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Studies of Skin Color in the Early Royal Society: Boyle, Cavendish, Swift Cristina Malcolmson 9781138269576
RRP: £53.99£46.87Arguing that the early Royal Society moved science toward racialization by giving skin color a new prominence as an object of experiment and observation, Cristina Malcolmson provides the first book-length examination of studies of skin color in the... -
Archives of Authority: Empire, Culture, and the Cold War by Andrew N. Rubin 9780691154152
RRP: £42.00£33.04Combining literary, cultural, and political history, and based on extensive archival research, including previously unseen FBI and CIA documents, Archives of Authority argues that cultural politics--specifically America's often covert patronage of the... -
Praising It New: The Best of the New Criticism by Garrick Davis
RRP: £20.99£18.37Marked by a rigorously close textual reading, detached frombiographical or other extratextual material, New Criticism was thedominant literary theory of the mid-twentieth century. Since thattime, schools of literary criticism have arisen in support of or... -
Joseph Conrad: A Psychoanalytic Biography by Bernard Constant Meyer 9780691621302
RRP: £58.00£45.54Joseph Conrad once voiced the hope that from the reading of his pages might "emerge at last the vision of a personality: the man behind the books ...a coherent justifiable personality both in its origin and its actions." Dr. Meyer arrives at a unified... -
Pedagogy of the Depressed Dr. Christopher Schaberg (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) 9781501364570
RRP: £16.99£15.35This book is one English professor's assessment of university life in the early 21st century. From rising mental health concerns and trigger warnings to learning management systems and the COVID pandemic, Christopher Schaberg reflects on the rapidly... -
The Unknown Relatives: The Catholic as the Other in the Victorian Novel by Monika Mazurek
RRP: £39.99£35.06The Unknown Relatives analyses a large body of Victorian literary texts dealing with the topic of Catholicism and Catholics, written from the non-Catholic perspective. The readings of these texts are inspired by psychoanalytic criticism, primarily by the... -
Witness, Warning, and Prophecy - Quaker Women`s Writing, 1655-1700 Teresa Feroli 9780866985840
RRP: £48.00£46.39The forty texts collected in this volume offer a small but representative sample of Quaker women's tremendous literary output between 1655 and 1700. They include examples of key Quaker literary genres - proclamations, directives, warnings, sufferings,... -
Writing by Ear: Clarice Lispector and the Aural Novel by Marilia Librandi 9781487502140
RRP: £60.00£51.86Considering Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector's literature as a case study and a source of theory, Writing by Ear presents an aural theory of the novel based on readings of Near to the Wild Heart (1943), The Besieged City (1949), The Passion According... -
The Song of Songs in the Middle Ages by Ann W. Astell 9780801482670
RRP: £31.00£27.57Included among the sacred books of Judaism and Christianity alike, the Song of Songs does not mention God at all; on the surface it is a lyrical exchange between unnamed lovers who articulate the range of emotions associated with sexual love. Ann W... -
Neil Gaiman in the 21st Century: Essays on the Novels, Children's Stories, Online Writings, Comics and Other Works by Tara Prescott 9780786494774
RRP: £14.99£12.75Neil Gaiman has emerged as one of the most influential literary figures of the twenty-first century, from his roots in graphic novels to experimental social media collaborations, from award-winning fantasy fiction to beloved children's books. To borrow a... -
Trance-Migrations: Stories of India, Tales of Hypnosis by Lee Siegel
RRP: £17.00£16.68Listen to what I am about to tell you: do not read this book alone. You really shouldn't. In one of the most playful experiments ever put between two covers, every other section of Trance-Migrations prescribes that you read its incantatory tales out loud... -
Baroque Self-Invention and Historical Truth: Hercules at the Crossroads Christopher Braider 9781138378841
RRP: £45.99£40.13In his monumental study, Christopher Braider explores the dialectical contest between history and truth that defines the period of cultural transition called the 'baroque'. For example, Annibale Carracci's portrayal of the Stoic legend of Hercules at the... -
Samuel Beckett: Poet and Critic by Lawrence E. Harvey 9780691655536
RRP: £70.00£54.30Making available for the first time the entire known corpus of Beckett's poetry and extensive excerpts from the early unpublished prose, the author's study of Beckett's poetry and criticism provides the opening chapter in the story of the evolution of a... -
