Humanities, Literature and Arts
Featured Books
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Planning for Water Security in Southeast Asia
Community-Based Infrastructure During the Urban Transition
September, 2022
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Theatricality in the Horror Film
A Brief Study on the Dark Pleasures of Screen Artifice
André Loiselle
As is well known, the horror film generally presents a situation where normality is threatened by a monster. From this premise, ‘Theatricality in the Horror Film’ argues that scary movies often create their terrifying effects stylistically and structurally through a radical break with the realism of normality in the form of monstrous theatricality.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785271281
October 2019
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£79.95 / $79.95As is well known, the horror film generally presents a situation where normality is threatened by a monster. From this premise, ‘Theatricality in the Horror Film’ argues that scary movies often create their terrifying effects stylistically and structurally through a radical break with the realism of normality in the form of monstrous theatricality.
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Aesthetics and the Cinematic Narrative
An Introduction
Michael Peter Bolus
‘Aesthetics and the Cinematic Narrative’ examines the manner in which disparate Aesthetic traditions inform the conception, creation and reception of cinematic narrative while placing film, as an art form, in a wider historical and aesthetic context.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089819
August 2019
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£150.00 / $150.00‘Aesthetics and the Cinematic Narrative’ examines the manner in which disparate Aesthetic traditions inform the conception, creation and reception of cinematic narrative while placing film, as an art form, in a wider historical and aesthetic context.
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The Films of John Schlesinger
Julia Prewitt Brown
‘The Films of John Schlesinger’ is the first comprehensive interpretation of the films of the distinguished eponymous director. It is the first book to do full justice to the director's literary roots, film artistry and capacious understanding of modern life.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089789
August 2019
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£125.00 / $125.00‘The Films of John Schlesinger’ is the first comprehensive interpretation of the films of the distinguished eponymous director. It is the first book to do full justice to the director’s literary roots, film artistry and capacious understanding of modern life.
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H.G. Wells and All Things Russian
Edited by Galya Diment
‘H. G. Wells and All Things Russian' examines Wells’s keen interest in Russian culture and development, and how Russia and the Soviet Union were, in turn, profoundly influenced by his works and his visits to the country.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089918
July 2019
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£125.00 / $125.00‘H. G. Wells and All Things Russian’ examines Wells’s keen interest in Russian culture and development, and how Russia and the Soviet Union were, in turn, profoundly influenced by his works and his visits to the country.
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Poetic Innovation in Wordsworth 1825–1833
Fibres of These Thoughts
Jeffrey C. Robinson
"Poetic Innovation in Wordsworth 1825–1833" uses extensive manuscript study of Wordsworth’s poems to present, for the first time, an account of his poetics during the supposedly "fallow" years, 1825–1833. The poetry of this period appears in a "landscape" that includes manuscripts, streams and pathways, and Wordsworth’s house and garden at Rydal Mount.
The book’s design, by Karen Jacobs, echoes Robinson’s argument that Wordsmith’s late poetry both involves and evokes multi-layered responses.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089406
July 2019
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£125.00 / $125.00“Poetic Innovation in Wordsworth 1825–1833” uses extensive manuscript study of Wordsworth’s poems to present, for the first time, an account of his poetics during the supposedly “fallow” years, 1825–1833. The poetry of this period appears in a “landscape” that includes manuscripts, streams and pathways, and Wordsworth’s house and garden at Rydal Mount.
The book’s design, by Karen Jacobs, echoes Robinson’s argument that Wordsmith’s late poetry both involves and evokes multi-layered responses.
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The Ocean of God
On the Transreligious Future of Religions
Roland Faber
‘The Ocean of God’ proposes that the future of religions will become transreligious. Its polyphilic pluralism, entertaining religious pluralism and the unity of religions mediated by process and Baha’i thought, assumes the spiritual impulse of humanity, despite secularizations, naturalizations and transhumanist dreams, to further a civilized future of peace.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089857
June 2019
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£125.00 / $125.00‘The Ocean of God’ proposes that the future of religions will become transreligious. Its polyphilic pluralism, entertaining religious pluralism and the unity of religions mediated by process and Baha’i thought, assumes the spiritual impulse of humanity, despite secularizations, naturalizations and transhumanist dreams, to further a civilized future of peace.
