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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Communication and Colonialism in Eastern India
Bihar, 1760s–1880s
Nitin Sinha
This volume offers a detailed analysis of colonial policies in respect to communication in India – via roads, ferries, steamships and railways – and reveals how communication became an integral part of colonial governance in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284488
September 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume offers a detailed analysis of colonial policies in respect to communication in India – via roads, ferries, steamships and railways – and reveals how communication became an integral part of colonial governance in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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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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King John
An Underrated King
Graham E. Seel
Through contextual analysis and by reassessing the chronicle evidence, Graham E. Seel presents a compelling reevaluation of the reign of King John.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9780857285188
August 2012
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£22.95 / $22.95Through contextual analysis and by reassessing the chronicle evidence, Graham E. Seel presents a compelling reevaluation of the reign of King John.
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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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Horror and the Horror Film
Bruce F. Kawin
‘Horror and the Horror Film’ is a vivid, compelling, insightful and well-written study of the horror film and its subgenres from 1896 to the present, concentrating on the nature of horror in reality and on film.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284495
June 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Horror and the Horror Film’ is a vivid, compelling, insightful and well-written study of the horror film and its subgenres from 1896 to the present, concentrating on the nature of horror in reality and on film.
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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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Iron Lazar
A Political Biography of Lazar Kaganovich
E. A. Rees
The first English-language biography of Lazar Kaganovich, one of Stalin’s leading deputies, ‘Iron Lazar’ provides an insight into the political and personal relations of the Stalin group, and examines Kaganovich’s role in shaping policy during the Stalinist regime.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857283498
February 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00The first English-language biography of Lazar Kaganovich, one of Stalin’s leading deputies, ‘Iron Lazar’ provides an insight into the political and personal relations of the Stalin group, and examines Kaganovich’s role in shaping policy during the Stalinist regime.
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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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World Cinema and the Visual Arts
Edited by David Gallagher
‘World Cinema and the Visual Arts’ combines new analyses of two subjects of ongoing research in the field of humanities: cinema and the visual arts. The films analysed encompass a wide geographical base, and have been drawn from a diverse array of cultural traditions.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284389
February 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘World Cinema and the Visual Arts’ combines new analyses of two subjects of ongoing research in the field of humanities: cinema and the visual arts. The films analysed encompass a wide geographical base, and have been drawn from a diverse array of cultural traditions.
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Photography, Early Cinema and Colonial Modernity
Frank Hurley's Synchronized Lecture Entertainments
Robert Dixon
This volume is an account of the stage and screen practice of Australian photographer and film maker Frank Hurley, in the context of early twentieth-century mass media.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857287953
January 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume is an account of the stage and screen practice of Australian photographer and film maker Frank Hurley, in the context of early twentieth-century mass media.
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Studies in the Kasikavrtti. The Section on Pratyaharas
Critical Edition, Translation and Other Contributions
Edited by Pascale Haag, Vincenzo Vergiani
This volume contains a critical edition, English translation and essays on the initial section of the Kasikavrtti (7th c. CE), the oldest complete commentary on the Astadhyayi of Panini.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284341
December 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume contains a critical edition, English translation and essays on the initial section of the Kasikavrtti (7th c. CE), the oldest complete commentary on the Astadhyayi of Panini.
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The Mahanubhavs
Antonio Rigopoulos
This volume offers an overview of the origins and main religious and doctrinal characteristics of the Mahanubhavs, the ascetic, devotional sect that arose in 13th century Maharashtra.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284013
December 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume offers an overview of the origins and main religious and doctrinal characteristics of the Mahanubhavs, the ascetic, devotional sect that arose in 13th century Maharashtra.
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Boundaries, Dynamics and Construction of Traditions in South Asia
Edited by Federico Squarcini
This collection of essays features a significant selection of the specialized fields of knowledge that have shaped classical South Asian intellectual history, focusing on the different and complex processes employed during the ‘invention’, construction, preservation and renewal of a given tradition.
Anthem Press
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9780857284303
December 2011
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£130.00 / $130.00This collection of essays features a significant selection of the specialized fields of knowledge that have shaped classical South Asian intellectual history, focusing on the different and complex processes employed during the ‘invention’, construction, preservation and renewal of a given tradition.
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Language, Texts, and Society
Explorations in Ancient Indian Culture and Religion
Patrick Olivelle
This collection brings together the research papers of Patrick Olivelle, published over a period of about ten years. The unifying theme of these studies is the search for historical context and developments hidden within words and texts.
Anthem Press
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9780857284310
December 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This collection brings together the research papers of Patrick Olivelle, published over a period of about ten years. The unifying theme of these studies is the search for historical context and developments hidden within words and texts.
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Ascetics and Brahmins
Studies in Ideologies and Institutions
Patrick Olivelle
This volume brings together papers on Indian ascetical institutions and ideologies published by Patrick Olivelle over a span of about thirty years.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284327
December 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume brings together papers on Indian ascetical institutions and ideologies published by Patrick Olivelle over a span of about thirty years.
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Studies on the Carvaka/Lokayata
Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
This volume is the first attempt at a scientific study of the Carvaka/Lokayata, the materialist system of philosophy that flourished in ancient India between the eighth and the twelfth century CE.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284334
December 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume is the first attempt at a scientific study of the Carvaka/Lokayata, the materialist system of philosophy that flourished in ancient India between the eighth and the twelfth century CE.
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The Anthropologist and the Native
Essays for Gananath Obeyesekere
Edited by H. L. Seneviratne
‘The Anthropologist and the Native’ is a multidisciplinary volume of twenty essays by internationally known scholars of different persuasions, honouring the distinguished anthropologist Gananath Obeyesekere.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284358
December 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00‘The Anthropologist and the Native’ is a multidisciplinary volume of twenty essays by internationally known scholars of different persuasions, honouring the distinguished anthropologist Gananath Obeyesekere.
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Tradition, Veda and Law
Studies on South Asian Classical Intellectual Traditions
Federico Squarcini
The essays presented in this volume constitute a progression from general considerations related to the ‘etic’ (in the geertzian sense of the word) approach to South Asian cultural productions, to peculiar and detailed investigations of them.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284365
December 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00The essays presented in this volume constitute a progression from general considerations related to the ‘etic’ (in the geertzian sense of the word) approach to South Asian cultural productions, to peculiar and detailed investigations of them.
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Body Parts on Planet Slum
Women and Telenovelas in Brazil
Lisa Beljuli Brown
This book focuses on the cultural and gender dimensions of informal survivalism. It provides a fascinating insight into women’s use of soap operas to reconfigure suffering, pleasure, sexuality and embodiment.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857287977
October 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This book focuses on the cultural and gender dimensions of informal survivalism. It provides a fascinating insight into women’s use of soap operas to reconfigure suffering, pleasure, sexuality and embodiment.