Social Sciences

Metamorphoses of Travel Writing

Across Theories, Genres, Centuries and Literary Traditions

Edited By: Grzegorz Moroz

£39.99

This book adds to the fast-growing field of travel writing studies. Its papers use varied theoretical approaches to explore a diverse body of texts—fictional, non-fictional, and poetry—from the last 300 years and from multiple literary traditions.

Joyce in Progress

Proceedings of the 2008 James Joyce Graduate Conference in Rome

Edited By: John McCourt, Franca Ruggieri

£39.99

A testament to the enduring fascination of Joyce's writings, this volume offers ground-breaking, multi-disciplinary readings. These essays look at Joyce from a variety of angles and connect his work with contemporary writers, rivals, and successors.

A testament to the enduring fascination of Joyce’s writings, this volume offers ground-breaking, multi-disciplinary readings. These essays look at Joyce from a variety of angles and connect his work with contemporary writers, rivals, and successors.

Art and Destruction

Edited By: Jennifer Walden

£39.99

Most writing on art is about creation. This volume addresses its relationship with destruction. It brings together distinct areas for enquiry, from artists whose making is driven by breaking down matter to unique approaches to representing mass destruction.

Towards a Poetics of Postmodern Drama

A Study of Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard

By: Mufti Mudasir

£39.99

This study reveals Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard as postmodern playwrights. Their contradictory dramas subvert theatrical convention to challenge our very understanding of truth, history, and the human subject.

Practical Approaches to Teaching Film

Edited By: Rachel S. Ritterbusch

£39.99

Unlock film's power in the classroom. Experts show how to use movies from blockbusters to art films to foster critical thinking. This practical guide provides sample syllabi, assignments, and a glossary of key film terms for immediate use.

Unlock film’s power in the classroom. Experts show how to use movies from blockbusters to art films to foster critical thinking. This practical guide provides sample syllabi, assignments, and a glossary of key film terms for immediate use.

The Secret Keepers

Narratives Exploring the Inter and Transgenerational Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Violence

By: Susan Dale

£39.99

Secrecy around childhood abuse creates a traumatic legacy passed through generations. This book demonstrates the use of narrative as a therapeutic process, finding creative ways for people to break the silence and live beyond being defined by abuse and violence.

Divided we stand

The French and Italian political parties and the rearmament of West Germany, 1949-1955

By: Linda Risso

£39.99

In the 1950s, fears of a ‘new Wehrmacht’ clashed with the ambition for European integration, sparking passionate political debates. This book offers an innovative examination of the role non-state actors and political parties played in France and Italy.

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber

Le Premier Jour de bonheur

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier

£39.99

From celebrated 19th-century French composer Auber comes his last great success. In colonial India, French officer Gaston de Mailleprés loves an English woman. Taken prisoner and condemned to death, can he survive to see his first day of happiness?

The Book in Ireland

Edited By: Fabienne Garcier, Jacqueline Genet, Sylvie Mikowski

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This volume explores the relation between the Irish people and the printed word. It highlights the role of private presses, periodicals, and propaganda in circulating ideas and building a national identity. 'A bold, wide-ranging introduction.' - Declan Kiberd

This volume explores the relation between the Irish people and the printed word. It highlights the role of private presses, periodicals, and propaganda in circulating ideas and building a national identity. ‘A bold, wide-ranging introduction.’ – Declan Kiberd

Building Cultures of Peace

Transdisciplinary Voices of Hope and Action

Edited By: Randall Amster, Elavie Ndura-Ouédraogo

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In a world torn apart by conflict, from families to nations, how do we build a culture of peace? This volume of essays presents multiple perspectives from scholars and practitioners on fostering hope and creating peace in a conflict-ridden world.

Collapse, Catastrophe and Rediscovery

Spain’s Cultural Panorama in the Twenty-First Century

Edited By: Jennifer Brady, Ibon Izurieta, Ana-María Medina

£39.99

Shaped by its dictatorial past and current economic crisis, Spain is in a moment of great rediscovery. This collection explores how contemporary Spanish film and literature dialogue with the nation's social situation, offering a wide range of analyses.

Shaped by its dictatorial past and current economic crisis, Spain is in a moment of great rediscovery. This collection explores how contemporary Spanish film and literature dialogue with the nation’s social situation, offering a wide range of analyses.

Perspectives in Translation Studies

Edited By: Floriana Popescu

£39.99

Based on recent research, this book provides fresh perspectives on translation studies. It combines theory and practice with commented examples, examining literary works, comparative language patterns, and the challenges of film translation into English.

Narration and Spectatorship in Moving Images

Edited By: Barbara Fisher Anderson, Joseph D. Anderson

£39.99

Film scholars, drawing upon psychology, analyze the connections between stylistic patterns and aesthetic effects. This selection of essays focuses on elements of filmic narration to gain tangible insight into the ancient mystery of the link between art and experience.

Teaching the Transatlantic Eighteenth Century

Edited By: Jennifer Frangos, Cristobal Silva

£39.99

This collection explores the classroom as a generative site for research in Transatlantic Studies. Moving beyond *what* to teach, it focuses on *why* and *how*, emphasizing the transformative potential of the field for students, scholars, and our profession.

The Emergence of a Greek Identity (1700-1821)

By: Stratos Myrogiannis

£39.99

This book reveals how Greek Enlightenment intellectuals forged a modern national identity. They reframed history to include Byzantium and transformed liberal Enlightenment ideas into a nationalist ideology, paving the way for the War of Independence in 1821.

A Self-divided Poet

Form and Texture in the Verse of Thomas Hood

By: Rodney Stenning Edgecombe

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Long regarded as a minor comic poet, this first book on Thomas Hood’s verse reveals his true range. It analyzes his serious poems, uncovering a debt to Elizabethan and Metaphysical poets, while also giving his comic genius its due in his light-hearted oeuvre.

Sisters of Fate

The Myths that Speak Themselves

By: Michael Thomas Hudgens

£39.99

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.

Pursuits and Joys

Great Victorian Antiquarians and Intellects

Edited By: Heather Sebire

£39.99

This volume is a collection of updated papers exploring the remarkable Lukis family and their contemporaries. It examines their pioneering work and the evolution of archaeology as a discipline in the nineteenth century across Britain and Europe.

Myths and Facts about Football

The Economics and Psychology of the World’s Greatest Sport

Edited By: Patric Andersson, Peter Ayton, Carsten Schmidt

From £12.99

This book presents economic and psychological analyses of football, investigating popular conceptions and misconceptions. Are teams more likely to concede a goal after scoring? Does the team going first in a penalty shoot-out have an advantage?

(Re)Creating Science in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Edited By: Amanda Mordavsky Caleb

£39.99

This collection reconsiders the history of science in nineteenth-century Britain. Moving away from a Darwin-focused history, these interdisciplinary essays offer fresh insights into scientific development through history, religion, literature, and art.

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