An authoritative guide to Augustine's Confessions - a literary classic and one of the most important theological/philosophical works of Late Antiquity.... Læs mere
An authoritative guide to Augustine's Confessions - a literary classic and one of the most important theological/philosophical works of Late Antiquity.... Læs mere
This volume examines Brazilian labour history, offering articles that enter into conscious dialogue with the debates and findings of... Læs mere
This is the untold story of how black saints - and the slaves who venerated them - transformed the early modern church. It speaks to race, the Atlantic slave trade, and global Christianity, and provides new ways of thinking about blackness, holiness, and cultural authority.
This Companion explores an extensive range of 1930s authors, contexts, themes, and literary debates. Informed by current scholarly approaches and analysing the state of the field, it will be an important resource for students and scholars of twentieth-century literature.
In the first detailed contextual study of Beethoven's middle-period quartets, Nancy November explores reception history, early performance practices and... Læs mere
Using examples from kangaroos and platypuses to kiwis and birds of paradise, the book examines Australasian biodiversity and its distribution. The main... Læs mere
From British colonial conflicts in Africa and Egypt to the turn-of-the century war on the South African veldt... Læs mere
Critical introduction to the fascinating genre of Latin love elegy, exploring its Greek and Latin precursors, the individual elegists, the world it presents,... Læs mere
This Companion provides a comprehensive and revisionary account of the life and works of Giovanni Boccaccio and his reception over the seven hundred years since his... Læs mere
With a focus on the criminal courts, human rights, judicial appointments and the relationship between the UK Parliament, the domestic courts and the... Læs mere
This book traces Gandhi's extraordinary story from a small-town lawyer into a skilled leader of civil resistance. Gandhi's key writings and his thinking on a broad range... Læs mere