Social Sciences

Verbs, Clauses and Constructions

Functional and Typological Approaches

Edited By: Raquel Vea Escaza, Pilar Guerrero Medina

£74.99

This volume offers contributions on the role of verbs, clauses, and constructions in a rich variety of languages. Using empirical data, the book contributes to current literature on functional-oriented linguistics, incorporating linguistic typology and corpus-based perspectives.

Vergil’s Eclogues

A Study of the Greek and Roman Literary Sources

By: George C. Paraskeviotis

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In his Eclogues, Vergil introduced the pastoral genre to Latin literature. This book shows his dialogue with the earlier Greek and Latin tradition is not merely typical of his time, but a dynamic literary method used to define the character of each poem.

Versions Of Ireland

Empire, Modernity And Resistance In Irish Culture

By: Eóin Flannery

£34.99

Versions of Ireland brings a postcolonial optic to Irish cultural studies, highlighting imperial modernity and resistance. More than just theory, it offers rich analyses of republican murals, poetry, gothic fiction, and nineteenth-century photography.

via media philosophy

Holiness Unto Truth; Intersections between Wesleyan and Roman Catholic Voices

Edited By: L. Bryan Williams

£39.99

This book records the first formal philosophical conversations between Wesleyan and Roman Catholic voices. Inspired by Pope John Paul II's call for dialogue, it builds bridges between the two communities, seeking a via media to a holy relationship unto truth.

This book records the first formal philosophical conversations between Wesleyan and Roman Catholic voices. Inspired by Pope John Paul II’s call for dialogue, it builds bridges between the two communities, seeking a via media to a holy relationship unto truth.

Victims and Survivors’ Own Stories of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse

By: Steve Broome, Anna Gekoski

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Intrafamilial child sexual abuse remains shrouded in silence. This book presents ten first-person accounts from adult survivors, exploring the lifelong impact of such trauma. Their stories also demonstrate the remarkable resilience of the human spirit, giving survivors a voice.

Victims of Time, Warriors for Change

Chilean Women in a Global, Neoliberal Society

By: Evelyn A. Clark

£44.99

This book explores globalization's impact on Chilean women. While some found new opportunities in wage labor, many more faced limitations and suffering as class differences were exacerbated. These women became both Victims of Time and Warriors for Change.

This book explores globalization’s impact on Chilean women. While some found new opportunities in wage labor, many more faced limitations and suffering as class differences were exacerbated. These women became both Victims of Time and Warriors for Change.

Victorian Cultures of Liminality

Borders and Margins

Edited By: Amina Alyal, Susan Anderson

£61.99

This volume focuses on cross-fertilisation in the arts, liminal spaces, and marginal figures. It contributes to scholarship on Anglo-French exchanges, evoking a sense of temporal shift as nineteenth-century values progress and showing how pictures and texts shape identity.

Victorian Fiction as a Bildungsroman

Its Flourishing and Complexity

By: Petru Golban

From £32.99

This book shows that the Victorian Bildungsroman has a unique development history and a thematic and narrative pattern. It details this tradition’s entrance into Victorian literature, scrutinizing novels to question whether their perspectives fit the shape of the genre.

Victorian Murderesses

The Politics of Female Violence

By: Naz Bulamur

£41.99

Bulamur investigates the politics of female violence in four novels of the Victorian period, demonstrating how legal and even medical discourses endorsed Victorian domestic ideology and tackling the question of female agency.

Victorian Traffic

Identity, Exchange, Performance

Edited By: Sue Thomas

£39.99

This collection explores "traffic"—a key concept for the Victorian era's imperial expansion. With a global range, these essays address the two-way, cross-cultural exchange of ideas, images, and identity, revealing it as relational and always in motion.

This collection explores “traffic”—a key concept for the Victorian era’s imperial expansion. With a global range, these essays address the two-way, cross-cultural exchange of ideas, images, and identity, revealing it as relational and always in motion.

Victorian Turns, NeoVictorian Returns

Essays on Fiction and Culture

Edited By: Penny Gay, Judith Johnston

£34.99

Essays by international scholars explore Victorian writers like Dickens and Eliot in their cultural context. The collection then examines NeoVictorian returns in contemporary literature and film, revealing the era's ongoing dialogue with the modern world.

Video Vision

Changing the Culture of Social Science Research

Edited By: Martin J. Downing Jr., Lauren J. Tenney

£34.99

This volume unpacks the use of video as a research tool, exploring ethics, methodology, and analysis. It presents cutting-edge research with practical strategies for data collection and presentation, accessible to students and useful for social scientists.

Views from the Parish

Churchwardens' Accounts c.1500-c.1800

Edited By: Andrew Foster, Valerie Hitchman

£47.99

This collection of essays explores churchwardens’ accounts in a number of parishes in England, Wales and Ireland. These accounts offer an invaluable source of information about the maintenance of the church fabric, and the nature of parish worship and community life in general.

Views on Eighteenth Century Culture

Design, Books and Ideas

Edited By: Luís Manuel A. V. Bernardo, Leonor Ferrão

£57.99

Using the Portuguese architect and city planner Eugénio dos Santos as a reference point, contributions to this text provide insights into the Enlightenment in Portugal and its relationships with other European cultural movements in fields such as philosophy and literature.

Views, Positions, Legacies

Interviews with German and British Theatre Artists, 1985-2007

Edited By: Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

£34.99

This book collects 24 interviews with German and British theatre artists over 20 years. Actors, directors, and dramatists discuss boulevard comedy, Brecht’s legacy, and seminal productions like Sir Richard Eyre’s account of his Hamlet at the Royal Court.

Vignettes Relating to Kathakali and Shakespeare

The Thirasheela versus the Curtain

By: Mohan Gopinath, Vellinezhi Achuthan Kutty, Nagesh Bharadwaj, Asha Prabhakaran, Sabina Zacharias

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For lovers of the performing arts, especially Kathakali, the dance drama of Kerala. This book uniquely compares Shakespearean plays and characters to the stories and characters in Kathakali, offering a completely new perspective.

Violence and Dystopia

Mimesis and Sacrifice in Contemporary Western Dystopian Narratives

By: Daniel Cojocaru

£52.99

A critical examination of imitative desire, scapegoating, and sacrifice in contemporary dystopian narratives through the lens of René Girard’s mimetic theory. It analyzes works by J.G. Ballard, Chuck Palahniuk, Margaret Atwood, and Will Self.

Violence and Politics

Ideologies, Identities, Representations

Edited By: Antonios Ampoutis, Marios Dimitriadis, Sakis Dimitriadis

£67.99

In this volume, a new generation of researchers demonstrate the interaction between politics and violence in the context of Greek and European history. In terms of focus, the articles here extend over a time span stretching from the Greek classical period to the twentieth century

Violence Impacting Children and Youth

Perspectives from the Global South

Edited By: Icarbord Tshabangu, Aluko Opeyemi Idowu

£74.99

This book provides informative perspectives on violence impacting children and youth in the Global South. It examines trends, dynamics, and experiences, enabling policymakers, educators, and social workers to develop useful strategies to protect them.

Violence in Sarah Kane’s Plays

By: Raad Kareem Abd-Aun

£64.99

This book reveals how Sarah Kane’s plays immerse audiences in the raw, embodied experience of violence and trauma. It presents a compelling case for her enduring relevance, cementing her legacy as one of modern theatre’s most provocative and essential voices.

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