Manchester Beethoven studies presents ten original chapters by scholars with close ties to the University of Manchester. The volume contains new research on a range of... Læs mere
Expatriate offers an in-depth study of the history and politics of the category expatriate. The book works across multiple sites to tell... Læs mere
This collection considers the increasingly central role that memory plays in determining contemporary politics and the... Læs mere
This book starts with the premise that clothing is political and that analysing clothing can enhance understanding... Læs mere
The heat of Beowulf reexamines the aesthetics of the longest surviving Old English poem through the poetics of twentieth-century poets Jack Spicer, arguing that the aesthetics of... Læs mere
Shakespeare, memory, and modern Irish literature explores the intertextual connections between early modern English and modern Irish literature.... Læs mere
This book sets out to challenge current interpretations of Carolingian culture, and especially its perceived correctio (correction), reform or renaissance. When we... Læs mere
A timely examination of how Saudi Arabia and the UAE punch above their weight in international affairs. -- .
Drawing on innovative qualitative data sources, Siblings and sociology demonstrates the sociological significance of sibling relationships, explaining why siblings matter as a... Læs mere
This book provides a rich survey of the early-modern ‘secret state’, intelligence gathering espionage, and the work of spies in the British late sixteenth to mid-seventeenth-centuries. -- .
By investigating representations of the war years in a selection of French crime novels from the mid-1940s to the present day,... Læs mere
The first work to survey dress around the world, covering consumption, ethnicity, gender and the body, as well as anthropological accounts and studies of representation. The book... Læs mere