Literary Analysis
Frae Ither Tongues
The period since the 1930s has been the richest for literary translation into Scots since the 16th century. This collection of essays, by translators and critics, represents an extended analysis of the nature and practice of modern translation into Scots.
Women Writers and National Identity
Stephanie Bird offers a detailed analysis of the twin themes of female identity and national identity in the works of three major twentieth-century German-language women writers: Ingeborg Bachmann, Anne Duden and Emine Özdamar.
Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Culture of Conversation
Gibian explores the role played by Oliver Wendell Holmes in what was known as America's 'Age of Conversation'.
Press Censorship in Jacobean England
Examines the ways in which books were produced, read, and received during the reign of King James I. It combines historical analysis of documents with literary reading of censored texts and will be an invaluable resource for literary scholars and historians alike.
Reading the French Enlightenment
Julie Candler Hayes surveys the past fifty years of philosophical reflection on the Enlightenment, and takes issue both with traditional liberal and with contemporary critical accounts.
Patterns in Language
This work aims to address the needs of students in modular systems who may not have a background either in traditional literature or in linguistic theory. It uses the principles of linguistic analysis to investigate the use of language in literary (and non-literary) texts.