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The Sublime
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 24.95Often labelled as ?indescribable?, the sublime is a term that has been debated for centuries amongst writers, artists, philosophers and theorists. Usually related to ideas of the great, the awe-inspiring and the overpowering, the sublime has become a complex yet crucial concept in many disciplines. Offering historical overviews and explanations, Philip... more...
Patti Smith's Horses
Continuum International Publishing 2008; US$ 8.95Described, variously, as the perfect fusion of poetry and garage band rock and roll, Horses belongs as much to the world of literary and cultural criticism as it does to the realm of musicology. This book's attention is given to the record's origins in the nascent New York punk scene. The core is a detailed analysis of Patti Smith's lyrics... more...
Waterloo and the Romantic Imagination
Palgrave Macmillan 2002; US$ 145.00Waterloo and the Romantic Imagination offers a new and challenging look at the cultural significance of the Battle of Waterloo, and the impact it had on British Romantic culture. Drawing on a range of approaches it aims to redefine the Romantic period as an age of inter- and intra-national conflict, thus overturning conventional notions of 'The Romantic... more...
Victims
University of Tennessee Press 2004; US$ 17.95"Phillip Paludan has combined the findings of the social sciences with an exercise in la petite histoire to create an intriguing study. From his base point, the massacre of thirteen Unionist mountaineers at Shelton Laurel, North Carolina, the author expands the investigation to embrace larger issues, such as the impact of the Civil War on small communities,... more...
World Englishes
Taylor & Francis Ltd 2011; US$ 41.50WORLD ENGLISHES SECOND EDITION provides an overview of the global variation in vocabulary, grammar, phonology and pragmatics of English and includes coverage of spoken varieties that have only recently been researched, as well as changes occurring due to the increasing use of English by non-natives internationally. more...
The English Language
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 26.00This new edition tells the story of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day. more...
Literature and Authenticity, 17801900
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 99.95Individually and collectively, these essays establish a new direction for current scholarly thinking about the writing and reading of literature and their relationship with ideas of authority, self-reliance, truth, originality, the valid and the real, and the genuine and inauthentic. Authors discussed include William Cowper, Robert Southey, Leigh Hunt,... more...
Handbook of Biodiversity Methods
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 162.00Biodiversity is recognised to be of global importance, yet species and habitats are under increasing pressure from human-induced influences. This Handbook will enable practitioners to plan and conduct a survey of any species or habitat and to evaluate the data so as to determine its local, national and international significance. more...
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