Examines a variety of texts from late Enlightenment Germany to provide a nuanced rethinking of women's roles as wives, mothers, and housekeepers, creators of the cultural spaces of the home.
A new translation of Rilke's great work with close readings of each of the ten elegies elucidating how their poetic attributes constitute their meaning.
A collection of essays achieving a deeper understanding of the historical roots and theoretical assumptions that inform the realities and fantasies of German female leadership.
13-14c Norse versions of French narratives of Arthur's knights, with modern prose translations.
Essays dedicated to the cultural achievements and politics of one of the most important ruling houses of late medieval Europe.
Examines the diverse experiences of Reformed Protestant religious refugees fleeing war and persecution in the Netherlands for cities and towns in the Holy Roman Empire in the late sixteenth century.
The memoir of Ralph Ottey, covering his childhood in Jamaica, his wartime service in the RAF and his life and career in Lincolnshire
WINNER of the 2024 John Donne Society Distinguished Publication AwardA new approach to the visual arts in the work of John Donne
Examines the role of the pig in medieval society in material and textual sources.
Traversing London's musical culture, this book boldly illuminates the emergence of Edwardian London as a beacon of musical innovation.
Copiously illustrated edition with translation of seminal texts on the joust in medieval Iberia.
Reveals how Enlightened writers in England, both lay and clerical, proclaimed public support for Christianity by transforming it into a civil religion.