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  • World Englishes

    by Gunnel Melchers, Philip Shaw, Peter Sundkvist ...
    The fourth edition of World Englishes provides an engaging overview of the global variations in phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics of English as it is used world-wide. This book introduces the principles of linguistic variation and provides coverage on the roots of English, the spread of English, variations of English as a second language, and trends for the future.Thoroughly updated ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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    Six Months In Mexico (Unabridged)

    by Nellie BLY ...
    Narrated by Philip Shaw ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 5 min

    This is an account of Nellie Bly's travels through Mexico in 1885. The book was originally a series of individual articles that she submitted to the Pittsburgh Dispatch newspaper for publication. In them she described the conditions of the people and the political system she found in Mexico. Her narratives focused mostly on the impoverished and disadvantaged in a country whose government was ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Wordsworth After War

    Recovering Peace in the Later Poetry

    by Philip Shaw ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
    William Wordsworth's later poetry complicates possibilities of life and art in war's aftermath. This illuminating study provides new perspectives and reveals how his work following the end of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars reflects a passionate, lifelong engagement with the poetics and politics of peace. Focusing on works from between 1814 and 1822, Philip Shaw constructs a unique and ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • The Sublime

    by Philip Shaw ...
    Series series The New Critical Idiom
    Related to ideas of the great, the awe-inspiring and the overpowering, the sublime has been debated for centuries amongst writers, artists, philosophers and theorists and has become a complex yet crucial concept in many disciplines.In this thoroughly updated edition, Philip Shaw looks at:Early modern and post-Romantic conceptions of the sublime in two brand new chaptersThe legacy of the earliest ... Read more

    Was $42.99 USD Now $37.99 USD

  • The English Language

    A Historical Introduction

    by Charles Barber, Joan C. Beal, Philip A. Shaw ...
    A comprehensive yet concise history of the English language, this accessible textbook helps those studying the subject to understand the formation of English. It tells the story of the language from its remote ancestry to the present day, especially the effects of globalisation and the spread of, and subsequent changes to, English. Now in its third edition, it has been substantially revised and ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • The English Language

    by Charles Barber, Joan Beal, Philip Shaw ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    This bestselling text by Charles Barber, with updating contributions from Joan C. Beal and Philip A. Shaw, recounts the history of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day. Using dozens of familiar texts, including the English of King Alfred, Shakespeare and Chaucer, the English language is explored in terms of where it came from, where it is going and the global impact it ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Names and Naming in 'Beowulf'

    Studies in Heroic Narrative Tradition

    by Philip A. Shaw ...
    'Beowulf', one of the earliest poems in the English language, recounts a tale of heroism played out against the backdrop of Scandinavia in the 5th to 6th centuries AD. And yet, this Old English verse narrative set in Scandinavia is – a little surprisingly, perhaps – populated with names of German descent.This insight into the personal names of 'Beowulf' acts the starting point for Philip A. Shaw's ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • Student Plagiarism in Higher Education

    Reflections on Teaching Practice

    Edited by Diane Pecorari, Philip Shaw ...
    Series series Research into Higher Education
    Student Plagiarism in Higher Education is a crucial read for any university teacher concerned about plagiarism. It provides the tools and information needed to assess this often complex international phenomenon constructively and effectively from a variety of angles, and provides a framework for further discussion and research.Each chapter poses a question about an essential aspect of plagiarism ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Literary Politics

    The Politics of Literature and the Literature of Politics

    Edited by D. Philips, K. Shaw ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Literary Politics identifies and debates competing definitions of 'English Studies' as an academic subject, celebrates the diversity of contemporary literary studies, and demonstrates the ways in which a range of literary texts can be understood as politically engaged, sometimes in unexpected ways. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The History of a Modern Millennial Movement

    The Southcottians

    Edited by Jane Shaw, Philip Lockley ...
    Series series I.B.Tauris Studies in Prophecy, Apocalypse and Millennialism
    A feverish expectation of the end of the world seems an unlikely accompaniment to middle-class respectability. But it was precisely her interest in millennial thinking that led Jane Shaw to a group of genteel terraced townhouses in the English county town of Bedford. Inside their unassuming grey-brick exteriors Shaw found something extraordinary. For here, within the 'Ark', lived two members of ... Read more

    $141.79 USD

  • Romantic Wars

    Studies in Culture and Conflict, 1793–1822

    Edited by Philip Shaw ...
    Series series The Nineteenth Century Series
    Romantic Wars is a collection of eight specially commissioned essays focusing on the relations between British Romantic culture (poetry, fiction, painting, and non-fictional prose) and the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Whilst in recent years much attention has been paid to the influence of the French Revolution on British Romanticism, comparatively little has been written about the effects of ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • St. Augustine : On Christian Doctrine

    A compend of exegetical theology to guide the Christians in the interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures

    by Saint Augustine, St Augustin, Saint Augustine of Hippo ...
    Series Book 1 - St. Augustine of Hippo theological works
    One of Saint Augustine's most important contributions to Christian Theology, "On Christian Doctrine" is essential reading for any serious believer interested in learning more about faith in God. The four books of St. Augustin On Christian Doctrine (De Doctrina Christiana, iv libri) are a compend of exegetical theology to guide the reader in the understanding and interpretation of the Sacred ... Read more

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