R. D. Laing (1927-1989) was Scotland's most famous public intellectual. His revolutionary challenges to conventional psychiatry were read by millions across the world. When he died, there were memoria
This critical edition of Scott's Minstrelsy presents a seminal 19th-century work for a 21st-century audienceThe second volume in this three volume set includes the full text of the ballads from the 18
This critical edition of Scott's Minstrelsy presents a seminal 19th-century work for a 21st-century audienceThe third volume in this three volume set fully contextualises the Minstrelsy in discussing
The work of a highly significant figure in the renaissance of Gaelic poetry in the twentieth century is gathered together for the first time in one authoritative volume.
Leading international scholars illuminate the party's significance in ModernismIn 12 chapters internationally distinguished scholars explore the party both as a literary device and as a forum for deve
This textbook overview of Modern Scots provides a description and analysis of the language covering lexical, phonological and structural patterns. It presents evidence for the diversity of the languag
A new generation of Muslims - activists, academics, religious scholars and professionals - are drawing on contemporary reformist thinking emerging from outside their parents' or grandparents' traditio
This book is the first major reassessment of the reception of Saussure's ideas in the academic world of the twentieth century. It is well known that Saussure's work profoundly influenced developments
Set against a backdrop of debates about the so-called 'end of history', 'the death of the subject' and 'the end of art', as well as the various forms of the 'post' that became prevalent in the late tw
In fifty-seven chapters leading academics in the field of twentieth-century war studies examine the major wars of the century as well as other conflicts imagined by English and US writers. These inclu
Extracts from the work of 19 Afro-British, Black American, and Caribbean writers who spent time in Britain during the period. They are drawn from autobiographies, slave narratives, unpublished letters
A collection of 46 key readings from the works of Plato in a completely new translation by Chappel (philosophy, U. of East Anglia). These are thematically arranged under seven headings: the death of S
Celebrating Elizabeth Bishop as an international writer with allegiances to various countries and national traditions, this collection of essays explores how Bishop moves between literal geographies l