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Science Meets Literature
What Elias Canetti’s Auto-da-Fé Tells Us about the Human Mind and Human Behavior
Dario Maestripieri
"Science Meets Literature" analyzes and discusses Elias Canetti’s 1935 novel “Auto-da-Fé” (original German title, “Die Blendung”) as an example of the way in which literature can contribute to the scientific understanding of the human mind and human behavior.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785270697
June 2019
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£125.00 / $125.00“Science Meets Literature” analyzes and discusses Elias Canetti’s 1935 novel “Auto-da-Fé” (original German title, “Die Blendung”) as an example of the way in which literature can contribute to the scientific understanding of the human mind and human behavior.
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Anarchism in Local Governance
A Case Study from Finland
Stephen Condit
‘Anarchism in Local Governance’ relates the municipal political and administrative governance of Savonlinna, Finland, to anarchist thought and praxis to investigate how they might complement each other.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785270758
June 2019
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£200.00 / $200.00‘Anarchism in Local Governance’ relates the municipal political and administrative governance of Savonlinna, Finland, to anarchist thought and praxis to investigate how they might complement each other.
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The Spanish Frustration
How a Ruinous Empire Thwarted the Nation-State
Josep M. Colomer
Old troubles persist in modern Spain, including huge public debts, extensive corruption, widespread unlawfulness, oligarchical politics, territorial splits, and permanent protests and riots. The origins of these problems are remote: the ruinous Spanish Empire made a weak state, which built an incomplete nation, which sustains a minority democracy. "The Spanish Frustration" provides an interpretation of several important aspects of present-day Spain and its past stories.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089888
June 2019
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£125.00 / $125.00Old troubles persist in modern Spain, including huge public debts, extensive corruption, widespread unlawfulness, oligarchical politics, territorial splits, and permanent protests and riots. The origins of these problems are remote: the ruinous Spanish Empire made a weak state, which built an incomplete nation, which sustains a minority democracy. “The Spanish Frustration” provides an interpretation of several important aspects of present-day Spain and its past stories.
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Vyāsa Redux
Narrative in Epic Mahābhārata
Kevin McGrath
Vyāsa is the primary creative poet of the Sanskrit epic Mahābhārata and 'Vyāsa Redux' examines the many paradoxical dimensions of his narrative virtuosity in the poem where the poet is both the creator of the work and a character within it. Narrative is, in this view, cognitive rather than empirical in its organization.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785270727
June 2019
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£125.00 / $125.00Vyāsa is the primary creative poet of the Sanskrit epic Mahābhārata and ‘Vyāsa Redux’ examines the many paradoxical dimensions of his narrative virtuosity in the poem where the poet is both the creator of the work and a character within it. Narrative is, in this view, cognitive rather than empirical in its organization.
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Remembering Popular Music’s Past
Memory-Heritage-History
Edited by Lauren Istvandity, Sarah Baker, Zelmarie Cantillon
‘Remembering Popular Music’s Past’ focuses on the transformation of popular music into heritage, and the role of history and memory in this process. The book interrogates diverse examples of the way popular music’s past is remembered, with particular emphasis on precarity in the construction, curation, display, negotiation, and perception of popular music’s past.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089697
June 2019
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£125.00 / $125.00‘Remembering Popular Music’s Past’ focuses on the transformation of popular music into heritage, and the role of history and memory in this process. The book interrogates diverse examples of the way popular music’s past is remembered, with particular emphasis on precarity in the construction, curation, display, negotiation, and perception of popular music’s past.
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Reinventing Marie Corelli for the Twenty-First Century
Edited by Brenda Ayres, Sarah E. Maier
‘Reinventing Marie Corelli for the Twenty-First Century’ is a collection of essays about a novelist who once was the ‘second most famous Englishwoman in the world’ after Queen Victoria and whose books broke every previous sales record. The essays account for Corelli’s popularity and reintroduce her to a new generation of readers.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089437
April 2019
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£125.00 / $125.00‘Reinventing Marie Corelli for the Twenty-First Century’ is a collection of essays about a novelist who once was the ‘second most famous Englishwoman in the world’ after Queen Victoria and whose books broke every previous sales record. The essays account for Corelli’s popularity and reintroduce her to a new generation of readers.
