Richard Hillman applies to tragic patterns and practices in early modern England his long-standing critical preoccupation with English-French cultural connections in the period. He focuses on distinctive elements that emerge within the English tragedy of the 1590s and early 1600…
This book offers a comprehensive account of the methods and practice of learning modern languages, particularly Italian, in late sixteenth - and early seventeenth - century England. It is the first study to suggest a fundamental connection between language-learning habits and th…
The island of Cyprus has been bitterly divided for more than four decades. One of the most divisive elements of the Cyprus conflict is the writing of its history, a history called on by both communities to justify and explain their own notions of justice. While for Greek Cypriot…
Irish literature since 1990: diverse voices
"This volume explores the meaning of republicanism in contemporary Ireland. While this has often been identified simply with nationalism, the book examines the connections, comparisons and contrasts between Irish republicanism and other strands of republican politics: the ideolo…
"Revered or reviled, Gertrude Bell was a commanding figure: scholar, linguist, archeologist, traveller and "orientalist". Belonging to the tradition of the great British Middle East enthusiasts of the early 20th century, she explored the Ottoman Empire during and after World War…
"Revered or reviled, Gertrude Bell was a commanding figure: scholar, linguist, archeologist, traveller and 'orientalist'. A remarkable woman in male-dominated Edwardian society, she shunned convention by eschewing marriage and family for an academic career and the extensive trav…
"Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for well over a decade now."--Back cover
"Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for well over a decade now."--Back cover.