This book discusses in detail how medieval scholars reacted to the casuistic discussions in the inherited Roman texts, particularly the Digest of Justinian. It shows how they developed medieval Roman law into a system of rules that formed a universal common law for Western Europ…
Philosophy of religion: a reader and guide
Modernism, Space and the City
This innovative book aims to examine the crucial role played by the spaces of the city in the construction of modernism. By focusing upon a number of key cities the book is able to consider the influence of the urban landscape upon the various modernisms that appeared in the per…
We often think of 'Mrs Dalloway' or 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' as difficult books, originally published in small print runs for a handful of readers. But from the mid-1920s, these texts and others were available in cheap format across Europe. Uniform series of rep…
Drawing on extensive work in neglected archives, <i>Cheap Modernism</i> will be of interest to all those who want to know how the new literature became a global commercial hit.
We often think of Mrs Dalloway or A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as difficult books, originally published in small print runs for a handful of readers. But from the mid-1920s, these texts and others were available in cheap format across Europe. Uniform series of reprint…
