi
János S. Petőfi was a founder of Text Linguistics. In this volume, his colleagues and disciples discuss his enormous impact on linguistics, literary theory, rhetoric and semiotics. Essays consider topics like coherence and the analysis of literary and multimedial texts.
Dante as Political Theorist
Originating from the First International Symposium of the Global Dante Project of New York held in 2015, the chapters here investigate Dante’s political treatise Monarchia, addressing diverse issues associated with this work from multiple, innovative methodological perspectives.
This book presents four short works by prominent Japanese writers like Natsume Sōseki, in their first-ever English translations. A unique textbook, it provides the original Japanese and encourages you to make your own translation before reading the author’s and its commentary.
The essays gathered here presents Icelandic research on the challenges and opportunities of diversity in education at several levels, including preschool, primary, secondary, vocational and higher education in Iceland.
Autism, Humanity and Personhood
Cox takes a conservative evangelical approach to severe autism and its challenges to theological anthropology. She considers major aspects of salvation history—creation, incarnation, atonement and resurrection—to build a foundation for an inclusive theological anthropology.
Romanowski introduces intercultural communication, giving examples of classroom activities, as well as presenting empirical research. He offers a novel model of intercultural sensitivity assessment and outlines the results of intercultural communicative competence research.
The Medusa Gaze in Contemporary Women’s Fiction
Alban offers striking insights into the desires and frustrations of women through the narratives of impressive contemporary novelists. Crafting her analysis on the gaze as presented by Lacan and Sartre, she demonstrates how the subject creates her own ego against hostile others.
Un-representing the Great War
This collection of essays investigates the Great War as the event that opens the cultural history of the 20th century. Through cultural, philosophical, and literary analysis, the volume offers original insights into WWI that help to shed light on contemporary scenarios.
The Uprisings in Egypt
By adopting Social Movement Theories (SMT) as a framework to analyse the 2011 uprisings in the Middle East, Acconcia disentangles the role of alternative networks and other forms of political conflict, considering the Egyptian case in forming a potential revolutionary movement.
Stephen King in the New Millennium
This exciting exploration of Stephen King’s digital writing maneuvers and electronic ventures on online platforms unravels the author’s latest writing techniques and justifies his unprecedented success in the new millennium, tracing his shifts from print to the digital.
Facing Trauma in Contemporary American Literary Discourse
In a culture where trauma breeds fear and aggression, this book turns to literature. Analyzing works by authors like Toni Morrison and Louise Erdrich, it shows how a good story can become a space for curiosity and healing in the face of uncertainty.
Non-State Actors in Conflicts
This publication discusses some of the most pressing topics in political science and media studies. It gathers alternative perspectives on various non-state actors, such as armed non-state actors and non-governmental organizations, and their functions in global politics.
Colonial Self-Fashioning in British India, c. 1785-1845
De Silva considers the ways in which British residents in India represented their lives through visual material, and reveals that the position of the British population in the country in the 19th century was often more nuanced than often assumed.
Metaphorical Imagination
Abdullah tells the story of an intellectual journey with metaphor in this book. He revisits the epistemology and ontology of evidence and challenges the dualist norms of social research, points to the failings, and flags up directions for researchers who take evidence seriously.
Psychology and the Three Cultures
King documents the history and evolution of the field of psychology and its position as a global, integrated, hub science. She presents the nexus between science, the humanities and social sciences.
The Ruins
This is the first modern, English edition of The Ruins (1791). C. F. Volney’s exemplary Enlightenment work on history, religion, and civil unrest, provides an invaluable window into the historical anxieties of intellectuals at the beginning of the French Revolution.
Being a Mother in a Strange Land
For too long, the stories of Chinese migrants have been exclusively male. This book provides an alternative narrative, giving voice to 38 women from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China, and bringing their largely unknown lives to the center of Dutch migration history.
Examining the politics of cultural identity, sexuality in the post-independence era, and Ireland’s culture of incarceration, amongst other themes, this conference proceedings enriches understandings of the social, cultural, and political dimensions of Beckett’s work.
Happiness is fleeting, but meaning endures. This book outlines a disciplined technique to uncover meaning in your life, which becomes a north star for navigation.
This volume of international tourism research presents innovative solutions provoked by today’s challenges. It explores innovations in tourism development, management, and staff training, alongside new approaches to foreign language education for the industry.
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