Mermaids

MermaidsWomen with fish tails are among the oldest and most popular of mythological creatures. This book presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and beautifully illustrated study of mermaids and their influence on Western culture. The roots of mermaid mythology and its metamorphosis through the centuries are discussed, from 600 BCE to the present day.

detailed portraits of land and seascapes

and surveys a variety of bratas

but his dreams look past the farmland and fields of his youth to the towers and streets of Chicago

Predating Ernest Hemingway’s celebrated depictions of bullfighting by over a decade

Milton Cummings

Serves as a refresher for those studying for the WHNP Exam

The Literary Absolute is the first authoritative study of the emergence of the modern concept of literature in German romanticism

This edition of Wilkie Collins’ Nine O’ Clock is a classic work of English literature reimagined for modern readers

cultural processes

Muraro appeals to the feminist practice of gratitude to the mother and the recognition of her authority as a model of unconditional nurture and support that must be restored

Racism and the cultural politics of punishment onalyses the 2011 English ‘riots’ and the state’s startlingly punitive response

After many years of relentless efforts to make a breakthrough in Irish politics