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Byron and Bob

Lord Byron’s Relationship with Robert Southey

By: Peter Cochran

£39.99

Byron's most important literary relationship was with Robert Southey, whom he hated and to whom he "dedicated" his masterpiece, *Don Juan*. This book argues Byron's literary distaste became a projected self-distrust, a dislike for his own flaws.

Byron’s most important literary relationship was with Robert Southey, whom he hated and to whom he “dedicated” his masterpiece, *Don Juan*. This book argues Byron’s literary distaste became a projected self-distrust, a dislike for his own flaws.

From Traditional Attire to Modern Dress

Modes of Identification, Modes of Recognition in the Balkans (XVIth-XXth Centuries)

Edited By: Constanţa Vintilă-Ghiţulescu

£39.99

These essays discuss how clothing, jewellery, and fashion are connected to political and social developments. Fabrics and colours are marvellous documents that bring to life our ancestors' worlds, helping us understand sartorial appearances in the Balkans and Orient.

These essays discuss how clothing, jewellery, and fashion are connected to political and social developments. Fabrics and colours are marvellous documents that bring to life our ancestors’ worlds, helping us understand sartorial appearances in the Balkans and Orient.

Governance and Institutional Re-engineering

Edited By: Ann Marie Bissessar

£39.99

Scholars from across the world offer an interesting, informed discussion of contemporary challenges in governance. These thought-provoking articles demonstrate the diversity of debates, covering themes from integrity in public life to women and politics.

Feedback in Online Course for Non-Native English-Speaking Students

By: Larisa Olesova

£39.99

This study investigates the effectiveness of audio versus text feedback for non-native English-speaking students in online courses. It shows how feedback impacts learning and perception, and how results differ if the instructor is a native or non-native speaker.

Empowerment versus Oppression

Twenty First Century Views of Popular Romance Novels

Edited By: Sally Goade

£39.99

Are women readers oppressed by patriarchal romance narratives, or empowered by them? Building on early critics, these selections add new perspectives, examining diverse subtypes and featuring unique voices from international readers, novelists, and critics.

Giacomo Meyerbeer

Sacred Works

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier

£39.99

Giacomo Meyerbeer is famed for opera, but he also wrote a body of carefully crafted religious works throughout his life. These pieces, from youthful songs to monumental psalms, reveal the depth of his religious convictions and ecumenical openness.

Enacting Nationhood

Identity, Ideology and the Theatre, 1855-99

Edited By: Scott R. Irelan

£39.99

This collection of essays explores constructions of “We the People” during the mid-to-late nineteenth century. It interrogates pro- and anti-enslavement nationalism, partisanship, and armed conflict through dramatic literature and live performance.

Exile and the Narrative/Poetic Imagination

Edited By: Agnieszka Gutthy

£39.99

This collection of essays examines poetic and narrative responses to exile. It features works from rarely studied parts of the world, including Armenia, Egypt, and Tibet, exploring feelings of loss, memories of trauma, and the search for identity.

Theorising the Project

A Thematic Approach to Architectural Design

By: Michael Tawa

£39.99

This book explores a thematic approach to architectural design. It argues design is not the expression of meaning, but the framing of strategic conditions for emergent sense. For students and practitioners, it offers a framework to widen their creative scope.

Celluloid Saviours

Angels and Reform Politics in Hollywood Film

By: Emily Caston

£39.99

In "film blanc," a spirit helps a hero reform. This book traces the genre from *It's a Wonderful Life* to *The Truman Show*, linking its history to the rise and fall of American liberal thought.

In “film blanc,” a spirit helps a hero reform. This book traces the genre from *It’s a Wonderful Life* to *The Truman Show*, linking its history to the rise and fall of American liberal thought.

The Ethics of Consent and Choice in Prenatal Screening

By: Eleanor Miligan

£39.99

Prenatal screening offers parental choice, but the anomalies it finds are often unfixable. When termination is the only intervention, complex ethical questions arise about which traits are desirable. This book explores these choices and their impact on autonomy.

Confronting the Challenges and Prospects in the Creation of a Union of African States in the 21st Century

By: E. Ike Udogu

£39.99

Africa, arguably the world’s richest continent, lags in development and is politically marginalized. This book debates strategies to advance a Union of African States, arguing it is critical to provide the clout needed to spur development and gain global relevance.

Levity of Design

Man and Modernity in the Poetry of J. H. Prynne

By: Wit Píetrzak

£39.99

Is it still possible to think of the human subject as a viable category? This book demonstrates how J. H. Prynne’s poetry overcomes the impasse of poststructuralism, developing a language in which the notion of man can be restituted.

Marcel Duchamp and Eroticism

Edited By: Marc Decimo

£39.99

While Marcel Duchamp judged eroticism a vital dynamic in his creation, his work has never been viewed through that spy hole. Researchers from all over the world now "lift the veil" on DADA, Surrealism, and more. The eye, designed to admire, can never really open wide enough.

While Marcel Duchamp judged eroticism a vital dynamic in his creation, his work has never been viewed through that spy hole. Researchers from all over the world now “lift the veil” on DADA, Surrealism, and more. The eye, designed to admire, can never really open wide enough.

Seeing with Different Eyes

Essays in Astrology and Divination

Edited By: Patrick Curry, Angela Voss

£39.99

These cutting-edge essays on divination and astrology feature authors from diverse academic disciplines. They address divination with critical but sympathetic inquiry, seeking to understand the divinatory act on its own terms across widely varying contexts.

Crisis and Change

Religion, Ethics and Theology under Late Modern Conditions

Edited By: Jan-Olav Henriksen, Tage Kurtén

£39.99

One cannot understand religion and ethics without paying attention to context. As late modern conditions pose new challenges to established theology, this volume rethinks religion and Christian ethics, exploring how they appear in new ways and new contexts.

Birth and Death in British Culture

Liminality, Power, and Performance

Edited By: Anette Pankratz, Claus-Ulrich Viol, Ariane de Waal

£39.99

Why look at birth and death together? These 13 interdisciplinary articles prove that looking at the two in tandem throws their distinct patterns and shared socio-political issues into sharp relief, probing their medialisation and commodification.

English and Empowerment in the Developing World

Edited By: Nasreen Hussain, Mohammad Zafar

£39.99

This collection of papers investigates empowerment within language, education, and technology. Researchers analyse complex educational and socio-cultural issues in developing countries, forcing readers to see them from a different perspective.

Descartes and the Modern

Edited By: Gordon McOuat, Neil Robertson, Tom Vinci

£39.99

Recent scholarship challenges Descartes's role as the founder of modernity. This collection of original papers by leading philosophers explores this debate, bringing together for the first time naturalist and phenomenological schools of thought.

Recent scholarship challenges Descartes’s role as the founder of modernity. This collection of original papers by leading philosophers explores this debate, bringing together for the first time naturalist and phenomenological schools of thought.

EU Energy Law

Constraints with the Implementation of the Third Liberalisation Package

Edited By: Robert Zajdler

£39.99

This book investigates legal shortfalls in new EU energy legislation from a business perspective. By comparing former and present rules, it shows how liberalisation of the EU energy market is achievable and suggests improvements for future legislation.

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