In the 1930s there were close to a billion annual admissions to the cinema in Britain and it was by far the most popular paid-for leisure... Læs mere
This is the most comprehensive study to date of the fortifications of an early modern English city. The culmination of some twenty years of archaeological... Læs mere
The Exeter English-Russian Dictionary of Cultural Terms is a unique work of reference whose aim is to provide English speakers who possess at least some knowledge of Russian with the Russian equivalents of foreign and cultural terms in widespread use.
This edition will replace the long out-of-print edition of Edward Edwards published in 1868. It contains the full text, in the original spelling, with modern punctuation,... Læs mere
This book is the record of an apprenticeship in translating Baudelaire, and in translating poetry more generally. Re-assessing the translator's task and art, Clive Scott explores various theoretical approaches as he goes in search of his own style of translation.
The definitive study of the once-important Jewish communities of Devon and Cornwall, providing an in-depth study of the demography and economic activity as well as the political, cultural, religious and social life of South-Western Jewry.
A collection of essays on the theme of Tudor and Stuart Devon.
Central to the Enlightenment is the ideal of the Secular City, in militant reply to the Civitas Dei of St Augustine. The essays in this volume illustrate the elaboration of that vision,... Læs mere
New Arabian Studies is an international journal covering a wide spectrum of topics including geography, archaeology, history, architecture, agriculture, language, dialect, sociology, documents, literature and religion.
This collection of twenty essays, of which five are in French, written by leading English and French literary and historical scholars, deconstructs the... Læs mere
Theatres of War is the first full-length study to be devoted to the 'Committed' theatre that flourished in modern France... Læs mere
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