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Meteors that Enlighten the Earth
Napoleon and the Cult of Great Men
Napoleon blended Roman and French traditions to honor great men, comparing himself to Caesar and Charlemagne. This book analyzes his ever-changing personal cult of “great men” and his recognition of contemporaries who contributed to human civilization.
Napoleon blended Roman and French traditions to honor great men, comparing himself to Caesar and Charlemagne. This book analyzes his ever-changing personal cult of “great men” and his recognition of contemporaries who contributed to human civilization.
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Why has The Merchant of Venice garnered so much attention? This collection offers readers sundry answers, showcasing disparate approaches from a feminist view to a Manga version, providing students with different critical lenses to interpret the play.
Why has The Merchant of Venice garnered so much attention? This collection offers readers sundry answers, showcasing disparate approaches from a feminist view to a Manga version, providing students with different critical lenses to interpret the play.
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Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable
The Premier Opéra Romantique
Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable is a milestone of French grand opéra. This book traces the opera's history and music, and examines the fascinating iconography generated by its famous scenes, including the legendary Ballet of the Nuns, a touchstone of dark Romanticism.
Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable is a milestone of French grand opéra. This book traces the opera’s history and music, and examines the fascinating iconography generated by its famous scenes, including the legendary Ballet of the Nuns, a touchstone of dark Romanticism.
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Britain and Britishness in G. B. Shaw’s Plays
A Linguistic Perspective
This book offers a fresh insight into G. B. Shaw’s plays by highlighting ethnicity and Britishness as their core structuring elements. Using an innovative, multidisciplinary linguistic approach, it analyses cultural differences in works like Pygmalion.
This book offers a fresh insight into G. B. Shaw’s plays by highlighting ethnicity and Britishness as their core structuring elements. Using an innovative, multidisciplinary linguistic approach, it analyses cultural differences in works like Pygmalion.
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This volume presents an analysis of English legal genres in academic and professional writing. It offers insights into how writers’ discursive practices shape their membership of the legal community, and is designed for applied linguistic researchers and writing instructors.
This volume presents an analysis of English legal genres in academic and professional writing. It offers insights into how writers’ discursive practices shape their membership of the legal community, and is designed for applied linguistic researchers and writing instructors.
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Dossier Chris Marker
The Suffering Image
A study of Chris Marker's works, focusing on the dynamic interplay of political and subjective agency. It is this very conflict that animates all of Marker’s extensive works, which act as a “mask” or “screen” for forces that reside beyond the frame.
A study of Chris Marker’s works, focusing on the dynamic interplay of political and subjective agency. It is this very conflict that animates all of Marker’s extensive works, which act as a “mask” or “screen” for forces that reside beyond the frame.
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Let’s Learn Together, Let’s Work Together
Challenges and Solutions for Transcultural Health and Social Care
This volume explores global challenges and solutions for transcultural health care. Providing competent care requires knowledgeable, culturally sensitive professionals. Deeply rooted values must be challenged to address unwitting prejudices and stereotyping.
This volume explores global challenges and solutions for transcultural health care. Providing competent care requires knowledgeable, culturally sensitive professionals. Deeply rooted values must be challenged to address unwitting prejudices and stereotyping.
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Steady Air
Exploring Catholicism at Work
Must Irish Catholics condemn modern society, or can they help shape it? Leading professionals explore the case for active, faith-informed engagement in civil life.
Must Irish Catholics condemn modern society, or can they help shape it? Leading professionals explore the case for active, faith-informed engagement in civil life.
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New Women’s Writing in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe
Gender, Generation and Identities
This book investigates the explosion of women’s writing in post-socialist Russia, Central and Eastern Europe. It explores why this writing has become so prominent, whether writers see their gender as a burden or empowering, and its links to nationality and class.
This book investigates the explosion of women’s writing in post-socialist Russia, Central and Eastern Europe. It explores why this writing has become so prominent, whether writers see their gender as a burden or empowering, and its links to nationality and class.
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Everlasting Countdowns
Race, Ethnicity and National Censuses in Latin American States
Politics, not demographics, is at the core of censuses. This book argues that there is no objective method for counting social identities. Using studies from Latin America, it shows how ethnic and racial categories are defined by states to serve political goals.
Politics, not demographics, is at the core of censuses. This book argues that there is no objective method for counting social identities. Using studies from Latin America, it shows how ethnic and racial categories are defined by states to serve political goals.
