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The New Criticism

Formalist Literary Theory in America

Edited By: Alfred J. Drake

£34.99

This volume traces the history and theories of the New Criticism school. It assesses the New Critics' lasting influence, examining how their work has been contextualized, criticized, and valorized by subsequent theorists and educators.

This volume traces the history and theories of the New Criticism school. It assesses the New Critics’ lasting influence, examining how their work has been contextualized, criticized, and valorized by subsequent theorists and educators.

The Empty Too

Language and Philosophy in the Works of Samuel Beckett

By: Arthur Broomfield

£39.99

This controversial study argues that for Beckett, pure language is reality. While the world we perceive cannot be proved to exist, language survives to become the real. Beckett’s art is his philosophy, a thinking that surpasses the major philosophers.

New Language Technologies and Linguistic Research

A Two-Way Road

Edited By: Sandra Maria Aluisio, Stella E. O. Tagnin

£44.99

This collection of papers from the 11th Corpus Linguistics Symposium will inspire readers interested in Linguistics and motivate further research in the interdisciplinary area of Language Technologies and Linguistic Research.

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber Le Concert à la cour, ou La Débutante Opéra-comique en un acte Paroles de Eugène-Augustin Scribe et Mélesville

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier

£44.99

Auber, a key 19th-century French composer, and librettist Scribe created the successful opéra-comique Le Concert à la cour. In this one-act work, a young singer's debut is sabotaged. It showcases the elegance and finesse of the composer's art.

Auber, a key 19th-century French composer, and librettist Scribe created the successful opéra-comique Le Concert à la cour. In this one-act work, a young singer’s debut is sabotaged. It showcases the elegance and finesse of the composer’s art.

From an Existential Vacuum to a Tragic Optimism

The Search for Meaning and Presence of God in Modern Literature

By: Barbara A. Heavilin, Charles W. Heavilin

£44.99

This book uses Victor Frankl’s logotherapy to analyze the search for meaning in modern literature. It explores our age’s “existential vacuum”—a sense of meaninglessness—and discovers a “tragic optimism” and a longing for God in poetry, novels, and fantasy.

Semiotics and Visual Communication

Concepts and Practices

Edited By: Evripides Zantides

£49.99

This book explores how semiotic theory can be applied to visual communication practice. Featuring contributions on design, media, and the visual arts, it is an essential asset for anyone interested in semiotics from both a theoretical and applied view.

Religion at Work in Globalised Traditions

Rainmaking, Witchcraft and Christianity in Tanzania

By: Anders Kaliff

£49.99

In a Tanzanian Sukuma community, traditional rainmaking has vanished. As Christianity spreads, why are witchcraft and witch killings increasing? This book analyses how witchcraft and Christianity supplement each other to provide answers for this world and the next.

Understanding the City

Henri Lefebvre and Urban Studies

Edited By: Gülçin Erdi-Lelandais

£44.99

This book moves beyond the theoretical discussion of Henri Lefebvre. It presents empirical case studies from different cities, using his key concepts to propose new comprehensions of the contemporary city and empower shared desires for just urban outcomes.

Never Mind about the Bourgeoisie

The Correspondence between Iris Murdoch and Brian Medlin 1976-1995

Edited By: Gillian Dooley, Graham Nerlich

From £36.99

This collection of correspondence, covering over twenty years, records the deeply affectionate friendship between novelist Iris Murdoch and philosopher Brian Medlin. They spar over Marxism and radical politics, while he regales her with tales of Australian life.

Recovering 9/11 in New York

Edited By: Robert Fanuzzi, Michael Wolfe

£49.99

This collection of essays explores how New Yorkers sought meaning in the 9/11 attacks a decade on. Contributors contest the dominant narrative to focus on local experiences of memory, recovery, and rebuilding, and the challenge of representing the event.

Early Modernity and Video Games

Edited By: Florian Kerschbaumer, Tobias Winnerling

£44.99

How do video games portray history? This volume questions the conceptions of history games embody, focusing on the early modern period (1450-1815). From Age of Empires to Assassin’s Creed, it explores what happens when games encounter early modernity.

Greece and Britain since 1945 Second Edition

Edited By: David Wills

£29.99

This book explores the transformation of Anglo-Greek relations since 1945, focusing on the perceptions of writers and organisations. This updated edition includes new chapters discussing the recent "Greek Crisis" and its portrayal in British media.

Reviewing Imperial Conflicts

Edited By: Cristina Baptista, Ana Cristina Mendes

£44.99

This volume of essays investigates the “European civilizing mission” through conflict. Centered on a controversial debate, contributors review colonial and postcolonial imperial conflicts to offer new perspectives on the British Empire.

From Critique to Action

The Practical Ethics of the Organizational World (New Insights)

Edited By: David Weir

£29.99

This book applies ethical thinking to business, management, and computing. Based on practical experience, this accessible, cross-disciplinary text has a strong intercultural flavour, appealing to readers in project management, information systems, and philosophy.

Face to Face/Faccia a Faccia

Edited By: Maria Cristina Cignatta

£44.99

Twelve of Italy's best novelle by literary masters can be read in the original Italian with parallel English translations. This collection, centered on the theme of a woman as the central character, includes biographies and notes on each writer.

Twelve of Italy’s best novelle by literary masters can be read in the original Italian with parallel English translations. This collection, centered on the theme of a woman as the central character, includes biographies and notes on each writer.

Applied Drama/Theatre as Social Intervention in Conflict and Post-Conflict Contexts

Edited By: Hazel Barnes, Marié-Heleen Coetzee

£44.99

This book explores drama as an intervention in conflict. It maps theatre's transformative role in contexts from South Africa to New Zealand, addressing violence in prisons, cities, and families. Includes two new play scripts on xenophobia and family violence.

This book explores drama as an intervention in conflict. It maps theatre’s transformative role in contexts from South Africa to New Zealand, addressing violence in prisons, cities, and families. Includes two new play scripts on xenophobia and family violence.

The Conceptualisation of the Christian Life in John Henry Newman’s Parochial and Plain Sermons

By: Marcin Kuczok

£49.99

This book uses cognitive semantics to analyze the concept of “The Christian Life” in John Henry Newman’s sermons. It identifies metaphorical models, such as “A Journey” and “A Race,” that blend everyday concepts with the domain of Christianity.

Albert Camus’s The Stranger

Critical Essays

Edited By: Peter Francev

£49.99

This collection of critical essays by international experts examines Camus’s The Stranger from both philosophical and literary perspectives. Presenting the first known critical examination in English, this volume sheds new light on the classic novel.

Art Theory as Visual Epistemology

Edited By: Harald Klinke

£39.99

"What is knowledge?" is as much a philosophic question as "What is an image?" Visual epistemology is a new research field exploring this link. This publication gathers approaches by distinguished authors to outline this territory and investigate how images create knowledge.

“What is knowledge?” is as much a philosophic question as “What is an image?” Visual epistemology is a new research field exploring this link. This publication gathers approaches by distinguished authors to outline this territory and investigate how images create knowledge.

Jurisprudence of International Criminal Justice

By: Farhad Malekian

£79.99

This volume examines international criminal justice, with a focus on the International Criminal Court. It demands the prosecution of those who escape justice due to their political or military power, arguing that the cycle of impunity must be abolished for all.