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Notions of Otherness
Literary Essays from Abraham Cahan to Dacia Maraini
Mark Axelrod-Sokolov
‘Notions of Otherness’ is a collection of literary essays that approaches the idea of alterity politically, aesthetically, ethically, culturally and sexually in a diachronic manner.
Anthem Press
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9781783089284
April 2019
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£59.95 / $59.95‘Notions of Otherness’ is a collection of literary essays that approaches the idea of alterity politically, aesthetically, ethically, culturally and sexually in a diachronic manner.
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Dementia and Alzheimer’s
Solving the Practical and Policy Challenges
James O’Reilly, Rhonna Shatz
‘Dementia and Alzheimer’s” helps families, counsellors, friends and businesses to deal with the sudden rise of progressive brain deterioration in several forms of dementia, which is expected to affect many hundreds of thousands of adults in the coming years.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089253
April 2019
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£150.00 / $150.00‘Dementia and Alzheimer’s” helps families, counsellors, friends and businesses to deal with the sudden rise of progressive brain deterioration in several forms of dementia, which is expected to affect many hundreds of thousands of adults in the coming years.
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Keywords for Travel Writing Studies
A Critical Glossary
Edited by Charles Forsdick, Zoë Kinsley, Kathryn Walchester
‘Keywords for Travel Writing Studies’ draws on the concept of the ‘keyword’ as initially elaborated by Raymond Williams in his seminal 1976 text, ‘Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society’, in order to present 100 concepts central to the study of travel writing as a literary form with cross-disciplinary implications.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089222
April 2019
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£195.00 / $195.00‘Keywords for Travel Writing Studies’ draws on the concept of the ‘keyword’ as initially elaborated by Raymond Williams in his seminal 1976 text, ‘Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society’, in order to present 100 concepts central to the study of travel writing as a literary form with cross-disciplinary implications.
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Teaching Later British Literature
A Thematic Approach
Albert D. Pionke
Designed for both first-time teachers of survey courses in later British literature and more experienced instructors seeking a new way to approach familiar material, ‘A Handbook to Teaching Later British Literature’ presents a synthetic and adaptable framework for guiding students through British literary history from the 1780s through the 1940s.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089345
April 2019
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£125.00 / $125.00Designed for both first-time teachers of survey courses in later British literature and more experienced instructors seeking a new way to approach familiar material, ‘A Handbook to Teaching Later British Literature’ presents a synthetic and adaptable framework for guiding students through British literary history from the 1780s through the 1940s.
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Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835–1905
Five Stories of Speculation, Resistance and Rebellion
Edited by Mary Ellis Gibson
The five stories in ‘Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835–1905’ speculate about utopian and dystopian futures. They represent the earliest Indian science fiction, imagining futures ranging from an end-of-the-world deluge to violent revolution to feminist utopia.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783088638
March 2019
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£115.00 / $115.00The five stories in ‘Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835–1905’ speculate about utopian and dystopian futures. They represent the earliest Indian science fiction, imagining futures ranging from an end-of-the-world deluge to violent revolution to feminist utopia.
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Dialogues on Beckett
Whatever Happened to God?
Antoni Libera, Janusz Pyda
translated by Agnieszka Kolakowska‘Dialogues on Beckett’ is a collection of 12 conversations about 12 plays by Samuel Beckett, discussions about the meaning of life and the universe between an agnostic and a Christian, based on a close reading of the text.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783088942
February 2019
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Dialogues on Beckett’ is a collection of 12 conversations about 12 plays by Samuel Beckett, discussions about the meaning of life and the universe between an agnostic and a Christian, based on a close reading of the text.
