What is a ‘first letter’? Is it a child’s first writing, a first love letter, or the first to a new correspondent? This volume examines the first letters of authors, philosophers, and artists—including Voltaire, Diderot, and Coleridge—and their connection to what follows.
Geographical Thoughts in India
This book explores the roots of Indian geographical thought through its history, culture, and sacred ecology. It examines heritagescapes, belief systems, and the Ganga river, reconsidering India’s development in light of its rich cultural legacy.
This book challenges the myth that the UK’s post-war Welfare State was solely a Labour Party creation. It examines the contributions of figures like Churchill and Beveridge to argue that, over the half-century, the greater share of credit belongs to the Conservative Party.
A leading clergy member and prolific author, Symon Patrick influenced a major change in the character of the Established Church. This volume assesses the significance and quality of Patrick’s contribution to the Church of England in its volatile historical and political context.
Inclusive Hospitality in Online Learning
Inclusive hospitality counters the impersonal nature of online learning by creating a welcoming, safe, and engaging environment. This book provides a path and tools for faculty to welcome and instruct students in a powerful, transformative manner, valuing them as individuals.
Cognition, Emotion and Consciousness in Modernist Storyworlds
This volume explores the representation of minds in literary texts, focusing on modernism. Through cognition and emotion, these essays reveal the nexus between mind and narrative, arguing that experientiality is fundamental to all genres, from poetry to the novel.
Action, Intersubjectivity and Narrative Identity
Drawing on Paul Ricoeur’s research, this book argues that critical hermeneutics can work as a mediatory inter-discipline. As human sciences like psychoanalysis, sociology, and history grow more fragmented, critical hermeneutics may provide a unified methodological structure.
The Heraldic World of Lawrence Durrell
This book presents unorthodox explorations of Alexandria, the city at the heart of Durrell’s writing. It offers an insight into his Sicilian Carousel and a unique reading of his Alexandria Quartet in light of the art and landscape of ancient Egypt.
Trends and Advances in Sport and Leisure Management
This interdisciplinary volume explores the dynamics reshaping sport and leisure and the responses of key organisations. It brings together contributions that pinpoint advances for theory and practice, ultimately expanding the frontiers of sport and leisure management.
Shattering the myth of an apolitical Nietzsche, this book reveals him as a 19th-century reactionary. It traces his lifelong war on modernity—from feminism to democracy—in his quest to forge a new, counter-revolutionary politics.
This book argues that Paradise Lost contains the traits of early modern novels, and that Milton’s Satan is a novelistic character par excellence. His modern individualism and complexity prove the novel owes an immense, unintentional debt to Milton’s epic.
Italian-Soviet Relations from 1943-1946
After Mussolini’s government collapsed and Italy surrendered to the Allies, the nation was torn. Two rival Italian governments faced each other as the Allies advanced. Amidst this chaos, relations with the Soviet Union resumed. This book reconstructs this delicate moment.
Conrad and the Being of the World
Why does Joseph Conrad’s universe feel so opaque and withdrawn? This unique study uses Object-Oriented Ontology to explore what lies hidden in his work, shedding new light on Conrad and articulating a metaphysical structure for his world, the universe, and ourselves.
Nawãr (Savages)
The Syrian revolution was the most complicated of the Arab Spring. This book examines the intellectual and behavioral changes Syrian society experienced under the Assad totalitarian regime and how they reshaped society, influencing the revolution and its outcome.
This book describes terahertz radiation’s interaction with materials from dielectrics to metals. It covers all types of terahertz sources and detectors, investigates the “terahertz gap,” and explores means of increasing the working frequency and output power of the devices.
As one of the biggest breakthroughs in medicine, 3D printing has become an integral part of healthcare. This book explores its growth and how it is improving patient care with better quality, customized designs, and lower costs, providing insight for researchers and students.
This volume explores approaches to monitoring sustainable tourism at seaside destinations, focusing on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. It presents a systematic process of gathering data to assess and manage development. Essential for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners.
Museums present authorized versions of reality but rarely discuss their priorities or ask “what are the other truths?” This collection of essays highlights contested truths, the truths of the underprivileged, and asks what the consequences for museums should be.
The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture
This book challenges the projected image of a dominant West as a necessary model for a dependent ‘rest of the world.’ It calls for a decolonization of human knowledge, using recent Arab contributions as an example of an alternative to the globalization of Western norms.
Advertising, Values and Social Change
Following the 2008 financial crisis, consumer society has changed. This book analyzes how brands and advertising must adapt, identifying new languages for storytelling that reflect a new global sensibility and a demand for more responsible consumption.
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