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The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Poetry offers an authorative collection of original essays and is an essential resource for those interested in Victorian poetry and poetics....

Scrambling and Cyclic LinearizationThis book examines how word order variations in language can be regulated by various factors in cyclic syntax. In particular, it offers a valuable contribution to the current debate concerning the effect of cyclic Spell-out on the (re-)ordering of elements in scrambling.  Heejeong Ko provides in-depth discussion...

Essays on the Political Culture of Twentieth Century AmericaThe twentieth century has been popularly seen as "e;the American Century,"e; a long period in which the United States had amassed the economic resources, the political and military strength, and the moral prestige to assume global leadership. By century&'s end, the trajectory of...

Prophecy, Law, and Israelite ReligionJeffrey Stackert addresses two of the oldest and most persistent problems in biblical studies: the relationship between prophecy and law in the Hebrew Bible and the utility of the Documentary Hypothesis for understanding Israelite religion. These topics have in many ways dominated pentateuchal studies and the...

In Eighteenth Century ParisYou could be forgiven for thinking that the smile has no history; it has always been the same. However, just as different cultures in our own day have different rules about smiling, so did different societies in the past. In fact, amazing as it might seem, it was only in late eighteenth century France that western...

Military Culture and Popular Patriotism in Late Imperial AustriaMilitary Culture and Popular Patriotism in Late Imperial Austria examines the interplay between popular patriotism and military culture in late imperial Austria. Laurence Cole suggests that two main questions should be asked regarding the western half of the Habsburg Monarchy during...