A first-time focus on the theory of English orthography.
This book traces the background to the Treaty of Union of 1707, explains why it happened and assesses its impact on Scottish society, including the bitter struggle with the Jacobites for acceptance of the union in the two decades that followed its inauguration.
This book is an examination of Derrida's philosophical reconstruction of Saussurean linguistics, of the paradigm shift from structuralism to post-structuralism, and of the consequences that continue to resonate in every field of the humanities today.
Examines the use of Islamic referents and themes in literary writings by European authors.
A definitive account of newspaper and periodical press history across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales covering 1650 to the present day.
Demonstrates how the career of Britain’s first major Black actor, Ira Aldridge, transformed a range of dramatic genres, including tragedy, melodrama and minstrel plays.
Examines the philosophical background to theories of conflict in political theory and their sources in philosophy.
Examines the flagellation practices of Twelver Shi'i refugees in Syria for the first time.
Can the digitalisation of courts be more people centric?
Conducts the first genealogy of the philosophy of the anexact in twentieth century culture, introducing the concept as a means of understanding modernist avant-garde art and literature in the long mid-century (c. 1922–1972).
Examines how contemporary documentary films depict the individual performing the self.
Identifies how comics, manga and graphic novels reshape Shakespeare’s works in manners unavailable to other media.