A radically new reading of ancient epic poetry which first explores the Epic of Gilgamesh, the great poem of love and despair from ancient Mesopotamia, and shows how this work underlies the Iliad of Homer - especially through the hero's response to the death of his best friend.
This book examines the long history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and its intersection with abolitionism, the Civil War and Reconstruction, two world wars, the civil rights movement, women's empowerment, and the denomination's increased global presence.
This unique resource will enrich readers' understanding of English in ways that will make them more effective users of the language. Using clear examples, and assuming no... Læs mere
This book argues that the realist novel compresses the duration of aging into descriptive intervals, constructing senescence as a... Læs mere
This unique resource will enrich readers' understanding of English in ways that will make them more effective users of the language. Using clear examples, and assuming no... Læs mere
This is a unique study of how readers have engaged with Shakespeare's Sonnets over four centuries. Jane Kingsley-Smith reveals the fascinating cultural history of... Læs mere
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Reviews the evidence underpinning the Anthropocene as a geological epoch written by the Anthropocene... Læs mere
This book captures the essence of Said's intellectual and political contribution, as well as his extensive impact. It aims to reorient... Læs mere
Inspired by the ideas of Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance, NEPAD (now AUDA) was created in 2001 to bring... Læs mere
This work deciphers how subalternity is both constituted and contested through state-society relations in India's Bhil... Læs mere