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T. S. Eliot and Ideology
Setting out to demonstrate the effect of politics on the work of T. S. Eliot, T. S. Eliot and Ideology charts first of all the influence of French... Les mer
The Cambridge History of American Theatre
The Cambridge History of American Theatre is an authoritative and wide-ranging history of American theatre in all its dimensions, from theatre... Les mer
An Introduction to West Indian Poetry
This introduction to West Indian poetry is written for readers making their first approach to poetry in English written in the Caribbean. It offers a... Les mer
Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography
One of the most popular novelists of the twentieth century, winner of a Pulitzer and Nobel Prize for Literature and an active social and political... Les mer
An Introduction to West Indian Poetry
This introduction to West Indian poetry is written for readers making their first approach to poetry in English written in the Caribbean. It offers a... Les mer
The Theatre of Sam Shepard
This comprehensive analysis traces Sam Shepard’s career from his experimental one-act plays of the 1960s to the 1994 play Simpatico. Curse of the... Les mer
J. M. Coetzee
The importance of J. M. Coetzee in the development of twentieth-century fiction is now widely recognised. His work addresses some of the key critical... Les mer
The Usable Past
How can we know the past? How can we speak of it in literary forms? Why should we want to? Concentrating on the past as both the subject of fiction... Les mer
Enacting History in Henry James
The Jamesian mode of writing, it has been claimed, actively works against an understanding of the way truth, history and power circulate in his... Les mer
Milton and Republicanism
Drawing upon the expertise of both historians and literary critics, this volume examines the classical sources of Milton’s republicanism, the... Les mer
Pedagogy and Power
Pedagogy and Power is a volume of interdisciplinary essays which explores the political dimensions of Graeco-Roman education and of its subsequent... Les mer
Equal Freedom and Utility
This rich and provocative study assesses Herbert Spencer’s pivotal contribution to the emergence of liberal utilitarianism and shows that Spencer,... Les mer
Malebranche
Malebranche’s Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion is in many ways the best introduction to his thought, and provides the most systematic... Les mer
The Social Contract and Other Later Political Writings
The work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is presented in two volumes, together forming the most comprehensive anthology of Rousseau’s political writings... Les mer
Theorising Textual Subjects
This book addresses the central crisis in critical theory today: how to theorise the subject as both a construct of oppressive discourse and a... Les mer
An Interethnic Companion to Asian American Literature
This book provides a survey of literature by North American writers of Asian descent, both by national origins (Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean,... Les mer
Theatre Culture in America, 1825–1860
Theatre Culture in America, 1825–1860 examines how Americans staged their cultures in the decades before the Civil War, and advances the idea that... Les mer
Scientific Practice and Ordinary Action
Philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science have grown interested in the daily practices of scientists. Recent studies have drawn linkages... Les mer
The Immune Self
This is one of the first books in a new series that will publish the very best work in the philosophy of biology. The series will be non-sectarian in... Les mer
Conciliarism and Papalism
Almost on the eve of the sixteenth-century Reformation, the long-running debate over the respective authority of popes and councils in the Catholic... Les mer
Conciliarism and Papalism
Almost on the eve of the sixteenth-century Reformation, the long-running debate over the respective authority of popes and councils in the Catholic... Les mer
Political Works
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653–1716) was one of the most acute observers of the European political order of his time, and an important forerunner... Les mer
Political Works
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653–1716) was one of the most acute observers of the European political order of his time, and an important forerunner... Les mer
Political Essays
We know more about the development of John Locke’s ideas than we do about almost any other philosopher’s before modern times. This book brings... Les mer