Manchester University Press: 1049 books
The Scottish Legendary
Towards a poetics of hagiographic narration
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
This is the first book-length study of the Scottish Legendary of the late fourteenth century. The only extant collection of saints' lives in the vernacular from medieval Scotland, the work scrutinises the dynamics of hagiographic narration, its implicit assumptions about literariness, and the functions...
by Rachel Sykes
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
This book explores the concept of 'quiet' - an aesthetic of narrative driven by reflective principles - and argues for the term's application to the study of contemporary American fiction. In doing so, it makes two critical interventions. Firstly, it maps the neglected history of quiet fictions, arguing...
American literature and Irish culture, 1910-55
The politics of enchantment
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
This book discusses how and why American modernist writers turned to Ireland at various stages during their careers. By placing events such as the Celtic Revival and the Easter Rising at the centre of the discussion, it shows how Irishness became a cultural determinant in the work of American modernists....
Beginning Theory
An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Beginning theory has been helping students navigate through the thickets of literary and cultural theory for over two decades. This new and expanded fourth edition continues to offer students and readers the best one-volume introduction to the field. The bewildering variety of approaches, theorists...
by Andrew Tate
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
This book is the first full-length study of Douglas Coupland, one of the twenty-first century's most innovative and influential novelists. The study explores the prolific first decade and a half of Coupland's career, from Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture (1991) to JPod (2006), a period...
The Houses of History
A Critical Reader in History and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
The houses of history is a clear, jargon-free introduction to the major theoretical approaches employed by historians. This innovative critical reader provides accessible introductions to fourteen schools of thought, from the empiricist to the postcolonial, including chapters on Marxist history, Freud...
Divine Love
Luce Irigaray, Women, Gender, and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
'Divine love' explores the work of Luce Irigaray for the first time from the perspective of Religious Studies. The book examines the development of religious themes in Irigaray's work from 'Speculum of the Other Woman', in which she rejects traditional forms of western religion, to her more recent...
Staging the revolution
Drama, reinvention and history, 1647-72
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Staging the revolution offers a reappraisal of the weight and volume of theatrical output during the commonwealth and early Restoration, both in terms of live performances and performances on the paper stage. It argues that the often-cited notion that 1642 marked an end to theatrical production in...
Reading and Politics in Early Modern England
The Mental World of a Seventeenth-century Catholic Gentleman
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
This book examines the activities of William Blundell, a seventeenth-century Catholic gentleman, and using the approaches of the history of reading provides a detailed analysis of his mindset. Blundell was neither the passive victim nor the entirely loyal subject that he and others have claimed. He...
From Prosperity to Austerity
A socio-cultural critique of the Celtic Tiger and its aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
This collection examines the Irish economic phenomenon of the Celtic Tiger and the financial disaster that came in its wake, from a socio-cultural perspective. It focuses on how these financial developments have been reflected in writing, film and culture in order to offer a more rounded analysis...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Are the Irish different and, if so, how and why? This book addresses this issue through twenty-three short essays about the nature of contemporary Irish culture and society and the transformations that have taken place over the last fifty years. The topics covered include the nature of Irish nationalism...
Critical Theory and Feeling
The Affective Politics of the Early Frankfurt School
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
This book offers a unique and timely reading of the early Frankfurt School in response to the recent 'affective turn' within the arts and humanities. Resisting the overly rationalist tendencies of political philosophy, it argues that critical theory actively cultivates a powerful connection between...
Deism in Enlightenment England
Theology, Politics, and Newtonian Public Science
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
This is the first complete study of English deists as a group in several decades and it argues for a new interpretation of deism in the English Enlightenment. While there have been many recent studies of the deist John Toland, the writings of other contemporary deists have been forgotten. With extensive...
Explaining local government
Local government in Britain since 1800
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Explaining local government uniquely presents a history of local government in Britain since 1800 until the present day. The study explains how the institution evolved from a structure that appeared to be relatively free from central government interference to, as John Prescott observes, 'one of the...