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  • The Experience of Beauty in the Middle Agesby Mary Carruthers

    OUP Oxford 2013; US$ 149.99

    This book articulates a new approach to medieval aesthetic values, emphasizing the sensory and emotional basis of all medieval arts, their love of play and fine craftsmanship, of puzzles, and of strong contrasts. Written for a general educated audience as well as students and scholars in the field, it offers an understanding of medieval literature... more...

  • The Culture of Inquisition in Medieval Englandby Mary C. Flannery; Katie L. Walter

    Boydell & Brewer 2013; US$ 99.00

    Groundbreaking essays show the variety and complexity of the roles played by inquisition in medieval England. more...

  • Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thoughtby Gregory Claeys

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 332.00

    Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought provides essential information on, and a critical interpretation of, nineteenth-century thought and nineteenth-century thinkers. The project takes as its temporal boundary the period 1789 to 1914. Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought primarily covers social and political thinking, but key entries... more...

  • Entering the Shift Ageby David Houle

    Sourcebooks 2013; US$ 11.99

    The Information Age? Think again. Change is everywhere: how we communicate, what we do for a living, the values we hold, the way we raise our children, even the way we access information. Thanks to a global economy, the force of the Internet, and the explosion of mobile technology, we have?almost imperceptibly?been ushered into a new era, the Shift... more...

  • Reinventionby Anthony Elliott

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 19.95

    Ours is the era of ?reinvention?. From psychotherapy to life coaching, from self-help manuals to cosmetic surgery, and from corporate rebranding to urban redesign: the art of reinvention is inextricably interwoven with the lure of the next frontier, the breakthrough to the next boundary ? especially boundaries of the self. In this insightful and... more...

  • (Re-)Writing the Radicalby Maike Oergel

    De Gruyter 2012; US$ 140.00

    The essays in this volume discuss the overlap between philosophical, aesthetic, and political concerns in the 1790s either in the work of individuals or in the transfer of cultural materials across national borders, which tended to entail adaptation and transformation. What emerges is a clearer understanding of the ?fate? of the Enlightenment, its... more...

  • A History of Popular Cultureby Raymond F. Betts; Lyz Bly

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 33.95

    This lively and informative survey provides a thematic global history of popular culture focusing on the period since the end of the Second World War. A History of Popular Culture explores the rapid diffusion and 'hybridization' of popular culture as the result of three conditions of the world since the end of World War Two: instantaneous communications,... more...

  • Barking Abbey and Medieval Literary Cultureby Jennifer N. Brown; Donna Alfano Bussell

    Boydell & Brewer 2012; US$ 99.00

    Essays on the texts produced at Barking Abbey - one of the most important centres for writings in the Middle Ages. more...

  • Medievalismsby Tison Pugh; Angela Jane Weisl

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 31.95

    From King Arthur and Robin Hood, through to video games and jousting-themed restaurants, medieval culture continues to surround us and has retained a strong influence on literature and culture throughout the ages. This fascinating and illuminating guide is written by two of the leading contemporary scholars of medieval literature, and explores:... more...

  • Rethinking Civilizationby Majid Tehranian

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 39.95

    Rethinking Civilization offers an alternative view of human civilization in a globalizing age. Majid Tehranian analyses the transition from nomadic, to agrarian, commercial, industrial, and digital civilizations and argues that the growing gaps among the five major civilizations have led to terror operating as a form of global communication. ... more...