This is the first critical edition of the works of Andrew Lang, the Scottish writer whose enormous output spanned the whole the range of late-nineteenth century intellectual culture: from literary cri
Psychoanalysis is of immense importance in different ways to Hélène Cixous and Jacques Derrida. Bringing together original essays by leading contemporary thinkers in literary theory and continental ph
This in-depth critical assessment of the work of French psychoanalyst and literary theorist, Julia Kristeva, brings together for the first time readings both classical and new. Kristeva's writing on l
The Jacobite Wars is a detailed exploration of the Jacobite military campaigns of 1715 and 1745, set against the background of Scottish political, religious and constitutional history.The author has w
This book gives an account of how migrant women, whose lives and experiences have heretofore been neglected in the pages of academic scholarship, dance and sing the vibrant and expressive musical styl
Exploring a variety of everyday human longings as they arise in modernist fiction, this book poses a direct challenge to psychoanalytic accounts that characterize desire as sexual or powerful. Using c
The Frontiers of Theory-Series Editor: Martin McQuillanThis series brings together internationally respected figures to comment on and re-describe the state of theory in the twenty-first century. It t
`An intelligent, imaginative, wide-ranging and Lucid work. It marks a genuine move forward for the application of deconstruction to cultural studies. And what is especially remarkable about the book i
The Sitcom explores the production, viewership, and script of this popular genre, drawing on a range of examples and case studies in order to map its characteristics, social significance, and guilty p
Erik Simpson calls attention to the mercenary in romantic literature and uncovers his significance within American and European contexts. The mercenary of popular imagination disregards patriotic feel
British Idealism - influenced by the character of German Idealist thought at the end of the eighteenth century, developed by Kant, Fichte and Hegel - began to establish its roots during the middle of
Simmons (geography, U. of Durham) provides a history of the environment of England, Wales and Scotland, and the changes brought about by its human inhabitants over the past 10,000 years. The text is
Between 193 and 284, the Roman Empire knew more than 25 emperors, and an equal number of usurpers. All of them had some measure of success, several of them ruling different parts of the Empire at the
In these 15 taster essays you will discover the key concepts and critical approaches of the theorists who have had the most significant impact on the humanities since 1990. On completing each chapter,
