Social Sciences

Plautus’ Erudite Comedy

New Insights into the Work of a doctus poeta

Edited By: Sophia Papaioannou, Chrysanthi Demetriou

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This collection of original essays examines the comedy of Plautus as a creative dialogue with contemporary culture. The studies explore his engagement with Greek literature, science, and philosophy, revealing his foundational influence on Latin literature.

Playing with Possibilities

Edited By: Peter O'Connor, Claudia Rozas

£61.99

Playing with Possibilities sits at the heart of all creative endeavours. This collection brings together thinkers and writers to explore the potential of play to shape who we are and the worlds we live in, asking us to celebrate fanciful approaches to living.

Plunging into Turmoil in the Aftermath of Crisis

Edited By: Cristina Montalvão Sarmento

£61.99

This book questions how different sociological and theoretical approaches contribute to explain crises phenomena, and considers how crises processes and their effects on human social existence demand a re-thinking of the role of the social sciences in society.

Pluralism, Pragmatism and American Democracy

A Minority Report

By: H.G. Callaway

£64.99

Callaway defends democratic individualism against more collectivist and corporatist tendencies in contemporary neo-pragmatism, and draws upon up-to-date political analysis in order to justify America’s long republican tradition.

PoCA (Postgraduate Cypriot Archaeology) 2012

Edited By: Hartmut Matthäus, Bärbel Morstadt, Christian Vonhoffm

£62.99

This volume offers an interdisciplinary approach to Cypriot archaeology and material culture, from the 3rd millennium B.C. to modern times. Contributions illuminate various aspects of the island's history, with a special focus on the formative Bronze Age.

This volume offers an interdisciplinary approach to Cypriot archaeology and material culture, from the 3rd millennium B.C. to modern times. Contributions illuminate various aspects of the island’s history, with a special focus on the formative Bronze Age.

POCA 2007

Postgraduate Cypriot Archaeology Conference

Edited By: Paraskevi Christodoulou, Anna Satraki

£44.99

This multidisciplinary collection of papers on the history and archaeology of Cyprus spans from the prehistoric to the medieval times. It is a significant contribution to archaeological research that will engage scholars and provide the groundwork for future ideas.

Poems and Verse of Winifred Holtby

Edited By: Antony Webb

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Novelist Winifred Holtby (South Riding) was a strong feminist who died aged only 37. This collection presents her mostly unpublished poems, which chart her life, her loves, the war, and her profound friendship with fellow writer Vera Brittain.

Poetic Language and Religion in Greece and Rome

Edited By: J. Virgilio García, Angel Ruiz

£49.99

This collection of essays combines Indo-European and Classical Studies to explore poetic language and religion in Greece and Rome. It tracks the remnants of Indo-European tradition and delves into ritual poetry, hymns, oracles, and magic.

Poetics of Indigenismo in Zapatista Discourse

The Mexican Revolution Revisioned through Mayan Eyes

By: Gregory Stephens

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Analysing the writings of Subcomandante Marcos and their relationship to multiple literary genres, this work shows that ,while Marcos employs the iconography of Che Guevara and Zapata et al., he also embodies the aspiration ‘to change the world without taking power’.

Poetics of the Native

Edited By: Yosra Amraoui, Bootheina Majoul

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This volume challenges colonial representations of indigenous peoples. It re-reads native discourses from around the world to celebrate their multiplicity of meanings, discussing literary performances, history, testimony, displacement, and the struggle for legitimacy.

Poetry and Philosophy as Handlung

A Tactical Sequence

By: Frederic Will

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Poetry and Philosophy as Handlung offers verbal “doings” where sentences show both complicity and dissonance. Through this tactical sequence, time and place emerge, capturing the era's peculiar aroma in a text that remains open to its own immediate future.

Poetry and Philosophy as Handlung offers verbal “doings” where sentences show both complicity and dissonance. Through this tactical sequence, time and place emerge, capturing the era’s peculiar aroma in a text that remains open to its own immediate future.

Poetry and Voice

A Book of Essays

Edited By: Stephanie Norgate

£44.99

This international collection of essays fuses critical and creative treatments of poetic voice. Contributors give rare insights into inner poetic processes and artistic debates, approaching the question of what it is to ‘find a voice’ in poetry from multiple angles.

Poetry Translation through Reception and Cognition

The Proof of Translation is in the Reading

By: Andrea Kenesei

£34.99

This book treats poetry translation as an interdisciplinary field, combining linguistics with reader response and cognitive science. It outlines a cognitive approach to translation and presents a new model for poetry translation criticism.

Poetry, the Geometry of the Living Substance

Four Essays on Ágnes Nemes Nagy

By: Agnes Lehoczky

£39.99

The first study in English of modernist Hungarian poet Ágnes Nemes Nagy. Through close readings of her poetry and prose, this book explores the relation between language, trauma, and memory, drawing parallels with thinkers like Rilke and Beckett.

Point, Dot, Period… The Dynamics of Punctuation in Text and Image

Edited By: Laurence Petit, Pascale Tollance

£47.99

These twelve essays explore the fundamental role played by punctuation in the two semiotic fields of text and image. By bringing together authors from various fields, they offer new insights into the possibility and nature of the encounter between visual and textual creation.

Poland in Transatlantic Relations after 1989

Miracle Fair

Edited By: Małgorzata Zachara

£64.99

This book brings together a number of scholars to examine the transformation of Poland within the context of regional and global power relations, focusing in particular on analyses of the country’s political and social development in the area of transatlantic relations.

Poland’s Angry Romantic

Two Poems and a Play by Juliusz Słowacki

Edited By: Peter Cochran, Bill Johnston, Mirosława Modrzewska

From £19.99

Juliusz Słowacki is one of Poland’s most important writers, but little known in the West. This much-needed introduction contains his popular play Balladina, his meditative poem Agamemnon’s Tomb, and his hilarious mock-epic Beniowski.

Polarization, Populism, and the New Politics

Media and Communication in a Changing World

Edited By: Banu Baybars, Sarphan Uzunoğlu

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From Turkey to the USA, the effect of populism is felt more than ever. This volume considers the role played by conventional and new media in its rise. Investigating countries such as Spain and the UK, it will appeal to readers interested in polarization and post-truth studies.

Policies, Principles, Practices

New Directions in Foreign Language Education in the Era of Educational Globalization

Edited By: Rita Cancino, Kirsten Jæger

£39.99

Globalization challenges university language teaching in non-anglophone countries. Using Denmark as a case study, this book offers remedies applicable to all universities aiming to stay competitive in the global market of university education.

Policy Analysis for Big Issues

Confronting Corruption, Elitism, Inequality, and Despair

By: Robert Klitgaard

From £32.99

In a world grappling with corruption and inequality, this book is a beacon of hope with practical solutions. From Harvard to the Himalayas, its real-world examples and actionable insights equip readers with the inspiration needed to ignite transformative change.

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