A Critical Companion to Beowulf (Orchard Andy)(Paperback)

A Critical Companion to Beowulf (Orchard Andy)(Paperback)

'Beowulf' is the best known and most closely studied literary work surviving from Anglo-Saxon England, and the modern reader is faced with a bewildering number and variety of interpretations about such basic matters as the date, provenance, and significance of the poem. 'A Critical Companion to

A Companion to Federico Garca Lorca (Bonaddio Federico)(Paperback)

A Companion to Federico Garcia Lorca provides a clear, critical appraisal of the issues and debates surrounding the work of Spain's most celebrated poet and dramatist. It considers past and current approaches to the study of Lorca, and also suggests new directions for further investigation. An

Money and Society: A Critical Companion (Paul Axel T.)(Paperback)

This is a comprehensive, critical introduction to the sociology of money, covering many topics, from the origins of money to its function today. Though our coins, bank notes and electronic tokens do function as means of exchange, money is in fact a social, intangible institution. This book shows

A Critical Companion to Early Childhood (Reed Michael)(Paperback)

In this stimulating and provocative book the editors have drawn together a diverse and international range of respected authors, each of whom has taken a critical approach to the contentious question of how you define and achieve quality early childhood services. It is a book designed to provoke

A Companion to Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Risk (Taylor Paul)(Paperback)

Exploring the relationship and critical debates between criminal justice and mental health care, this topical collection provides a reference guide to over 245 key terms and concepts in both fields, consolidating analysis of theory, policy, and practice for each. In addition to theoretical and

The Edinburgh Companion to Robert Burns (Carruthers Gerard)(Paperback)

In this comprehensive introduction to Robert Burns detailed commentary on the artistry and critical contexts of his work is complemented by material on the cultural reception and afterlife of this most iconic of world

A Critical Companion to Medieval Motets (Hartt Jared C.)(Paperback)

Motets constitute the most important polyphonic genre of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Moreover, these compositions are intrinsically involved in the early development of polyphony. This volume - the first to be devotedexclusively to medieval motets - aims to provide a comprehensive

The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Companion (Barton John)(Paperback)

A comprehensive and accessible guide to the Hebrew Bible This book brings together some of the world's most exciting scholars from across a variety of disciplines to provide a concise and accessible guide to the Hebrew Bible. It covers every major genre of book in the Old Testament together with

Beowulf: Dual Language and New Verse Translation (Nichols J. G.)(Paperback)

Of unknown date, and surviving in a tenth-century manuscript, Beowulf is the tale of a young Geatish hero and his struggle with three deadly foes, beginning with the dread monster Grendel, who has been devouring warriors in the hall of the Danish King in their sleep. The most important Old English

Beowulf (Heaney Seamus)(Paperback / softback)

Beowulf, composed between the seventh and tenth century, is the elegaic narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel, and, later, from Grendel's

Dating Beowulf: Studies in intimacy (Remein Daniel C.)(Pevná vazba)

Dating Beowulf explores the difficulties and pleasures of intimacy with Beowulf -philological and speculative, playful and serious - and how they organise themselves in an array of interrelated critical practices. Opening avenues for future work, it complicates urgent questions in the discourses of

Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary (Tolkien J. R. R.)(Paperback)

New York Times bestseller'A thrill . . . Beowulf was Tolkien's lodestar. Everything he did led up to or away from it.' --New Yorker J.R.R. Tolkien completed his translation of Beowulf in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication

Mediatization and Mobile Lives: A Critical Approach (Jansson Andr)(Paperback)

Mediatization and Mobile Lives: A Critical Approach contributes to a complex, situated and critical understanding of what mediatization means and how it works in contemporary life. The book explores the tension between the extended capabilities offered by media technology and growing media

Beowulf: A Dual-Language Edition (Chickering Howell D.)(Paperback)

The first major poem in English literature, Beowulf tells the story of the life and death of the legendary hero Beowulf in his three great battles with supernatural monsters. The ideal Anglo-Saxon warrior-aristocrat, Beowulf is an example of the heroic spirit at its finest. Leading Beowulf scholar

University Challenge: Critical Issues for Teaching and Learning (Harland Tony)(Paperback)

University Challenge: Critical Issues for Teaching and Learning offers a nuanced and critical reading of university teaching, particularly the pressures under which academics in neoliberal, mass higher education must operate. It provides exciting thinking about slow pedagogies, powerful knowledge,

Critical Thinking in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Feltham Colin)(Paperback)

Critical Thinking in Counselling and Psychotherapy examines the critical debates around key topics in counselling and psychotherapy. In nine sections including Everyday Counselling Practice, Training and Curriculum Issues, and Counselling, Society and Culture, Colin Feltham explores and

Frankenstein (Shelley Mary)(Paperback)

Combining critical essays, contextual documents, and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms with the original 1831 text, Frankenstein is supported by additional resources which help you think critically about the iconic

Bee Friendly Garden - Bring Bees to Your Flowers, Orchard, and Vegetable Patch (Hooper Ted)(Paperback / softback)

Understanding and Evaluating Research: A Critical Guide (McGregor Sue L. T.)(Paperback)

Understanding and Evaluating Research: A Critical Guide shows students how to be critical consumers of research and to appreciate the power of methodology as it shapes the research question, the use of theory in the study, the methods used, and how the outcomes are reported. The book starts with

Beowulf (Mitchell Stephen)(Paperback)

A widely celebrated translator's vivid, accessible, and elegantly concise rendering of an ancient English masterpiece Beowulf tells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats three evil creatures--a huge, cannibalistic ogre named Grendel, Grendel's monstrous mother, and a dragon--and then dies,

Beowulf - A Translation and Commentary, Together with Sellic Spell (Tolkien J. R. R.)(Paperback / softback)

The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication. This edition is twofold, for there exists an illuminating commentary on the text of

Beowulf: Revised Edition (Swanton Michael)(Paperback)

Beowulf: Dragonslayer (Sutcliff Rosemary)(Paperback / softback)

The Orchard Girls (Scott Nikola)(Paperback)

'Full of intrigue, fascinating historical detail and brilliant characterisation . . . A truly fabulous novel!' LOUISE FEIN, author of PEOPLE LIKE US 'Nikola Scott is the queen of dual narrative fiction. The Orchard Girls takes us on a beautifully twisty journey . . . It's like unwrapping a