Literature
Featured Books
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Torkel Aschehoug and Norwegian Historical Economic Thought
Reconsidering a Forgotten Norwegian Pioneer Economist
Mathilde C. Fasting
This book explores the economic thought of prominent Norwegian legal theorist and politician Torkel Halvorsen Aschehoug (1822–1909) during the last decades of the nineteenth century, focusing on his historical-empirical approach to economics.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857280756
October 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00This book explores the economic thought of prominent Norwegian legal theorist and politician Torkel Halvorsen Aschehoug (1822–1909) during the last decades of the nineteenth century, focusing on his historical-empirical approach to economics.
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Darwin, Tennyson and Their Readers
Explorations in Victorian Literature and Science
Edited by Valerie Purton
‘Darwin, Tennyson and Their Readers: Explorations in Victorian Literature and Science’ is an edited collection of essays by Gillian Beer, George Levine and other leading scholars, exploring the interaction between literature and science in the works of Darwin, Tennyson, Huxley and other major figures of the Victorian age.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857280763
September 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Darwin, Tennyson and Their Readers: Explorations in Victorian Literature and Science’ is an edited collection of essays by Gillian Beer, George Levine and other leading scholars, exploring the interaction between literature and science in the works of Darwin, Tennyson, Huxley and other major figures of the Victorian age.
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Ernst Cassirer and the Critical Science of Germany, 1899–1919
Gregory B. Moynahan
Reconstructing the relationship between science and politics in Imperial Germany, this book covers the early work of the philosopher and historian Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945) and discusses his relation to the Marburg School of philosophy.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857283214
July 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00Reconstructing the relationship between science and politics in Imperial Germany, this book covers the early work of the philosopher and historian Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945) and discusses his relation to the Marburg School of philosophy.
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The Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem, 1850–1925
Annie Ravenhill-Johnson
Edited by Paula James‘The Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem, 1850–1925’ is a groundbreaking book that considers trade union emblems and banners as art objects in their own right. It studies their commissioning, their designers and the social conditions and gender relations that they knowingly or unwittingly reveal.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857285300
June 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00‘The Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem, 1850–1925’ is a groundbreaking book that considers trade union emblems and banners as art objects in their own right. It studies their commissioning, their designers and the social conditions and gender relations that they knowingly or unwittingly reveal.
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Australian Patriography
How Sons Write Fathers in Contemporary Life Writing
Stephen Mansfield
This study of modern Australian life writing by sons who focus on fathers is the first of its kind within Australian literature. It offers compelling readings of Raimond Gaita’s ‘Romulus, My Father’, Peter Rose’s ‘Rose Boys’ and many others.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857283306
May 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00This study of modern Australian life writing by sons who focus on fathers is the first of its kind within Australian literature. It offers compelling readings of Raimond Gaita’s ‘Romulus, My Father’, Peter Rose’s ‘Rose Boys’ and many others.
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Postliberalization Indian Novels in English
Politics of Global Reception and Awards
Edited by Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan
“Postliberalization Indian Novels in English: Politics of Global Reception and Awards” focuses on trends in contemporary Indian novels and discusses the reception of these works at a global level.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857285645
April 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00“Postliberalization Indian Novels in English: Politics of Global Reception and Awards” focuses on trends in contemporary Indian novels and discusses the reception of these works at a global level.
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William Morris and the Uses of Violence, 1856–1890
Ingrid Hanson
‘William Morris and the Uses of Violence, 1856–1890’ offers a new and challenging reading of William Morris’s work, focusing on his representations of violence and arguing that the idea of regenerative battle is central to his literary and political vision.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857283191
April 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00‘William Morris and the Uses of Violence, 1856–1890’ offers a new and challenging reading of William Morris’s work, focusing on his representations of violence and arguing that the idea of regenerative battle is central to his literary and political vision.
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The Mahatma Misunderstood
The Politics and Forms of Literary Nationalism in India
Snehal Shingavi
“The Mahatma Misunderstood” is a study of the fiction about Gandhi produced in his lifetime, and explains why novelists both vehemently critiqued and lovingly collaborated with the Mahatma simultaneously.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857285119
March 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00“The Mahatma Misunderstood” is a study of the fiction about Gandhi produced in his lifetime, and explains why novelists both vehemently critiqued and lovingly collaborated with the Mahatma simultaneously.
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Bakhtin and his Others
(Inter)subjectivity, Chronotope, Dialogism
Edited by Liisa Steinby, Tintti Klapuri
‘Bakhtin and his Others’ offers fresh theoretical insights into Bakhtin’s ideas on (inter)subjectivity and temporality, research into his theoretical backgrounds, and case studies where these insights are employed in literary analysis.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857283085
March 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Bakhtin and his Others’ offers fresh theoretical insights into Bakhtin’s ideas on (inter)subjectivity and temporality, research into his theoretical backgrounds, and case studies where these insights are employed in literary analysis.
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Jane Austen’s Families
June Sturrock
“Jane Austen’s Families” focuses on family dynamics in Jane Austen’s six novels, especially on interaction between parents and children. It examines with particular care the relations of fathers and daughters.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857282965
February 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00“Jane Austen’s Families” focuses on family dynamics in Jane Austen’s six novels, especially on interaction between parents and children. It examines with particular care the relations of fathers and daughters.
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On Beckett
Essays and Criticism
Edited by S. E. Gontarski
introduction by S. E. Gontarski“On Beckett: Essays and Criticism” is the first collection of writings about the Nobel Prize–winning author that covers the entire spectrum of his work, and also affords a rare glimpse of the private Beckett.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857286635
December 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00“On Beckett: Essays and Criticism” is the first collection of writings about the Nobel Prize–winning author that covers the entire spectrum of his work, and also affords a rare glimpse of the private Beckett.
