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The Victorians and the Ancient World

Archaeology and Classicism in Nineteenth-Century Culture

Edited By: Richard Pearson

£34.99

The 19th century was preoccupied with antiquity. As new discoveries challenged the pre-eminence of Greece and Rome, the Victorians explored a complex tension between great civilisations and primitive barbarity, influencing all aspects of their culture.

“Catch if you can your country’s moment”

Recovery and Regeneration in the Poetry of Adrienne Rich

Edited By: William S. Waddell

£29.99

These essays explore Adrienne Rich’s work, arguing for a shift from her personal feminist awakening to her later, public re-imagination of America. A transformative cartographer of words, Rich remaps our culture for the marginalized and the resistant.

Children on the Boundaries of Time and Space in Sub-Saharan Africa

Aspiration or Achievement of Policy

Edited By: Theophilus Kofi Gokah

From £12.99

This book departs from stereotypes to analyze children's rights and well-being in sub-Saharan Africa. It explores the conflict between official policies and reality, bridging the gap between government rhetoric and effective practice to help children thrive.

This book departs from stereotypes to analyze children’s rights and well-being in sub-Saharan Africa. It explores the conflict between official policies and reality, bridging the gap between government rhetoric and effective practice to help children thrive.

Readers, Audiences and Coteries in Early Modern England

Edited By: Geoff Baker

£29.99

This interdisciplinary collection explores how early modern texts were appropriated by individuals and groups. Case studies show how a text's physical form impacts its readership, concluding that texts hold no fixed meaning but are interpreted by each reader.

This interdisciplinary collection explores how early modern texts were appropriated by individuals and groups. Case studies show how a text’s physical form impacts its readership, concluding that texts hold no fixed meaning but are interpreted by each reader.

Translating Identity and the Identity of Translation

Edited By: Madelena Gonzalez, Francine Tolron

£39.99

This volume uses translation to explore identity in cultural, artistic and literary production. It examines how identity is “translated” for global markets and asks if it's possible to transcend cultural barriers in an era of homogenization.

This volume uses translation to explore identity in cultural, artistic and literary production. It examines how identity is “translated” for global markets and asks if it’s possible to transcend cultural barriers in an era of homogenization.

Representing Minorities

Studies in Literature and Criticism

Edited By: Soumia Boutkhil, Larbi Touaf

From £17.99

This book counters the rampant uniformisation of cultures by championing the right to difference. It explores how minor literatures and suppressed voices can emerge to demand recognition, underscoring the necessity of cultural diversity in a world of consensus.

Sino-Christian Studies in China

Edited By: YANG Huilin, Daniel H. N. YEUNG

£39.99

This is the first book to introduce the English-speaking world to "Sino-Christian Studies." Born from a 1980s academic movement in China exploring Christian thought's role in western culture, this collection features essays by prominent scholars.

This is the first book to introduce the English-speaking world to “Sino-Christian Studies.” Born from a 1980s academic movement in China exploring Christian thought’s role in western culture, this collection features essays by prominent scholars.

Ark in the Authentic Domain

By: Shlomo Giora Shoham

£34.99

An innovative exposition of Rabbi Johanan Ben Zakkai, the 1st century sage who crossed enemy lines during the siege of Jerusalem. He proclaimed Torah learning more essential than independence and established schools at Jabneh. Controversial, we claim he saved Judaism.

Susan Glaspell

New Directions in Critical Inquiry

Edited By: Martha Carpentier

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Pulitzer Prize-winner Susan Glaspell’s work engages with feminism, war, class, and law. Susan Glaspell: New Directions in Critical Inquiry brings scholarship up to date, featuring new essays from leading scholars on her art and thoughtful social commentary.

Content, Consciousness, and Perception

Essays in Contemporary Philosophy of Mind

Edited By: Conor McHugh, Ezio Di Nucci

From £16.99

What sort of thing is the mind? This collection of eleven new essays by today's most promising philosophers explores mental content, consciousness, and perception, offering a state-of-the-art overview ideal for students and specialists alike.

