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An edition of the first part of the Account and Memoranda Book compiled by William Porlond, clerk to the Brewers' Company (1418-40), translated and made available for publication for the first time.

César Vallejo paradoxically discounted the modernist significance of his avant-garde masterpiece, Trilce, published in 1922. Yet, in these poems, the renowned Peruvian writer played with the Spanish language.

María Félix (1914-2002) left her mark on Mexican and European film as well as fashion, art, and jewellery design.

Groundbreaking examination of literary production in West African newspapers and local printing presses in the first half of the 20th century

Explores the dynamics of African masquerades and mask performances on the continent, linking performative expressions to societal characteristics.

This book examines Ian McEwan's ability to discern in his writing sentiments that easily resonate with musicians, explores the value of music in exhibiting McEwan's views on the world, and presents his perspective on religion's role within society.

This book draws on architectural and archaeological analysis to consider the form, function, use and meaning of late medieval lodging ranges.

Explores sonic events and auditory experiences in German-speaking contexts from the Middle Ages to the digital age, opening up new understandings.

The first English translation of Fontane's late, posthumously published novel, featuring the eponymous, complex heroine and confronting issues regarding gender roles and marriage that still resonate today.

First English translation of one of the most influential French poems of the Middle Ages.

New essays examining Bohemia as a key European context for understanding Chaucer's poetry.

A novel perspective on a hitherto neglected aspect of Victorian medievalism.

This previously unpublished collection of letters offers a unique window onto the turbulent history of Orkney and Shetland in the sixteenth century.

What did people in Restoration England think the correct relationship between church and state should be? And how did this thinking evolve?

The first comprehensive study of Tirso de Molina and his work in English

"A series which is a model of its kind": Edmund King

Illustrated guide to Scottish medieval heraldry, the first to link heraldry to major events in Scottish history and to the families that took part in them.

How does popular culture reflect and shape identity politics in the secessionist climate of contemporary Catalonia?

Essays exploring interrelated strands of material ecologies, past and present British politics, and the act of writing, through a rich variety of case studies.

The book tells the story of Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire, a major centre of cultural and royal patronage, from the time of Aldhelm in the late seventh century to the Dissolution in 1539.

The first biography of the composer Gérard Grisey shows how the artist's sensuality and rigor came together to form the musical genre known as spectralism.

Focusing on runyege, the main traditional performance genre of the Banyoro and Batooro people, this book explores the entanglement of traditional music, dance, and theater with gender and postcolonialism in Western Uganda.

Scholars explore from many fresh angles the interweavings of two of the richest strands of human culture - music and esotericism - with examples from the medieval period to the modern age.

The first transnational study of the memory of the Kindertransport and the first to explore how it is represented in museums, memorials, and commemorations.

Latin American female writers and artists use their work to voice dissent against social issues including neo-liberal consumerism, environmental degradation, mass migration and gender violence.

This book examines the place of imperialism in the cultural, political and economic life of late nineteenth-century Irish society.

An indispensable guide to the earliest contemporary account of the Franciscan Order in England

A newly identified medieval play for the Feast of Fools, with a new English translation and musical edition ready for performance

Newest research into drama and performance of the Middle Ages and Tudor period.