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Narratives of Identity

The Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of England 1895-1914

By: William Taylor

£44.99

From 1895 to 1914, the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of England developed a relationship that shaped their identities. Drawing on rare archives, this book explores their dialogue and search for recognition amid the growing instability of the Ottoman Empire.

Aspects of Byron’s Don Juan

Edited By: Peter Cochran

£59.99

This volume explores Byron’s Don Juan, from its politics, treatment of women, and comic rhymes to its importance in Spain and Russia. It delves into Byron's sources, Mary Shelley's vital role, and the poem's legacy among artists from Tirso de Molina to Johnny Depp.

This volume explores Byron’s Don Juan, from its politics, treatment of women, and comic rhymes to its importance in Spain and Russia. It delves into Byron’s sources, Mary Shelley’s vital role, and the poem’s legacy among artists from Tirso de Molina to Johnny Depp.

Periphrasis, Replacement and Renewal

Studies in English Historical Linguistics

Edited By: Irén Hegedüs, Dóra Pődör

£49.99

This volume blends synchronic theory and diachronic investigations, offering novel insights on the evolution of English and solutions to persistent analytical problems. It will appeal to linguists interested in language change and grammatical theory.

Interfaces in Language 3

Edited By: Vikki Janke, Marina Kolokonte

£39.99

This collection of papers explores interfaces in language, including diachronic and synchronic approaches, generative and non-generative frameworks, as well as typological and theory-driven perspectives. The result is a truly eclectic mix.

The Poetics of Passage

Christa Wolf, Time, and Narrative

By: Heike Polster

£39.99

The Poetics of Passage discusses Christa Wolf’s guiding concerns: the experience and representation of time and history. This study outlines her critical engagement with memory and the writing process, formulating a poetics of contemporaneity.

Film Landscapes

Cinema, Environment and Visual Culture

Edited By: Graeme Harper, Jonathan Rayner

£44.99

This book brings together critical essays examining the connections between films and landscapes. Academics and practitioners probe the complex relationships between moving images and the filmed environment, offering new insights into the impact of place on screen.

The Source of the Blue Nile

Water Rituals and Traditions in the Lake Tana Region

By: Gedef Abawa Firew, Anders Kaliff

£39.99

In Ethiopia, the Blue Nile is seen as the biblical river Gihon, flowing from Paradise. This book combines historic sources and new ethnography to present the rich myths, rituals, and cultural heritage structured around these sacred waters.

Captured by the City

Perspectives in Urban Culture Studies

Edited By: Blagovesta Momchedjikova

£44.99

This collection of essays explores cities in North America, Europe, and Asia as dynamic encounters. Different disciplines intersect to shape the unique field of Urban Culture Studies and grant us a new understanding of how we inscribe cities and how they inscribe us.

The Cinemas of Italian Migration

European and Transatlantic Narratives

Edited By: Sabine Schrader, Daniel Winkler

£49.99

Three forms of migration—internal, emigration, and immigration—have shaped Italy’s politics and film history. This volume explores these narratives in works from post-WWII classics to contemporary films by both Italian and international directors.

Imagination and the Public Sphere

Edited By: Susan G. Cumings

£44.99

This collection explores the politics of identities and social space, seeking debate in a public sphere transformed by mass media. In an era of pre-packaged identities and mediatized lives, what does it mean to imagine new possibilities and perform them into being?

Transforming Henry James

Edited By: Anna De Biasio, Anna Despotopoulou, Chryssoula Lascaratou

£54.99

Distinguished scholars offer new readings of Henry James’s fiction and non-fiction. These essays explore his engagement with cities, gender, sexuality, and culture, making a convincing case for the enduring centrality of his work to literary and cultural studies.

Indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorians Facing the Twenty-First Century

Edited By: Marc Becker

£44.99

These interdisciplinary essays explore race and ethnicity in Ecuador, highlighting understudied Afro-Ecuadorian perspectives alongside Indigenous ones. Examining politics, culture, and gender, they reveal the richness, complexities, and promises facing the country.

Constructing the Literary Self

Race and Gender in Twentieth-Century Literature

Edited By: Patsy J. Daniels

£44.99

This volume explores the quest for self-definition among previously excluded groups. Its thirteen essays by recognized scholars depict strategies of escaping oppression through the lens of race, gender, sexuality, assimilation, and the family.

Flawed Institution—Flawless Church

A Response to Pope John Paul’s Appeal for a Critical Self-Evaluation of the Church

By: Paul Ungar

£39.99

Church scandals have shaken the faith of many. Yet the Church insists it is the Holy Body of Christ. How can these polarities be reconciled? This passionately written book provides a convincing response to challenges from skeptics like Nietzsche, Freud, and Dawkins.

Assessing Pragmatic Competence in the Japanese EFL Context

Towards the Learning of Listener Responses

By: Pino Cutrone

£49.99

Examines how Japanese and American listening styles can cause miscommunication and investigates if listener responses can be taught, providing language teachers with practical classroom strategies.

Reflections on the Greek Sovereign Debt Crisis

The EU Institutional Framework, Economic Adjustment in an Extensive Shadow Economy

Edited By: Aristidis Bitzenis, Vasileios A. Vlachos, Ioannis Papadopoulos

£49.99

The 2007 financial crisis became a sovereign debt crisis, calling European integration into question. Focusing on Greece, where the crisis began, experts analyze flawed policies, contagion effects, the shadow economy, and the very future of the euro.

Cases of Exclusion and Mobilization of Race and Ethnicities in Latin America

Edited By: Marc Becker

£44.99

This collection brings together essays from a broad variety of disciplines to advance our understanding of race and ethnicity in Latin America. These studies examine how voices from the margins, based on gender and class, shape and reshape the Americas.

Ranges of Bimodule Projections and Conditional Expectations

By: Robert Pluta

£39.99

This work investigates the algebraic theory of corner subrings in Banach and C*-algebras. We propose a general approach to explore when topological properties are consequences of algebraic assumptions, with results for C*-algebras and ternary rings of operators.

Language Policy and Planning in the Mediterranean World

Edited By: Marilena Karyolemou, Pavlos Pavlou

£44.99

This book presents a panorama of language policy in the Mediterranean. It explores international law, bilingual education, language revival, and the issue of feminization in languages like French, Italian, Spanish, and Greek. An excellent source for scholars.

Agnolo Bronzino

Medici Court Artist in Context

Edited By: Andrea M. Gáldy

£39.99

An international assembly of scholars advances modern perceptions of Florentine artist Agnolo Bronzino. This volume applies fresh research not only to his well-known portraits, but also to frescoes and tapestries, addressing nudity, sexuality, and satire.

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