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Between Myth and Reality

Goethe, Anna Amalia, Charlotte von Stein

By: Dan Farrelly

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Ghibellino's provocative thesis claimed Goethe’s beloved was not Charlotte von Stein but Duchess Anna Amalia. Dan Farrelly meticulously re-reads Goethe’s letters, refuting this thesis and proving that Charlotte was the true addressee.

Ghibellino’s provocative thesis claimed Goethe’s beloved was not Charlotte von Stein but Duchess Anna Amalia. Dan Farrelly meticulously re-reads Goethe’s letters, refuting this thesis and proving that Charlotte was the true addressee.

Translation and Cultural Identity

Selected Essays on Translation and Cross-Cultural Communication

Edited By: Maria del Carmen Buesa Gómez, Micaela Muñoz-Calvo

£34.99

Seven varied essays from leading experts tackle the complexities of translation, cultural identity, and cross-cultural communication. These major readings will give readers food for thought and will promote research on communication across cultures.

Poetry Translation through Reception and Cognition

The Proof of Translation is in the Reading

By: Andrea Kenesei

£34.99

This book treats poetry translation as an interdisciplinary field, combining linguistics with reader response and cognitive science. It outlines a cognitive approach to translation and presents a new model for poetry translation criticism.

Norm-struggles

Sexualities in Contentions

Edited By: Lena Martinsson, Eva Reimers

£39.99

Norm-Struggles challenges normativity and heteronormativity. Focusing on contradictions and disruptions, the authors explore how norms are produced, subverted, and changed across diverse international settings, from schools to popular culture.

Migration, Belonging and the Nation State

Edited By: Alperhan Babacan, Supriya Singh

£34.99

How have migration and globalisation impacted belonging and identity? This book provides empirical accounts of citizenship, race, and asylum, with case studies from Australia, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka that inform key government policies.

Britain and Italy in the Long Eighteenth Century

Literary and Art Theories

Edited By: Rosamaria Loretelli, Frank O’Gorman

£39.99

These essays explore the literature, aesthetics, music, and art of the long eighteenth century, with a focus on cultural transfers between Britain and Italy. Collectively, they pave the way for new interpretations of the era's cultural history.

“Imperialists in Broken Boots”

Poor Whites and Philanthropy in Southern African Writing

By: Julie Cairnie

£34.99

This book argues that in Southern Africa, ‘poor white’ was not a narrow economic category but a term for those who threatened to collapse racial, sexual, and class boundaries. It studies writers who either embraced this threat or argued for a solution.

Bilingualism and Multiculturalism in Greek Education

Investigating Ethnic Language Maintenance among Pupils of Albanian and Egyptian Origin in Athens

By: Nikos Gogonas

£39.99

This book investigates language maintenance among second-generation Albanian and Egyptian migrant pupils in Athens. It explores how ethnolinguistic vitality, family attitudes, and the Greek school system influence whether children remain bilingual.

The Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Grotesque

The Subjective Turn in Aesthetics from the Enlightenment to the Present

Edited By: Michael J. Matthis

£34.99

This book of essays explores the tension between subjectivity and objectivity from the Enlightenment to the Postmodern world. It focuses on the aesthetic theories of Winkelmann, Hume, and Kant, examining the beautiful, the sublime, and the grotesque.

Constructing Interpersonality

Multiple Perspectives on Written Academic Genres

Edited By: Enrique Lafuente-Millán, Rosa Lorés-Sanz, Pilar Mur-Dueñas

£44.99

This edited volume focuses on interpersonality in academic discourse. Its eighteen contributions explore this key issue across many genres and from various analytical approaches. A valuable tool for applied linguists, discourse analysts, students, and EAP instructors.

Vendetta

Essays on Honor and Revenge

Edited By: Giovanna Summerfield

£34.99

This volume provides a riveting account of revenge as a muse in modern literature. It analyzes Hispanic, Italian, and French texts, exploring chivalric avenges, codes of honor, and the patient craftiness of women in a unique collection of topics.

Mobility, Transnationalism and Contemporary African Societies

Edited By: Tilo Grätz

£34.99

This book sheds new light on migration in Sub-Saharan Africa. It moves beyond structural discussions to examine actual migrant practices, their translocal networks, and a “culture of migration,” while also discussing the neglected issues of immobility and borders.

Many Voices

Music and National Identity in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Edited By: Henry Johnson

£34.99

This collection of essays re-thinks music and national identity in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The papers offer various perspectives on the interconnections between music and identity, aiming to open up critical discourse on the many sounds of a diverse nation.

Dynamic of Ethnic Relations in Southeast Asia

Edited By: Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani, Shamsuddin L. Taya

£39.99

In multi-ethnic societies, the threat is from within. Ethnic conflict is a time bomb, as nation-building often marginalizes groups and sparks violence. Can a democratic setting moderate these tensions and achieve peaceful resolution in Southeast Asia?

Pragmatic Perspectives on Language and Linguistics Volume II

Pragmatics of Semantically-Restricted Domains

Edited By: Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka

£49.99

This volume focuses on pragmatics-oriented analyses of semantically-restricted domains. It addresses phenomena from a variety of perspectives, exploring politics, ideology, humour, power, media, and specialized communication in business, law, and science.

Intellectuals and the Ideological Hijacking of Fine Gael, 1932-1938

By: Eugene Broderick

£34.99

A unique, ignored episode in Irish history: In the 1930s, two university academics hijacked Fine Gael. They sought to create a radical political order based on Catholic social teachings, causing deep division and accusations of fascism before their ultimate failure.

The Mission and Message of Music

Building Blocks to the Aesthetics of Music in our Time

By: Michal Smoira Cohn, Shlomo Giora Shoham

£44.99

This book probes the beauty and meaning of music, arguing it is a message in sound—a covenant between musician and listener. One sends the musical message, the other internalizes it. Intended for music connoisseurs and all interested in artistic thought.

Diaries of a Forgotten Parent

Divorced Dads on Fathering Through and Beyond Divorce

By: Wendy A. Paterson

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An intimate window on the lives of divorced men. Ten American fathers share intensely personal reflections of guilt, pain, and pride, deconstructing the societal myth that fathers are less valuable parents than mothers.

Building Communities and Making Connections

Edited By: Susana Rivera-Mills, Juan Antonio Trujillo

£39.99

Academic endeavors have long been separate from local communities. This book closes the gap by exploring ways academia and the communities it serves can collaborate to create authentic and applied learning environments.

Current Projects in Historical Lexicography

Edited By: John Considine

£39.99

This collection brings together seven papers by editors of historical dictionaries. The contributions offer a rare set of insights into ongoing lexicographical work, addressing both methodological and practical issues such as funding and publication media.

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