Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a novel offers readers new to Virginia Woolf a lively introduction to this timeless classic, while providing established lovers with a wealth of information about the novel’s writing, publication and reception. -- .
Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news... Læs mere
Racism and sectarianism makes a sustained critique of official anti-racism, using the case of Northern Ireland to do so.... Læs mere
Provides close readings of works by internationally renowned artists, including Rina Banerjee, Yinka Shonibare, Fred Wilson, Pat Ward Williams and Bharti Kher -- .
Spenser and Shakespeare both wrote with epic scope, a comprehensive view of human nature, but their characters and plots sprung from radically distinct... Læs mere
This edition contains explanatory notes, drawing on archaeological sources, which expand on the poet's more esoteric allusions and offer background information on manners and... Læs mere
This book is about reading and studying poetry. Using fully-worked examples and complete poems wherever possible, it shows all the key elements of poetry ‘at work’ in poems|This book is... Læs mere
The absurdity of bureaucracy is a contemporary implementation study that unveil how organisational complexity and inefficacy is fed and sustained by... Læs mere
This volume presents the latest research on three of the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation:... Læs mere
A interlocution containing a stimulating lead essay on the relationship between law and violence by one of the key third-generation Frankfurt School philosophers, Christoph Menke, and engaged responses by a variety of influential critics. -- .
Bodas de sangre is arguably the best-known work by the most celebrated of all twentieth-century Spanish writers. A passionate story of family feud and tragic elopement is played out in... Læs mere
A new English translation. Looks at the most notorious massacre in early modern European history and rejects most of the... Læs mere