Oxford University Press

An Approach to Irish Literary HistoryThe Cold of May Day Monday offers an indvidual view of the history of Irish literature from its very earliest phases up to the present day, more or less, with discussions of major writers such as Friel, Heaney, Derek Mahon, McGahern, and John Banville. Robert Welch traces the roots of Irish literature in myth...

Dark and violent, Macbeth is also the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare&'s tragedies. Indeed, for 250 years - until early this century - it was performed with grand operatic additions set to baroque music.  In his introduction Nicholas Brooke relates the play&'s changing fortunes to changes within society and the theatre and investigates...

Collaboration, Resistance, and Daily Life in Occupied ParisJean Guehenno&'s Diary of the Dark Years, 1940-1945 is the most oft-quoted piece of testimony on life in occupied France. A sharply observed record of day-to-day life under Nazi rule in Parisand a bitter commentary on literary life in those years, it has also been called "e;a remarkable...

Criminology and GenocideOffering the author&'s reflections on how to interpret genocide as a crime, this book endeavours to understand how the theories of criminal motivation might shed light on these stunning events and make them comprehensible, including a new and compelling account of the dynamics of the 1994 Rwanda genocide....

A HistoryThe word is nearly ubiquitous: at the grocery store we shop for "e;sustainable foods"e; that were produced from "e;sustainable agriculture"e;; groups ranging from small advocacy organizations to city and state governments to the United Nations tout "e;sustainable development"e; as a strategy for local and global...

Kinetic equations and Monte Carlo methodsThe description of emerging collective phenomena and self-organization in systems composed of large numbers of individuals has gained increasing interest from various research communities in biology, ecology, robotics and control theory, as well as sociology and economics.  Applied mathematics is concerned...