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The only scholarly monograph to focus on Ovid's 'Iphis and Ianthe'.

This book brings together 11 pairs of opposing speeches on foreign policy written by Florentine statesman and historian Francesco Guicciardini (1483 1540), freshly translated with new commentary. Collectively, they constitute a remarkable collection of debates on war, peace, alliance and more.

This book examines key sculptural motifs and cinematic sculpture in film history through a series of case studies and through an extensive reference gallery of 150 different films.

This edited collection looks closely at the range and scope of contemporary film musicals, from stage adaptations like 'Mamma Mia!' (2008) and 'Les Miserables' (2012), to less conventional works that elide the genre, like' Team America: World Police' (2004) and Quentin Tarantino's 'Kill Bill' (2003/04).

Explores Ottoman Sunnism from the earliest period of the empire to its end Addressing the contested nature of Ottoman Sunnism from the 14th to the early 20th century, this book draws on diverse perspectives across the empire. Closely reading intellectual, social and mystical traditions within the empire, it clarifies the possibilities that existed within Ottoman Sunnism, presenting it as a complex, nuanced and evolving concept. The authors in this volume rescue Ottoman Sunnism from an increasingly bipolar definition that seeks to present the Ottomans as enshrining a clearly defined orthodoxy, suppressing its contrasting heterodoxy. Challenging established notions that have marked the existing literature, the chapters contribute significantly not only to the ongoing debate on the Ottoman age of confessionalisation but also to the study of religion in the Ottoman context. Key Features  Revisionist chapters question established paradigms on Ottoman Sunnism, offering complex and nuanced understandings of the subject  Contributes to the ongoing debate regarding confessionalisation in the Ottoman Empire  Explains and - where necessary - revises various understandings of Ottoman religion  Reflects different perspectives across the Empire, particularly from the Balkans and central heartlands  Relevant to historians who study religion in Europe and Asia in the early modern world, allowing for increased comparative insights Vefa Erginbaş is an Assistant Professor of History at Providence College, Rhode Island, USA.

Explores Ottoman Sunnism from the earliest period of the empire to its end Addressing the contested nature of Ottoman Sunnism from the 14th to the early 20th century, this book draws on diverse perspectives across the empire. Closely reading intellectual, social and mystical traditions within the empire, it clarifies the possibilities that existed within Ottoman Sunnism, presenting it as a complex, nuanced and evolving concept. The authors in this volume rescue Ottoman Sunnism from an increasingly bipolar definition that seeks to present the Ottomans as enshrining a clearly defined orthodoxy, suppressing its contrasting heterodoxy. Challenging established notions that have marked the existing literature, the chapters contribute significantly not only to the ongoing debate on the Ottoman age of confessionalisation but also to the study of religion in the Ottoman context. Key Features¿ Revisionist chapters question established paradigms on Ottoman Sunnism, offering complex and nuanced understandings of the subject¿ Contributes to the ongoing debate regarding confessionalisation in the Ottoman Empire¿ Explains and - where necessary - revises various understandings of Ottoman religion¿ Reflects different perspectives across the Empire, particularly from the Balkans and central heartlands ¿ Relevant to historians who study religion in Europe and Asia in the early modern world, allowing for increased comparative insightsVefa Erginbas is an Assistant Professor of History at Providence College, Rhode Island, USA.

Uncovers the link between Ruskin and the tradition of the aesthetics of space Charting an 'aesthetic', post-realist tradition of writing, this book considers the significant role played by John Ruskin's art criticism in later writing which dealt with the new kinds of spaces encountered in the nineteenth century. With chapters devoted to the ways in which aesthetic and decadent writers such as Walter Pater and Oscar Wilde built upon and challenged Ruskin's ideas, the book links the late Dickens to the early modernism of Henry James. The Aesthetics of Space in Nineteenth Century British Literature gives a vibrant vision of what an aesthetically sensitive treatment of these spaces looked like during the period. Giles Whiteley is Reader in English Literature at Stockholm University.

Explores a series of unsung - and sometimes counterintuitive - resonances between second-wave feminism and queer theory in both Anglophone and Francophone contexts.

A scholarly edition of one of the great character novels of the early nineteenth century.

An eccentric young Scot moves south and re-vitalizes the English familial, judicial, and political systems

This book addresses the idea of radical democracy - one of the most vibrant currents in contemporary political thought - in poststructuralist terms.

This book sets out the importance of charity in Scottish Reformation studies. Based on extensive archival research involving more than thirty parishes, it sheds new light on the practice of poor relief in the century following the Reformation.

This interdisciplinary collection explores a diverse range of the multiple and changing forms of masculinities from the late eleventh to the late twentieth century.

With fascinating lives on every page, the Dictionary offers concise entries that illustrate the lives of Scottish women from the distant past to the early twenty-first century, as well as the worldwide Scottish diaspora.

With fascinating lives on every page, the Dictionary offers concise entries that illustrate the lives of Scottish women from the distant past to the early twenty-first century, as well as the worldwide Scottish diaspora.

Reading Victorian Literature provides a critical commentary on major authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from Dickens to Conrad.

Reading Victorian Literature provides a critical commentary on major authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from Dickens to Conrad.

This volume traces the history of the Edinburgh Incorporation of Mary's Chapel, which sought to control the capital's building trades and defend their privileges. By utilising a range of previously missing charters and archival documents, the author offers a new perspective on the prestigious craft guild in its 542 years of existence.

This book pioneers a subfield of Romantic periodical studies, distinct from its neighbours in adjacent historical periods.

Unfolding as a series of materially oriented studies ranging from chairs, machines and doors to trees, animals and food, this book retells the story of Renaissance personhood as one of material relations and embodied experience, rather than of emergent notions of individuality and freedom.

Explores the history and theory of personhood in the Renaissance periodUnfolding as a series of materially oriented studies ranging from chairs, machines and doors to trees, animals and food, this book retells the story of Renaissance personhood as one of material relations and embodied experience, rather than of emergent notions of individuality and freedom. The book assembles an international team of leading scholars to formulate a new account of personhood in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, one that starts with the objects, environments and physical processes that made personhood legible.Kevin Curran is Professor of Early Modern Literature at the University of Lausanne.

How can private international law contribute to the development of the legal architecture needed to integrate our emerging multi-cultural society? Bringing together world-renowned academics and experienced private international lawyers from a wide range of jurisdictions in Europe and South America, this book explores how the methodologies and techniques of private international law can be used to engage with legal diversity. The book explores ways forward and sets out a vision of private international law connected to the communication, coordination, cooperation and engagement between legal orders. It provides in-depth analysis of the role of private international law in dealing with legal diversity across a diverse range of topics. Key Features - Contributions from renowned figures in the field of private international law from across Europe and Latin America. - Opens a cross-regional dialogue and shifts the Eurocentric discussion on diversity and integration to a more inclusive engagement with the South in private international law issues. - Promotes a cosmopolitan vision of private international law, as a discipline with the potential to transcend its boundaries to further promote the reality of cross-border integration. - Timely insights on the significance of the Brexit vote for rethinking the challenges that legal diversity poses for an integration project. - Topics covered include: international cooperation in civil and commercial matters, labour migration and other migration issues more generally, cross-border family issues, consumer protection, private international law of succession, international contracts, arbitration and private international law, among others. Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm is Senior Lecturer in International Private Law at the University of Edinburgh María Blanca Noodt Taquela is Professor of Private International Law at the University of Buenos Aires