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Empire and the Animal Body
Violence, Identity and Ecology in Victorian Adventure Fiction
John Miller
‘Empire and the Animal Body’ develops recent work in animal studies, ecocriticism and postcolonial studies to reassess the significance of exotic animals in Victorian adventure literature.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857285348
October 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Empire and the Animal Body’ develops recent work in animal studies, ecocriticism and postcolonial studies to reassess the significance of exotic animals in Victorian adventure literature.
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Dickens and the Sentimental Tradition
Fielding, Richardson, Sterne, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Lamb
Valerie Purton
‘Dickens and the Sentimental Tradition’ is a timely study of the ‘sentimental’ in Dickens’s novels, which re-evaluates his presentation of emotion as part of a complex literary tradition that enables him to critique nineteenth-century society.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284181
August 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Dickens and the Sentimental Tradition’ is a timely study of the ‘sentimental’ in Dickens’s novels, which re-evaluates his presentation of emotion as part of a complex literary tradition that enables him to critique nineteenth-century society.
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Reading by Numbers
Recalibrating the Literary Field
Katherine Bode
‘Reading by Numbers: Recalibrating the Literary Field’ explores the critical potential of digital and quantitative methods for producing new knowledge about literary and cultural history.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284549
July 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Reading by Numbers: Recalibrating the Literary Field’ explores the critical potential of digital and quantitative methods for producing new knowledge about literary and cultural history.
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Mapping the Nation
An Anthology of Indian Poetry in English, 1870–1920
Edited by Sheshalatha Reddy
Focusing specifically on the poetic construction of India, ‘Mapping the Nation’ offers a broad selection of poetry written by Indians in English during the period 1870–1920.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284419
June 2012
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£130.00 / $130.00Focusing specifically on the poetic construction of India, ‘Mapping the Nation’ offers a broad selection of poetry written by Indians in English during the period 1870–1920.
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Touching God
Hopkins and Love
Duc Dau
The first book devoted to the study of love in the writings of Gerald Manley Hopkins, ‘Touching God’ offers fresh readings of Hopkins’ poetry by considering love in relation to mutual touch.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284433
May 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00The first book devoted to the study of love in the writings of Gerald Manley Hopkins, ‘Touching God’ offers fresh readings of Hopkins’ poetry by considering love in relation to mutual touch.
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Jane Austen and her Readers, 1786–1945
Katie Halsey
‘Jane Austen and her Readers, 1786–1945’ is a study of the history of reading Jane Austen’s novels, focused on the responses of ordinary readers.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857283528
April 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Jane Austen and her Readers, 1786–1945’ is a study of the history of reading Jane Austen’s novels, focused on the responses of ordinary readers.
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Molière on Stage
What’s So Funny?
Robert W. Goldsby
‘Molière on Stage’ takes the reader onstage, backstage and into the audience of Molière’s plays, and analyzes the performance of his works in both his own time and ours.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284426
April 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Molière on Stage’ takes the reader onstage, backstage and into the audience of Molière’s plays, and analyzes the performance of his works in both his own time and ours.
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The Voice of the People
Writing the European Folk Revival, 1760–1914
Edited by Matthew Campbell, Michael Perraudin
‘The Voice of the People’ presents a series of essays on literary aspects of the pan-European folk revival from the late eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843318941
March 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘The Voice of the People’ presents a series of essays on literary aspects of the pan-European folk revival from the late eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth.
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An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century American Science Writing
Edited by C. R. Resetarits
This anthology is the first collection of primary science articles written by scientists working in America during the nineteenth century.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857289742
March 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This anthology is the first collection of primary science articles written by scientists working in America during the nineteenth century.
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Perceptions of the Press in Nineteenth-Century British Periodicals
A Bibliography
E. M. Palmegiano
This annotated bibliography of nineteenth-century British periodicals reveals how Victorian commentaries on journalism shaped the discourse on the origins and contemporary character of the domestic, imperial and foreign press.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284396
February 2012
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£130.00 / $130.00This annotated bibliography of nineteenth-century British periodicals reveals how Victorian commentaries on journalism shaped the discourse on the origins and contemporary character of the domestic, imperial and foreign press.
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FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Popularity and Neglect
Edited by Adrian Poole, Christine van Ruymbeke, William H. Martin, Sandra Mason
For all its fame in the wider world, Edward FitzGerald’s ‘Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ (1859) has been largely ignored by the academic establishment. This volume explores the reasons for both its popularity and neglect.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857287816
July 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00For all its fame in the wider world, Edward FitzGerald’s ‘Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ (1859) has been largely ignored by the academic establishment. This volume explores the reasons for both its popularity and neglect.
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Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
A Famous Poem and Its Influence
Edited by William H. Martin, Sandra Mason
The book examines the text of Edward FitzGerald’s three main versions of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, and features commentary on the origins, role and influence of the poem.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9780857287700
June 2011
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£17.95 / $17.95The book examines the text of Edward FitzGerald’s three main versions of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, and features commentary on the origins, role and influence of the poem.
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The Anthem Guide to Short Fiction
Edited by Christopher Linforth
Containing 20 classic short stories by renowned authors, ‘The Anthem Guide to Short Fiction’ has been designed to offer students and instructors both inspiration and guidance when thinking critically about literary texts and their construction.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9780857287694
May 2011
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£22.95 / $22.95Containing 20 classic short stories by renowned authors, ‘The Anthem Guide to Short Fiction’ has been designed to offer students and instructors both inspiration and guidance when thinking critically about literary texts and their construction.