The Gothic Byron argues that the Gothic element in Byron’s work has been undervalued. It explores his reading of Gothic novels, the Gothic in his own tales and poetry, and his profound influence on writers like Charlotte and Emily Brontë.
Eminent scholars and administrators analyze fiscal federalism, centre-state relations, and decentralization. This collection addresses growing fiscal stress and offers strategies for sustainability for national and sub-national governments in a globalized world.
In the 16th century, aristocrats became practitioners of science. Hungarian Count Boldizsár Batthyány, a formidable warrior, was also a devotee of natural philosophy, creating an intellectual hub for alchemy, medicine, and botany to make the Muses speak among arms.
From Quentin Tarantino’s films to the Bible and legal discourse, this volume addresses diverse topics. Each chapter deploys a separate theoretical framework, offering a representative sample of developments in discourse approaches for researchers and students.
These essays trace the historical construction of white and black Southern masculinities. From the antebellum era to today, they reveal how conceptions of manhood intersected with race, class, and power to define the American South.
The Apothecary’s Chest
This collection of essays explores the intertwined notions of magic, science, and superstition in figures like the apothecary, alchemist, and shaman. Topics range from the mystical traits of mundane materials to the origins of the occult and the modern poet.
The Medical Device Industry
As medical device software grows more complex, new safety challenges emerge that require better risk management. This book examines a unified approach, investigating how software engineering models like CMMI® can be adapted to medical device regulations.
Uprooting Geographic Thoughts in India
This is the first book on the roots of Indian geographical thought. It explores Indian identity, Gandhian environmentalism, and the meeting of East and West. It reprints lead essays by Spate, Sopher, and Mukerji to assess their challenging message today.
Why wasn’t there a successful bourgeois revolution in Russia? This political history of the Russian capitalist class from 1850 to 1917 traces their opposition to the autocracy and their alliance for reform that led to the Soviet state and their own destruction.
Betraying the Event
This volume offers a critical reconsideration of victimhood, exposing its cultural and political constructions. It examines how language can be manipulated to devise a vicious reversal of victim/victimizer positions, raising awareness of the consequences.
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.
Post-National Enquiries
These studies address cultural narratives of border crossings in Europe and the United States. The essays show how the migrant challenges the view that people belong to one nation-state, exploring race, whiteness, and ethnic identity in fiction and cinema.
Essays by leading scholars examine the wider context of the Spanish Civil War. The chapters discuss major debates surrounding the conflict, including whether it was a ‘dress rehearsal’ for the Second World War.
Is Classics still relevant to a Jesuit education? This series of essays proves that Classics and Jesuit education are indivisibly intertwined, and any Jesuit school embracing liberal arts must have Classics at the core of its curriculum.
Inside Knowledge
Can art produce knowledge? Is the body a medium for knowing? This collection of essays offers a fresh, interdisciplinary examination of how we know what we know in the humanities, challenging conventional methodologies through concrete case studies.
An explosive exposé of India’s flawed development. Focusing on land, caste, and gender, this scathing critique reveals how an elite nexus has subverted national progress. A must-read to understand contemporary India.
Archaeology presents a paradigm of visualised knowledge. However, vision is a partial and politicised way of apprehending the world. Authors address the problems facing the study of the past as realist modes of representation are increasingly open to question.
Since films like Trainspotting, Scottish cinema has gained an international profile. This is the first collection of essays to examine the new films, filmmakers, and images of Scottishness, setting a new agenda for the study of Scotland on screen.
Faith of Our Fathers
This volume of essays explores popular culture and belief in England, Ireland and Wales from the Reformation onwards. Linked by the nexus between religion and popular culture, these interdisciplinary contributions reveal the remarkable resilience of popular traditions.
Globalization and Transnational Migrations
While globalization promised an interconnected world, for Africa it has meant marginalization, poverty, and instability. This book investigates the challenges of migration, brain drain, and identity to help readers make sense of Africa’s position today.
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