Exposes writers’ reliance on conservative language during one of the most radical periods of English history
Examines US-Mexico borderland representations in horror films, TV series and comics.
Studies the philosophical implications of contemporary theories of conflict and proposes a new political ontology
The first in-depth study of Vladimir Nabokov’s humour, investigating its physical aspects such as farce, slapstick, sexual and scatological humour
This book provides an up-to-date statement of the Criminal Law of Scotland, with a theoretical and critical focus, for students, academics and practitioners.
In a world of religious rivalries and state collapse, how did the looming spectre of the barbarian show what it meant to be Roman in Late Antiquity?
A comparative analysis of the political consolidation and popular contestation of regime guardianship in Turkey and the Islamic Republic of Iran
Explores the pursuit of justice through the processes of writing, reading and interpreting in Enlightenment and Romantic-period literature
Advances the method of isnad-cum-matn analysis for unravelling complex aspects of early Islamic history.
The first comprehensive reading of the Qur’an through epigraphic sources from the Arabian Peninsula.
Explores the concept of a category and contemporary debates on category politics, category mistakes and the imperialism of categories.
Examines the scene of reading in modernism, psychoanalysis and popular novels from the early twentieth century