Oxford University Press

The Philosophy of Keith DonnellanA collection of critical essays on the philosophy of Keith Donnellan, one of the        founding fathers of contemporary philosophy of language....

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In this ground-breaking new study Gwilym Dodd focuses on the private petition and its place in the late medieval English parliament (c.1270-1450). Concentrating on parliament's role as an instrument of government, a place where the king's subjects brought petitions in the hope of securing remedial action, Dodd reasserts the importance of this role....

Hagith Sivan offers an unconventional study of one corner of the Roman Empire in        late antiquity, weaving around the theme of conflict strands of distinct histories,        and of peoples and places, highlighting Palestine's polyethnicity, and cultural,        topographical, architectural, and religious diversity. During the period 300-650...

W. B. Yeats searched throughout his life for a system of spiritual truth. From 1917 he and his wife did automatic writing, W. B. asking questions and George writing down answers from beyond their conscious selves. Harper thoroughly analyses this script, touching on a number of related topics including feminist issues of collaborative authorship....