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The Poet-Hero in the Work of Byron and Shelley
Madeleine Callaghan
‘The Poet-Hero in the Work of Byron and Shelley’ explores the poetic heroism developed in Byron and Shelley’s poetry and drama. The book traces how the heroism of the poet, as an idea, an ideal and an illusion, undergoes many different incarnations and definitions as both poets shape distinctive and changing conceptions of the hero throughout their careers.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783088973
February 2019
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£115.00 / $115.00‘The Poet-Hero in the Work of Byron and Shelley’ explores the poetic heroism developed in Byron and Shelley’s poetry and drama. The book traces how the heroism of the poet, as an idea, an ideal and an illusion, undergoes many different incarnations and definitions as both poets shape distinctive and changing conceptions of the hero throughout their careers.
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Adult Responses to Popular Music and Intergenerational Relations in Britain, c. 1955–1975
Gillian A. M. Mitchell
‘Adult Reactions to Popular Music and Inter-generational Relations in Britain, 1955–1975’ constitutes a thematic examination of the pervasive assumption that ‘the older generation’ reacted in a largely negative fashion to music styles popular with British young people from the 1950s to the mid-1970s (including rock ’n’ roll, skiffle, ‘beat’ and rock music) and that the music invariably exacerbated inter-generational tensions.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089000
February 2019
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Adult Reactions to Popular Music and Inter-generational Relations in Britain, 1955–1975’ constitutes a thematic examination of the pervasive assumption that ‘the older generation’ reacted in a largely negative fashion to music styles popular with British young people from the 1950s to the mid-1970s (including rock ’n’ roll, skiffle, ‘beat’ and rock music) and that the music invariably exacerbated inter-generational tensions.
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The British National Daily Press and Popular Music, c.1956–1975
Gillian A.M. Mitchell
‘The British National Daily Press and Popular Music, c.1956–1975’ examines the reactions of the national daily press to music styles popular with British youth from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s (including rock ’n’ roll, skiffle, ‘beat group’ and rock music) and challenges the perception that a one-dimensionally negative and inflammatory reaction contributed to the generation of ‘moral panic’ around popular music.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089093
February 2019
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£79.95 / $79.95‘The British National Daily Press and Popular Music, c.1956–1975’ examines the reactions of the national daily press to music styles popular with British youth from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s (including rock ’n’ roll, skiffle, ‘beat group’ and rock music) and challenges the perception that a one-dimensionally negative and inflammatory reaction contributed to the generation of ‘moral panic’ around popular music.
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Conceptions of Dreaming from Homer to 1800
G. W. Pigman III
‘Conceptions of Dreaming from Homer to 1800’ is an intellectual history of European theories of dreaming from Homer until the end of the eighteenth century, the period during which the dream as divine revelation was at the centre of dream theory.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783088881
January 2019
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£175.00 / $175.00‘Conceptions of Dreaming from Homer to 1800’ is an intellectual history of European theories of dreaming from Homer until the end of the eighteenth century, the period during which the dream as divine revelation was at the centre of dream theory.
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Past Forward
Essays in Korean History
Kyung Moon Hwang
A wide-ranging collection of concise essays, ‘Past Forward’ introduces core features of Korean history that illuminate current issues and pressing concerns, demonstrating how Korea’s present circumstances both reflect and shape the understanding of its past.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783088782
January 2019
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£49.00 / $49.00A wide-ranging collection of concise essays, ‘Past Forward’ introduces core features of Korean history that illuminate current issues and pressing concerns, demonstrating how Korea’s present circumstances both reflect and shape the understanding of its past.
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British Depth Studies c500–1100 (Anglo-Saxon and Norman Britain)
For GCSE History Edexcel and AQA
Sophie Ambler, Mark Bailey, Graham E. Seel
‘British Depth Studies c500–1100 (Anglo-Saxon and Norman Britain)’ is designed for students and teachers preparing for the new GCSE ‘Anglo-Saxon and Norman England’ British Depth Study components of the Edexcel and AQA examination boards.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781783088089
November 2018
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£26.22 / $26.22‘British Depth Studies c500–1100 (Anglo-Saxon and Norman Britain)’ is designed for students and teachers preparing for the new GCSE ‘Anglo-Saxon and Norman England’ British Depth Study components of the Edexcel and AQA examination boards.