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George Eliot's first work of fiction, Scenes of Clerical Life, appeared serially in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine in 1857. It was immediately recognized as, in the words of the Saturday Review, "the production of a peculiar and remarkable writer whose style showed little or no family resemblances with that of any living author." Using the first edition of 1858 as copy text, this edition records all substantive variants in the manuscript and subsequent editions of the book over which the author had control. The editor's introduction gives a detailed history of the writing and publication of the work, as well as a description of the manuscript and lists of emandations and variant spellings.

The Complete Notebooks of Henry James opens a wide, clear window into the private workshop of America's master novelist, the architect of modernism in fiction. Assembled and edited by Leon Edel, James's much-acclaimed, prize-winning biographer, and Lyall H. Powers, critic and editor of James's letters to Edith Wharton, this book includes the nine scribbler-notebooks first published in 1947, plus a wealth of new material, including a series of James's pocket diaries, scenarios for unfinished plays, his deathbed dictation, statements for his unfinished novels The Ivory Tower and A Sense of the Past, and much more. It is a volume that deserves to be called definitive. "The notebooks...exist so that [James] might there 'present, ' though only to himself, the very things he promises to 'prevent' in his published writing. That is why anyone who likes to eavesdrop on the workings of a master must be grateful to those, like Mr. Edel and Mr. Powers, who, despite him, give us the opportunity."--The New York Times Book Review "Here one is clearly in the presence of a genius; but a genius that is wholly open, unguarded. A quite illuminating and strangely moving experience."--Joyce Carol Oates

Since the appearance of the first edition in 1971-72, Iambi et Elegi Graeci has been widely acknowledged as the standard critical edition of the early Greek iambic and elegiac poets. The work has now been thoroughly revised and brought up to date by the incorporation of the latest new material. In this second volume the major additions are the important new fragments of Simonides' elegies, some from a long narrative poem on the Battle of Plataea, others from personal poems of high literary interest and quality. There are also new fragments of the comic poem Margites attributed to Homer, and of Tyrtaeus. A supplementary word index has been added to take account of the changes and additions in the two volumes since the first edition.

Presents essays by thirty-five leading scholars of Irish fiction that provide authoritative assessments of the breadth and achievement of Irish novelists and short story writers.

For over seventy years there has been no new English edition of the lively and vigorously-written Middle English verse romance of Hauelok, despite the need for a text to meet modern standards of editing. In this new and thorough edition of the poem. Professor Smithers has done much to elucidate the text, providing a detailed glossary, textual notes, and an introduction that contains an account of the main manuscript and of the Cambridge fragments, of the relations of Hauelok to the other main versions of the story, and of the language, the sources, the date of composition. In addition, Smithers supplies a full commentary which goes well beyond those of previous editions in range, scale, and detail.

Museum Worthy examines the history behind works of art that were looted in western Europe by the Nazis during the Second World War and never returned to their rightful owners, instead claimed by postwar governments of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands for display in museums, embassies, ministries, and other public buildings.

Gendered Hierarchies of Dependency considers the underrepresentation of women at partnership level in Accountancy through a feminist lens, analysing interviews with female partners in Germany and the United Kingdom.

This is the first English edition of a major work by the Danish philosopher and theologian K. E. Løgstrup (1905-81). It focuses on four main themes in Kierkegaard: his understanding of Christ and Christianity; his understanding of suffering in human existence; Christian vs. secular ethics; and Platonistic influences on Kierkegaard.

This book explores the modern complexities of champerty and maintenance and concludes with a consideration of key reform issues. It looks comparatively at jurisdictions' attitudes towards champerty and maintenance, together with an analysis of law reform studies in the area, both in England and elsewhere.

A study of the literature of the Second World War and its aftermath, focusing on the welfare state and wartime visions of rebuilding Britain.

Knowledge of public affairs matters: this friendly guide is an invaluable read for journalism students and journalists looking for a firm grasp on how central and local governments work, how public services operate, and how political events generate informative new stories.

History and International Relations collects works of fundamental importance about history and international relations by the late Professor Martin Wight (1913-1972) who earned fame as the author of International Theory: The Three Traditions (1991) and other posthumous books.

This volume offers a new interpretation of the role of the female and the feminine in Plato's political dialogues. Irene Han provides a reading of Plato's philosophy informed by contemporary theory to demonstrate the centrality of processes of becoming for Platonic accounts of Being.

Rethinking Democratic Innovation takes a fresh look at diverging visions of improving democratic governance and asks whether these existing tensions could be made productive.

From Conflict to Modern Slavery draws on first-hand accounts to consider how conflict can facilitate modern slavery and how a person's vulnerability interacts with overarching structures. The book explores how, with individual agency restricted by conflict coupled with disruption to support networks, migrants can become vulnerable to exploitation.

Have you wondered why astronauts float in space and why the moon changes shape? Join the sleepover in this book and discover lots of science words, meanings, and facts. This is the perfect first look into space, giving little astronauts the space vocabulary they need.

Data answers big questions about our world. It tells us about our planet, our history, and even predicts what we like and might want to buy. The Expanding World of Data unpacks what data is and how it is a bigger part of our lives than we may realize.

Rainforests around the world keep our world in perfect balance. They are essential to life on earth and are the world's oldest living ecosystems. The Earth's Essential Rainforests introduces why rainforests are so important to us and our planet, and what we can do to protect them.

This book presents a case study of the creation of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) as a treaty-based international organization. Drawing on the political economy approach in the study of international law, it identifies the politics, players, and process behind the making of the ISA.

Science Between Myth and History explores scientific storytelling and its implications on the teaching, practice, and public perception of science. In communicating their science, scientists tend to use historical narratives for important rhetorical purposes. Science Between Myth and History explores the implications of doing this.

Medicine in an Age of Revolution is concerned with the interaction between religion, politics, and medicine in an age of revolutionary upheaval associated with the civil wars in Britain in the mid-seventeenth century. As medical and scientific thinking underwent radical revision, its impact was keenly felt in religious and political circles.

Andrew Lang was a Scottish critic, poet, novelist, folklorist, and compiler of fairy stories for young people. This biography tells the story of his life and wider achievements, providing a fascinating portrait of a man who lived one of the most productive lives in literature, challenged specialism, and sought to make knowledge available to all.

If you like animals, bugs, and birds, you will love this little book. All around us there are living things. Nature is everywhere. We can see it, hear it, smell it, and feel it! Join this outdoor science exploration and discover all the words, facts, and meanings needed to talk about nature together.

Essentials of Human Nutrition provides the most complete and student-friendly introduction to the field, making it ideal for students encountering nutrition for the first time.

The tales of Algernon Blackwood, in the view of many the greatest weird writer of them all, blur the boundaries between human and nonhuman, living and dead, beckoning the reader into strange borderlands where alien forces lurk.