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Formulaic Language and the Lexicon
A considerable proportion of our everyday language is formulaic. It is predictable in form, idiomatic, and seems to be stored in fixed, or... Les mer
Christian Humanism and the Puritan Social Order
Traditional views of puritan social thought have done a great injustice to the intellectual history of the sixteenth century. They have presented... Les mer
The Ambitions of Curiosity
In The Ambitions of Curiosity one of the world’s foremost philosophers of science explores the origins and growth of systematic inquiry in Greece,... Les mer
The Ambitions of Curiosity
In The Ambitions of Curiosity one of the world’s foremost philosophers of science explores the origins and growth of systematic inquiry in Greece,... Les mer
Elizabethan Rhetoric
Peter Mack examines the impact of humanist training in rhetoric and argument on a range of Elizabethan prose texts, including political orations,... Les mer
The Political Thought of the Dutch Revolt 1555–1590
This book is a comprehensive study of the history of the political thought of the Dutch Revolt (1555–90). It explores the development of the... Les mer
The Province of Legislation Determined
A comprehensive account of English legal thought in the age of Blackstone and Bentham for nearly a century, The Province of Legislation Determined... Les mer
Conscience and Casuistry in Early Modern Europe
This examination of a fundamental but often neglected aspect of the intellectual history of early modern Europe brings together philosophers,... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s History Plays
Shakespeare’s history plays have been performed more in recent years than ever before, in Britain, North America, and in Europe. This volume... Les mer
Aquinas: Political Writings
Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) is a massive figure in the history of western thought and of the Catholic church. In this major addition to the... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s History Plays
Shakespeare’s history plays have been performed more in recent years than ever before, in Britain, North America, and in Europe. This volume... Les mer
Aquinas: Political Writings
Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) is a massive figure in the history of western thought and of the Catholic church. In this major addition to the... Les mer
A History of Black and Asian Writing in Britain, 1700–2000
This is the first extended study of black and Asian writing in Britain over the last 250 years. Beginning with authors who arrived as immigrants or... Les mer
More: Utopia
This is a fully revised edition of what is already one of the most successful volumes in the entire series of Cambridge Texts in the History of... Les mer
Politics, Religion and Popularity in Early Stuart Britain
Revisionism has had a far-reaching impact upon the history of politics and religion in early Stuart Britain. The essays collected here set out to... Les mer
Vico: The First New Science
The First New Science gives a clear account of Vico’s mature philosophy: the belief that certain functions which are necessary for the maintenance... Les mer
Counterfeiting Shakespeare
Counterfeiting Shakespeare addresses the fundamental issue of what Shakespeare actually wrote, and how this is determined. In recent years his... Les mer
Vico: The First New Science
The First New Science gives a clear account of Vico’s mature philosophy: the belief that certain functions which are necessary for the maintenance... Les mer
Johnson, Writing, and Memory
Johnson, Writing, and Memory demonstrates the importance of memory in Samuel Johnson’s oeuvre. Greg Clingham argues that this is a notion of memory... Les mer
Poetry, Enclosure, and the Vernacular Landscape, 1700–1830
Rachel Crawford examines the intriguing, often problematic, relationship between poetry and landscape in eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson, one of the most important American poets of the nineteenth century, remains an intriguing and fascinating writer. The Cambridge... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson, one of the most important American poets of the nineteenth century, remains an intriguing and fascinating writer. The Cambridge... Les mer
Byron and Romanticism
This collection of essays represents twenty-five years of work by one of the most important critics of Romanticism and Byron studies, Jerome McGann.... Les mer
Fashioning Adultery
This book provides a major survey of representations of adultery in later seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England. Bringing together a wide... Les mer