Oxford University Press

A LifeMeticulously researched and engagingly written, this is the first biography of the important Irish playwright Stewart Parker. It illuminates the genesis and meaning of such classic plays as Spokesong and Pentecost - works that continue to shed light on Northern Ireland's past, present, and future - in the context of Parker's life and times....

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Personal Names in English LiteratureNames hidden by acrostic or anagram, pseudonyms, pen-names, nicknames, nameless characters, and lists of names are all explored in this erudite and fascinating book, which encompasses literature from ancient times to modern....

Argentina and the Legacies of Torture, Revised and Updated with a New EpilogueTanks roaring over farmlands, pregnant women tortured, 30,000 individuals "e;disappeared"e;--these were the horrors of Argentina&'s Dirty War. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year and Finalist for the L.L. Winship / PEN New England Award in 1998, A Lexicon of...

New Zealand and the United StatesFrom one of America's preeminent historians comes a magisterial study of the development of open societies focusing on the United States and New Zealand...

A Very Short IntroductionThis book will transform the way you think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal to the medical equipment used to save lives. John Heskett goes beyond style and taste to look at how different cultures and individuals personalise objects....