Early Modern & Modern Humanities & Cultures

Literary and cultural studies, from the Spanish Golden Age to contemporary cinema

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  1. Galdos: Meow

    Galdos: Meow [Paperback]

    Ruth Crispin (Translator); Benito Perez Galdos (Author)

    £15.00

    ISBN: 9781908343734
    Published by : Aris & Phillips
    Series: Hispanic Classics
    Benito Pérez Galdós’ finely-crafted novel, Meow, is a tragi-comedy. It is the story of a middle-aged, middle class middle-manager who does not know how to pull the strings that could get him reinstated to his ... .... Learn More
  2. The Inquisitor's Handbook (Copilacion Instructiones Sancta Inquisicion)

    The Inquisitor's Handbook (Copilacion Instructiones Sancta Inquisicion) [Hardback]

    Tyler Fisher (Author); Greg Fisher (Editor)

    £35.00

    ISBN: 9780856688904
    Published by : Aris & Phillips
    Series: Hispanic Classics
    The Inquisitor's Handbook , a translation of a 1537 compilation of rules for inquisitorial personnel, introduces today's reader to the Spanish Inquisition in the same way a sixteenth-century inquisitor would have been introduced to his duties. ... .... Learn More
  3. Africa's Lost Classics

    Africa's Lost Classics: New Histories of African Cinema [Hardback]

    Lizelle Bisschoff (Editor); David Murphy (Editor)

    £45.00

    ISBN: 9781907975516
    Published by : Legenda
    Series: Moving Image
    Volume: 5
    Until recently, the story of African film was marked by a series of truncated histories: many outstanding films from earlier decades were virtually inaccessible and thus often excluded from critical accounts. However, various cons... .... Learn More
  4. Echo's Voice

    Echo's Voice: The Theatres of Sarraute, Duras, Cixous and Renaude [Hardback]

    Mary Noonan (Author)

    £40.00

    ISBN: 9781907975509
    Published by : Legenda
    Series: Research Monographs in French Studies
    Volume: 36
    Hélène Cixous (1937-), distinguished not least as a playwright herself, told Le Monde in 1977 that she no longer went to the theatre: it presented women only as reflections of men, used for their visual effect. The t... .... Learn More
  5. A Sight for Sore Eyes

    A Sight for Sore Eyes: The Surrealist Visuality of José María Hinojosa [Hardback]

    Jacqueline Rattray (Author)

    £45.00

    ISBN: 9781907975738
    Published by : Legenda
    Series: Legenda Main Series
    José María Hinojosa (1904-1936) has been credited with being a pioneer of Surrealism in Spain. He moved in the same circles as Buñuel and Dalí and was one of the key figures behind an attempt to form an... .... Learn More
  6. Uncovering the Hidden

    Uncovering the Hidden: The Works and Life of Der Nister [Hardback]

    Gennady Estraikh (Editor); Kerstin Hoge (Editor); Mikhail Krutikov (Editor)

    £45.00

    ISBN: 9781907975844
    Published by : Legenda
    Series: Studies in Yiddish
    Volume: 12
    Der Nister (Pinkhes Kahanovitsh, 1884–1950) is widely regarded as the most enigmatic author in modern Yiddish literature. His pseudonym, which translates as ‘The Hidden One’, is as puzzling as his diverse body of... .... Learn More
  7. Variation and Change in French Morphosyntax

    Variation and Change in French Morphosyntax: The Case of Collective Nouns [Hardback]

    Anna Tristram (Author)

    £40.00

    ISBN: 9781907975950
    Published by : Legenda
    Series: Research Monographs in French Studies
    Volume: 40
    Collective nouns such as majorité or foule have long been of interest to linguists for thei... .... Learn More
  8. Unamuno: Aunt Tula

    Unamuno: Aunt Tula [Hardback]

    Julia Biggane (Translator)

    £40.00

    ISBN: 9781908343239
    Published by : Aris & Phillips
    Series: Hispanic Classics
    Aunt Tula (La tia Tula), published in 1921, is one of the few novels written by Miguel de Unamuno to centre on a female protagonist. It is a vivid, nuanced portrait of the intelligent, wil... .... Learn More
  9. Unamuno: Aunt Tula

    Unamuno: Aunt Tula [Paperback]

    Julia Biggane (Translator)

    £15.00

    ISBN: 9781908343222
    Published by : Aris & Phillips
    Series: Hispanic Classics
    Aunt Tula (La tia Tula), published in 1921, is one of the few novels written by Miguel de Unamuno to centre on a female protagonist. It is a vivid, nuanced portrait of the intelligent, wil... .... Learn More
  10. Language and Social Structure in Urban France

    Language and Social Structure in Urban France [Hardback]

    Mari C. Jones (Editor); David Hornsby (Editor)

    £45.00

    ISBN: 9781907975417
    Published by : Legenda
    Series: Legenda Main Series
    The coming together of linguistics and sociology in the 1960’s, most notably via the work of William Labov, marked a revolution in the study of language and provided a paradigm for the understanding of variation and change. ... .... Learn More

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