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The Strange and True Odyssey of Isaac Newton&'s ManuscriptsWhen Isaac Newton died in 1727 without a will, he left behind a wealth of papers that, when examined, gave his followers and his family a deep sense of unease. Some of what they contained was wildly heretical and alchemically obsessed, hinting at a Newton altogether stranger and less...

Military Patients and Medical Power in the First World WarThe Politics of Wounds explores military patients&' experiences of frontline medical evacuation, war surgery, and the social world of military hospitals during the First World War. The proximity of the front and the colossal numbers of wounded created greater public awareness of the impact...

In Bilingualism and Bilingual Deaf Education, volume editors Marc Marschark, Gladys Tang, and Harry Knoors bring together diverse issues and evidence in two related domains: bilingualism among deaf learners - in sign language and the written/spoken vernacular - and bilingual deaf education. The volume examines each issue with regard to language...

Why does tragedy give pleasure? