For centuries there had been fistfighters, and from the early days of industry it was apparent that the Welsh had a particular passion for boxing. This book... Læs mere
Brings together the interpretations of the Wohunge Group from scholars working on the fields of medieval spirituality, gender, and the anchoritic tradition,... Læs mere
This is a study of the lower orders within Welsh rural communities and pays attention to those people who worked and lived off the land of 18th century Wales, often amidst grinding poverty and insecurity.
This volume examines a selection of the most complex and important servant characters and servant narratives in early Gothic literature. It defines servant narratives as a Gothic ‘performance’, and examines such servants’ impact on literary, social and personal identity.
This third volume of the speeches and articles of The Prince of Wales includes a thematic expansion to the section on `Climate... Læs mere
Plants in Science Fiction, the first-ever volume on plants (and fungi) in science fiction, allows us to speculate further on what – or who – plant life may be while exploring how we understand ourselves in relation to the complex world of flora
Swansea University: Campus and Community explores the dramatic ways in which British universities have changed since 1945. It takes... Læs mere
Examines how Wilkie Collins' interest in medical matters developed through his writing through exploration of his revisions of the late eighteenth-century Gothic novel from his first sensation novels to his last novels of the 1880s.
This book examines contemporary French literature in the light of a widely-held critical notion that it exists 'in the wake' of a period in which avant-garde experimental literature and postmodern writing-about-writing held sway..
This volume is an introduction to crime writing in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal). While "police narratives" in Spain can be traced back to iconic writers of the... Læs mere
An English-language study of a group of five artists closely linked with the Spanish avant-garde in the... Læs mere
This innovative study of the Montreal novel in French looks at how imaginary and material landscapes come together to produce a city of neighbourhoods.