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The Bard is a Very Singular Character
University of Wales Press 2010; US$ 75.00A cunning and successful literary forger, Iolo Morganwg has been a controversial figure within Welsh literary tradition and history ever since his death in 1826. During his lifetime, however, he was largely a figure on the margins of Welsh literary society, who found the task of getting his work into the coveted sphere of print culture a gargantuan... more...
Brideshead Abbreviated
Random House 2010; US$ 12.00John Crace's 'Digested Read' column in the Guardian has rightly acquired a cult following. Each week fans avidly devour his latest razor-sharp literary assassination, while authors turn tremblingly to the appropriate page of the review section, fearful that it may be their turn to be mercilessly sent up. Now he turns his critical eye on the... more...
Writers Under Siege
NYU Press 2007; US$ 75.00The freedom to write is under threat today throughout the world, with more than 1,000 writers, journalists, and publishers known to be imprisoned or persecuted in more than 100 countries. Writers Under Siege bears witness to the power and danger of the pen, and to the powerful longing for the right to use it without fear. Collected here are fifty contributions... more...
Niederländische Literatur bis 1550
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 335.00Secular and sacred Dutch medieval literature was particularly rich and influential. It was not only supported and promoted by many important authors (incl. Hadewijch and Heinrich von Veldeke) but also often provided the bridge for Middle High German literature to Old French literature (epics around Charlemagne). This bibliography is the first to provide... more...
Zwischen den Stühlen
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 126.00The Alexandrine Schism (1159?1177) has generally been interpreted as a conflict between Pope Alexander III and Friedrich I Barbarossa. In contrast to past research, this study uses privately held original sources to examine different perceptions of this ecclesiastical crisis across imperial Italy, and explores the strategic responses of those below... more...
Planning for Learning through Fairy Stories
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 11.49Plan for six weeks of learning covering all six areas of learning and development of the EYFS through the topic of fairy stories. The Planning for Learning series is a series of topic books written around the Early Years Foundation Stage designed to make planning easy. This book takes you through six weeks of activities on the theme of fairy stories.... more...
Teaching Romanticism
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 34.95Romanticism is taught at universities across the globe and is considered integral to the study of British and European literature. This book, written by leading academics, presents innovative, practical approaches to teaching traditional and newer aspects of the curriculum and is essential to anyone teaching Romanticism at university level. more...
Doddie
Black & White Publishing 2012; US$ 13.11Alex ?Doddie? MacDonald was one of the finest footballers we have produced. As a midfield dynamo he had an incredible will to win, and his passion on the field and uncompromising style made him a great favourite with Rangers fans everywhere. Having set out with St Johnstone, his twelve years at Ibrox saw him win a glittering total of twelve medals,... more...
Worm Work
University of Minnesota Press 2012; US$ 83.00Worms. Natural history is riddled with them. Literature is crawling with them. From antiquity to today, the ubiquitous and multiform worm provokes an immediate discomfort and unconscious distancing: it remains us against them in anthropocentric anxiety. So there is always something muddled, or dirty, or even offensive when talking about worms.... more...
Theorizing Modernisms
Taylor and Francis 1993; US$ 160.00At a time when postmodernism seems to have achieved a dominant position in cultural and critical theory, the contributors to this volume present a much needed corrective to the misleading images of modernism which have dominated recent debate. Theorizing Modernisms includes an account of European modernism, and analysis of the work of Apollinaire... more...









