Shadow of Sparta
 In the past twenty years the study of Sparta has come of age. Images prevalent earlier in the 20th century, of Spartans as hearty good fellows or scarlet-cloaked automata, have been superseded by more complex scholarly reactions. As interest has grown in ... [... more]
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God, the Devil and Harry Potter: A Christian Minister's ...
The author, a Presbyterian Minister and an academic in the field of contemporary literature, beautifully demolishes objections of right-wing Christians to this best-selling children's series and compellingly points out how the lessons taught in the saga ... [... more]
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Playing Bit Parts in Shakespeare
Playing Bit Parts in Shakespeare is a unique survey of the small supporting roles--such as foils, feeds, attendants and messengers--that appear in Shakespeare's plays. Exploring such issues as how bit players should conduct themselves within a scene, and ... [... more]
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Residential Open Building
In recent decades tens of thousands of dwellings have been constructed following the basic principles of open building. These projects have frequently developed in relative isolation, with inadequate access to the growing international and cross- ... [... more]
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The Moving Pageant
Spanning public and private, documentary and the imaginative, the writings collected here evoke the physical and social atmosphere and the cultural life of London's streets and other sites of ceremony and popular assembly. -- Download Description
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The Language of Postcolonial Literatures
Drawing on a range of writers, including Jean Rhys, Derek Walcott, Chinua Achebe, Salman Rushdie, Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Nuruddin Farah, The Language of Postcolonial Literatures provides a comprehensive introduction to some of the central features of ... [... more]
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How to Live Forever
Immortality has been a long-explored subject. How to Live Forever is a compelling study which introduces students and professional philosophers to the possibilities of using science fiction in their work. -- Download Description
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Writes of Passage
Edward Said's oft cited claim that Orientalists past and present have spun imaginary geographies where they sought ground truth, has launched a plethora of studies of fictive geographies. Representations often reveal more about the culture of the writer ... [... more]
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Earl of Rochester
The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary repsonses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves. [... more]
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Intertextuality
This book follows all the major turns in intertextuality's history, and explains how intertextuality is employed. It will prove invaluable for any student studying literature and culture. -- Download Description
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Roman Shakespeare
In the first full-length study of Shakespeare's Roman plays, Copp'elia Kahn brings to these texts a startling, critical perspective which interrogates the gender ideologies lurking behind 'Roman virtue'. Plays featured include: * Titus Andronicus * ... [... more]
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Myth
An indispensable overview of the evolution of 'myth', from the Greek definitions to those of a range of contemporary thinkers. Coupe also provides an introduction to myth-making.
This introductory volume provides a crucial overview of the evolution of 'my ... [... more]
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