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This history of cremation in Romania analyses key periods from 1867 to the present day. It covers the Interwar period, when Romania became the first Orthodox country with a crematorium, provoking a vehement reaction, and the Communist and post-Communist eras.
This history of cremation in Romania analyses key periods from 1867 to the present day. It covers the Interwar period, when Romania became the first Orthodox country with a crematorium, provoking a vehement reaction, and the Communist and post-Communist eras.
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Sisters of Fate
The Myths that Speak Themselves
Tracking the feminine principle in divination over three thousand years, this book explores the psychic vantage point of fate’s sisters. It examines the source of their visions within the Western concept of time, free will, and destiny.
Tracking the feminine principle in divination over three thousand years, this book explores the psychic vantage point of fate’s sisters. It examines the source of their visions within the Western concept of time, free will, and destiny.
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This collection traces themes of authority and gender in chronicles from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. With contributions from leading specialists, this study spans medieval Europe, drawing on evidence from language, literature, history, and art.
This collection traces themes of authority and gender in chronicles from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. With contributions from leading specialists, this study spans medieval Europe, drawing on evidence from language, literature, history, and art.
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Prominent scholars explore (im)politeness in human communication. This volume reviews the state of the art, analysing politeness in media, the effects of speech acts, and implications for language teaching, offering new perspectives on social interaction.
Prominent scholars explore (im)politeness in human communication. This volume reviews the state of the art, analysing politeness in media, the effects of speech acts, and implications for language teaching, offering new perspectives on social interaction.
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Inhabited by Stories
Critical Essays on Tales Retold
This book offers an alternative to intertextuality as influence and appropriation. Grounded in the lived experience of reading, it focuses on the expansion of experience created by telling and retelling stories, which inhabit us and enrich our responses.
This book offers an alternative to intertextuality as influence and appropriation. Grounded in the lived experience of reading, it focuses on the expansion of experience created by telling and retelling stories, which inhabit us and enrich our responses.
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(Dis)Entangling Darwin
Cross-disciplinary Reflections on the Man and His Legacy
Driven by a childlike curiosity and an appetite for discovery, Charles Darwin dedicated his life to “disentangling confusions.” His legacy remains as controversial and exhilarating today as it was then, challenging scholars and inspiring new research.
Driven by a childlike curiosity and an appetite for discovery, Charles Darwin dedicated his life to “disentangling confusions.” His legacy remains as controversial and exhilarating today as it was then, challenging scholars and inspiring new research.
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Öztürk gets to the core of Hardy’s ‘tragic vision’: the destruction of self through the dramatic interplay between character and circumstance. This study brilliantly captures Hardy's stark statement about life itself, filling the need for newer interpretations.
Öztürk gets to the core of Hardy’s ‘tragic vision’: the destruction of self through the dramatic interplay between character and circumstance. This study brilliantly captures Hardy’s stark statement about life itself, filling the need for newer interpretations.
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Reflection, Change, and Reconstruction in the Context of Educational Reform and Innovation in China
Towards an Integrated Framework Centred on Reflective Teaching Practice for EFL Teachers’ Professional Development
This book explores how reflective teaching transforms the thinking and classroom practice of Chinese university EFL teachers. It offers a new perspective on professional development and is a unique resource for teachers, teacher educators, and researchers.
This book explores how reflective teaching transforms the thinking and classroom practice of Chinese university EFL teachers. It offers a new perspective on professional development and is a unique resource for teachers, teacher educators, and researchers.
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Incorporeal Heroes
The Origins of Homeric Images
The heroes of the Iliad were not historical figures or artistic creations. They originated as local cult heroes, like saints, with no connection to the Trojan War. This book reveals the sequence in which figures like Achilles were stitched into the epic.
The heroes of the Iliad were not historical figures or artistic creations. They originated as local cult heroes, like saints, with no connection to the Trojan War. This book reveals the sequence in which figures like Achilles were stitched into the epic.
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Generative Investigations
Syntax, Morphology, and Phonology
This volume is a collection of studies in generative (morpho)syntax and phonology by leading scholars. Drawing on recent advances, these papers test theoretical frameworks against data from languages like Polish, Russian, and English to highlight new facts.
This volume is a collection of studies in generative (morpho)syntax and phonology by leading scholars. Drawing on recent advances, these papers test theoretical frameworks against data from languages like Polish, Russian, and English to highlight new facts.
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