What sort of thing is the mind? This collection of eleven new essays by today’s most promising philosophers explores mental content, consciousness, and perception, offering a state-of-the-art overview ideal for students and specialists alike.

Television, Aesthetics and Reality

Edited By: Anthony Barker

£39.99

This collection of essays explores television's state of flux. It examines how news packages the 'real,' how reality styles have influenced dramas like CSI, and how shows like Big Brother have created a culture of performance and surveillance.

This collection of essays explores television’s state of flux. It examines how news packages the ‘real,’ how reality styles have influenced dramas like CSI, and how shows like Big Brother have created a culture of performance and surveillance.

Thea Astley’s Fictional Worlds

Edited By: Paul Genoni, Susan Sheridan

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This landmark collection is the first of critical responses to novelist Thea Astley. It includes essays from leading critics, three essays by Astley herself, a major interview with her, and the first Thea Astley lecture by Kate Grenville.

American Popular Culture

Historical and Pedagogical Perspectives

Edited By: Seymour Leventman

From £14.99

"A varied and fascinating collection of original investigations." Scholars explore how pop culture has become our new reality, absorbing every facet of life. This book offers important insights into this maddening phenomenon's uplifting and downgrading possibilities.

“A varied and fascinating collection of original investigations.” Scholars explore how pop culture has become our new reality, absorbing every facet of life. This book offers important insights into this maddening phenomenon’s uplifting and downgrading possibilities.

The Financial Sector in the Enlarging European Union

Edited By: Daniel Stavárek

£39.99

This collection of peer-reviewed studies offers deep insight into the financial and banking sectors of new EU-member countries. Through original research, it compares their development to established countries and explores their prospective integration into the EMU.

State of Exception

Cultural Responses to the Rhetoric of Fear

Edited By: Elena Bellina, Paola Bonifazio

£29.99

In the state of exception, the law is suspended to preserve order, justifying any abuse of power. This book examines the implications of this juridical no-man's land, focusing on Italy's history and its cultural and cinematic representations.

In the state of exception, the law is suspended to preserve order, justifying any abuse of power. This book examines the implications of this juridical no-man’s land, focusing on Italy’s history and its cultural and cinematic representations.

What Determines Content? The Internalism/Externalism Dispute

Edited By: Tomas Marvan

£39.99

A distinguished team of philosophers addresses the internalism/externalism debate in language and mind. This volume demonstrates the debate's significance on a wide range of issues, in a manner that is sophisticated yet accessible to non-specialists.

A distinguished team of philosophers addresses the internalism/externalism debate in language and mind. This volume demonstrates the debate’s significance on a wide range of issues, in a manner that is sophisticated yet accessible to non-specialists.

Anatomy of Science Fiction

Edited By: Donald E. Morse

£29.99

This collection of essays connects science fiction to our increasingly science-fictional world, tackling major ethical and political issues. "Will find a market both among academics and... undergraduates." - Dr. Farah Mendelsohn, Middlesex University

This collection of essays connects science fiction to our increasingly science-fictional world, tackling major ethical and political issues. “Will find a market both among academics and… undergraduates.” – Dr. Farah Mendelsohn, Middlesex University

Religion and the Politics of War

Edited By: Chandana Chakrabarti, Joel Wilcox

£34.99

This book examines the complex interrelationships between religion, politics, and war. Combining Western and Asian analyses, it addresses critical issues like the separation of church and state, tolerance, and the causes of religious strife.

The Beggar’s ‘Children’

How John Gay Changed The Course Of England’s Musical Theatre

By: Madeline Smith Atkins

£29.99

No author has looked beyond John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera to analyze the works it spawned. This insightful study is the first to explore these descendants—the ballad operas, comic operas, and burlettas of the 18th century—with musical examples and plots.

The Postcolonial Body in Queer Space and Time

By: Rebecca Fine Romanow

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This study examines how postcolonial literature depicts the body as a site of resistance. Focusing on diasporic authors from Africa and Southeast Asia in London, it reveals bodies performing queer space and time to redefine the postcolonial.