Cormac McCarthy, Philosophy and the Physics of the Damned by Patrick O'Connor
RRP: £90.00£81.97Explains Cormac McCarthy's consistent philosophical preoccupations across the span of his literary output.About the AuthorPatrick O'Connor, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Staffordshire University.Book InformationISBN 9781474497268Author Patrick... -
Creative Involution: Bergson, Beckett, Deleuze by Professor Stanley E. Gontarski
RRP: £23.99£21.85''Creative Involution: Bergson, Beckett Deleuze' focuses on a philosophical trajectory that not only had a profound impact on critical thought of the 20th and now 21st centuries, but on cosmopolitan, contemporary culture more broadly and on artistic... -
The GDR Remembered - Representations of the East German State since 1989 by Nick Hodgin
RRP: £95.00£91.08Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the consequences of the country's divided past continue to be debated. The legacy of the German Democratic Republic occupies a major role in German popular culture, with audiences flocking to films claiming... -
American Theorists of the Novel: Henry James, Lionel Trilling and Wayne C. Booth by Professor Peter Rawlings
RRP: £19.99£17.69The American theorists: Henry James, Lionel Trilling and Wayne C. Booth have revolutionized our understanding of narrative and have each championed the novel as an art form. Concepts from their work have become part of the fabric of novel criticism... -
Sa'di in Love: The Lyrical Verses of Persia's Master Poet by Homa Katouzian
RRP: £24.99£21.78With poetry which speaks across the ages, Sa'di (1210-1281) is a vital classical poet and a towering figure of the medieval Persian canon. In this essential new translation of Sa'di's work, leading expert on Iranian studies Homa Katouzian seeks to bring... -
The Oral and the Written Gospel: The Hermeneutics of Speaking and Writing in the Synoptic Tradition, Mark, Paul, and Q by Werner H. Kelber
RRP: £14.99£13.41"A tightly argued and comprehensive treatment of an important area of New Testament studies." -The Christian Century"By distinguishing oral from written modes of transmission, Kelber skillfully unlocks new doors for biblical interpretation." -Theology... -
Till Eulenspiegel: His Adventures Anonymous 9780415937634
RRP: £36.99£32.53A classic fable of German literature, Till Eulenspiegel is a cheerfully scatological collection of 95 loosely related vignettes depicting the life and times of a famous roving jester.About the AuthorPaul Oppenheimer is Professor of English and Medieval... -
The Art of History: Unlocking the Past in Fiction and Nonfiction by Christopher Bram 9781555977436
RRP: £12.00£7.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781555977436Author Christopher BramFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Graywolf PressPublisher Graywolf PressWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 175mm *... -
Shakespeare: Becoming Human by Rudolf Steiner 9781855845244
RRP: £9.99£8.40'Like so much of Renaissance Art, Shakespeare's work bears an open secret. The esoteric spiritual content is undisguised, though it may be unexpected and not always immediately recognized. And, like all the great artistic achievements...this work remains... -
Rootedness: The Ramifications of a Metaphor by Christy Wampole
RRP: £39.00£37.63People have long imagined themselves as rooted creatures, bound to the earth-and nations-from which they came. In Rootedness, Christy Wampole looks toward philosophy, ecology, literature, history, and politics to demonstrate how the metaphor of the... -
Shakespeare and Modern Theatre: The Performance of Modernity Michael Bristol 9780415219853
RRP: £17.99£16.04The book gathers together a particularly strong line-up of contributors from across the literary-performative divide to examine the relationship between Shakespeare, the 'culture industries', modernism and live performance.About the AuthorMichael... -
Speculative Art Histories: Analysis at the Limits by Sjoerd Van Tuinen
RRP: £23.99£21.85This collection brings together a series of creative responses to the recent speculative turn in Continental philosophy. The contributors include philosophers, art historians, architects and art practitioners. It takes a generous definition of art to... -
Miserere Mei: The Penitential Psalms in Late Medieval and Early Modern England by Clare Costley King'Oo
RRP: £29.99£26.50In Miserere Mei, Clare Costley King'oo examines the critical importance of the Penitential Psalms in England between the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century. During this period, the Penitential Psalms inspired an enormous... -
