This volume explores the social, historical and cultural dimensions of medicine. It covers medical knowledge, public health, and the experience of illness, raising ethical and philosophical questions that will open up new vistas of study for the reader.
Northrop Frye’s Lectures
This collection provides a transcription of fifteen sets of notes taken by Northrop Frye’s students in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and is the only available extended record of the courses taught by the great Canadian literary critic and humanist.
Literature, Performance, and Somaesthetics
These essays view textual and extra-textual worlds as an intimate continuum. Drawing from philosophical somaesthetics and performance studies, they explore the agency of the embodied self, examining literary characters, canons, and reception on a physical, visceral level.
W.B. Yeats and Indian Thought
Dabić investigates the impact of Indian philosophy and religion on Yeats’s poetic and dramatic work, exploring its development from his early impressionistic work to his more mature incorporation of such ideas into his writing.
New narratives are produced from what was once overlooked as mundane. Decades ago, historian Fernand Braudel called for more research into everyday life. This volume is a response to that call for more synthesis, analysis, discussion, and extension.
The short story is undergoing a renaissance. This collection celebrates its unique appeal, as scholars and writers explore its forms, genres, and international authors from James Joyce to Jorge Luis Borges. Integrating theory and practice, it appeals to writers and students.
Dwelling in Days Foregone
Inspired by Svetlana Boym’s seminal study The Future of Nostalgia (2001), the contributions brought together here examine American literary texts and cultural phenomena as manifestations and expressions of nostalgia.
Rediscovering French Science-Fiction in Literature, Film and Comics
French science-fiction is as old as Cyrano de Bergerac’s trip to the moon and Jules Verne’s scientific adventures. This collection introduces its unique contributions to an English-speaking audience, exploring the genre’s deep roots in literature, film, and graphic novels.
From Antiquity to the Postmodern World
This volume brings together histories and literatures of the Jewish people. The articles investigate Jewish life and thought, from ancient sources and mysticism to contemporary themes, offering vibrant responses to the key questions: “Who is a Jew?” and “What is Judaism?”
The 2007 financial crisis revealed the fallibility of our global economic system. This book offers a critical view, examining the relations between State sovereignty and markets while investigating gaps in major international organizations like the IMF and WTO.
“A Noble Unrest”
“A Noble Unrest” is an international collection of essays on George MacDonald, the 19th-century fantasy writer whose work critiqued the Victorian era. Scholars explore his fiction, his influence, and his relevance for the contemporary reader.
Mini Implants in Orthodontics
Master mini implants in orthodontics with this essential guide. Explore their history, design, and clinical applications through case studies and expert insights. This authoritative resource bridges the gap between theory and practice for professionals and students.
This unique volume presents essays by international specialists in phraseology. It reflects numerous aspects of phraseological research, from semantic, pragmatic, and comparative fields to the practical problems of paremiology and phraseography.
This book proposes a new explanation for early modern philosophy. It suggests the concept of relation, grounded in causal influence, can illuminate developments concerning causality, sense perception, and substance, showing it is closer to Aristotle than supposed.
Dealing with Authorship
This title examines the multiple ways in which the progressive (self-) fashioning of authors and filmmakers interacts with the public sphere, generating authorial postures and arousing attention. It analyses the works of both canonical and non-canonical authors and filmmakers.
Ruptures in the Western Empire
This book investigates the representation of white female captives in Moorish thralldom in Western cinema. It deconstructs how these stories were used for imperialist ambitions and, by rereading this visual culture, gives voice to the stereotyped “other”.
In an era defined by writers like William Blake and Olaudah Equiano, this collection proves the anti-slavery movement was no single-authored sensation, but a broader transatlantic discourse spanning the entire long eighteenth century.
Signs of Identity
This volume rethinks identity from a communicational and comparative perspective, linking it to performativity. Contributions cover diverse periods and genres, from Medieval clothing to postcolonial narratives, for all those involved in the reevaluation of this central term.
A valuable and timely collection by specialists tackling terrorism, human rights, Islamic radicalism, and identity in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Highly recommended.
Aging, once viewed as an inevitable decline, is reframed as a target for therapeutic intervention. Dr. Wang’s guide to anti-aging polypharmacology reveals how multi-targeted interventions can extend lifespan and promote vibrant health by treating aging as a disease.