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Early modern herbals and the book trade : English stationers and the commodif…
Between 1525 and 1640, a remarkable phenomenon occurred in the world of print: England saw the production of more than two dozen editions identified by their imprints or by contemporaries as 'herbals'. Sarah Neville explains how this genre grew from a series of tiny anonymous octavos to authoritative folio tomes with thousands of woodcuts, and how these curious works quickly became valuable com…
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- 8
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781009031615
- Collation
- xvi; 290p; ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 615.3210942 EAR S
Creating the ancient rhetorical tradition
This book explores the history of rhetorical thought and examines the gradual association of different aspects of rhetorical theory with two outstanding fourth-century BCE writers: Lysias and Isocrates. It highlights the parallel development of the rhetorical tradition that became understood, on the one hand, as a domain of style and persuasive speech, associated with the figure of Lysias, and,…
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- 10
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781108873956
- Collation
- xii; 278p; ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 808.00938 CRE L
Cultural-historical perspectives on collective intelligence : patterns in pro…
In the era of digital communication, collective problem solving is increasingly important. Large groups can now resolve issues together in completely different ways, which has transformed the arts, sciences, business, education, technology, and medicine. Collective intelligence is something we share with animals and is different from machine learning and artificial intelligence. To design and u…
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- 8
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781108981361
- Collation
- xviii, 448p, ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 006.3824 CUL R
Mediating vulnerability : comparative approaches and questions of genre
Mediating Vulnerability examines vulnerability from a range of connected perspectives. It responds to the vulnerability of species, their extinction but also their transformation. This tension between extreme danger and creativity is played out in literary studies through the pressures the discipline brings to bear on its own categories, particularly those of genre. Extinction and preservation …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781800081130
- Collation
- vii, 275p.
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- -
- Call Number
- 155.232 MED m
Botticelli past and present
The recent exhibitions dedicated to Botticelli around the world show, more than ever, the significant and continued debate about the artist. Botticelli Past and Present engages with this debate. The book comprises four thematic parts, spanning four centuries of Botticelli’s artistic fame and reception from the fifteenth century. Each part comprises a number of essays and includes a short intr…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781787354593
- Collation
- xix, 307 p. ill;
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- -
- Call Number
- 759.5 BOT A
Context in literary and cultural studies
Context in Literary and Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary volume that deals with the challenges of studying works of art and literature in their historical context today. The relationship between artworks and context has long been a central concern for aesthetic and cultural disciplines, and the question of context has been asked anew in all eras. Developments in contemporary culture and…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781787356245
- Collation
- xv, 210 p. ill;
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- -
- Call Number
- 809 CON J
Scales of captivity : racial capitalism and the Latinx child
Mary Pat Brady traces the figure of the captive and cast-off child over 150 years of Latinx/Chicanx literature as a critique of colonial modernity and the forms of confinement that underpin racialized citizenship.
- Edition
- 5
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781478092445
- Collation
- ix, 313p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 810.9868073 SCA b
Games of history : games and gaming as historical sources
Games of History provides an understanding of how games as artefacts, textual and visual sources on games and gaming as a pastime or a “serious” activity can be used as sources for the study of history. From the vast world of games, the book’s focus is on board and card games, with reference to physical games, sports and digital games as well. Considering culture, society, politics and me…
- Edition
- 10
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780367358914
- Collation
- ix, 200p.; ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 371.397 GAM s
FINANCING PROSPERITY BY DEALING WITH DEBT
In an era when many of us depend on debt to survive but struggle with its consequences, Financing Prosperity by Dealing with Debt draws together current thinking on how to solve debt crises and promote inclusive prosperity. By profiling existing action by credit unions and community organisations, alongside bold proposals for the future, with contributions from artists, activists and academi…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781800081871
- Collation
- xi, 184 p. ill;
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- -
- Call Number
- 332.743 FIN C
Empire Under the Microscope : Parasitology and the British Literary Imaginati…
This open access book considers science and empire, and the stories we tell ourselves about them. Using British Nobel laureate Ronald Ross (1857-1932) and his colleagues as access points to a wider professional culture, Empire Under the Microscope explores the cultural history of parasitology and its relationships with the literary and historical imagination between 1885 and 1935. Emilie Taylor…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030847173
- Collation
- xiii, 294 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823.8093561 EMP E
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