Friedrich D?rrenmatt: Selected Writings, Volume I, Plays by Friedrich Durrenmatt 9780226174266
RRP: £31.00£26.73The Swiss writer Friedrich Durrenmatt (1921-90) was one of the most important literary figures of the second half of the twentieth century. During the years of the cold war, arguably only Beckett, Camus, Sartre, and Brecht rivaled him as a presence in... -
The Cottagers of Glenburnie: And Other Educational Writing by Elizabeth Hamilton
RRP: £9.95£7.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948877865Author Elizabeth HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Association for Scottish Literary StudiesPublisher Association for Scottish... -
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne 9780393679465
RRP: £12.99£11.86This Norton Critical Edition includes: The first edition of the novel, published in 1851 by Ticknor, Reed and Fields.Robert S. Levine's insightful introduction, revised headnotes, expanded explanatory footnotes and note on the text and annotations.A... -
Battle Royale Slam Book: Essays on the Cult Classic by Koushun Takami by Haikasoru 9781421565996
RRP: £9.99£7.03The cult phenomenon Battle Royale has been lauded as a masterpiece and decried as exploitative gore, but it's always remained in the public consciousness. This collection of essays by some of the best science fiction, horror, and thriller writers working... -
Critical Rhythm: The Poetics of a Literary Life Form by Ben Glaser
RRP: £35.00£30.74This book shows how rhythm constitutes an untapped resource for understanding poetry. Intervening in recent debates over formalism, historicism, and poetics, the authors show how rhythm is at once a defamiliarizing aesthetic force and an unstable concept... -
Samuel Pepys and his Books: Reading, Newsgathering, and Sociability, 1660-1703 by Kate Loveman 9780198732686
RRP: £110.00£99.81Samuel Pepys was a great collector of books, news, and gossip. This study uses his surviving papers to examine reading practices, collecting, and the exchange of information in the late seventeenth century. Offering the first extensive history of reading... -
Scottish Fiction and the British Empire by Douglas S. Mack 9780748618149
RRP: £28.99£26.91Scotland was an active -- albeit junior -- partner in the British Empire. But the poorer and more marginalised parts of Scottish society shared something of Ireland's experience of being at the receiving end of British Imperial power. This created a... -
The Life of William Wordsworth: A Critical Biography by John Worthen
RRP: £93.95£81.87By examining the family and financial circumstances of Wordsworth's early years, this illuminating biography reshapes our understanding of the great Romantic poet's most creative period of life and writing. Features new research into Wordsworth's... -
American Culture in the 1970s by Will Kaufman
RRP: £27.99£26.01The 1970s was one of the most culturally vibrant periods in American history. This book discusses the dominant cultural forms of the 1970s - fiction and poetry; television and drama; film and visual culture; popular music and style; public space and... -
Alan Hollinghurst: Writing Under the Influence by Michele Mendelssohn
RRP: £90.00£78.81This groundbreaking, cross-generic collection is the first to consider the entire breadth of Alan Hollinghurst's Booker Prize-winning writing. Focused through the concept of influence, the volume addresses critical issues surrounding the work of... -
Forms of Speech in Victorian Fiction by Raymond Chapman 9780582087453
RRP: £38.99£29.64Forms of Speech in Victorian Fiction examines how Victorian writers used dialogue in the presentation of characters and the relationships between them, and its contribution to the work as a whole. Quoting over a hundred novels of the period, including... -
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass: A Publishing History Zoe Jaques 9781138246799
RRP: £49.99£43.50Emerging in several different versions during the author's lifetime, Lewis Carroll's Alice novels have a publishing history almost as magical and mysterious as the stories themselves. Zoe Jaques and Eugene Giddens offer a detailed and nuanced account of... -
Beckett and Sade by Jean-Michel Rabate
RRP: £17.00£14.72Much has been written on Beckett and Sade, yet nothing systematic has been produced. This Element is systematic by adopting a chronological order, which is necessary given the complexity of Beckett's varying assessments of Sade. Beckett mentioned Sade... -
Odes and Elegies by Freidrich Holderlin 9780819511904
RRP: £11.95£11.88For more than a century, Friedrich Hoelderlin has been considered one of the key figures in modern European literature. The translations in Odes and Elegies, including poems never before available in English, render forcefully and directly the deep...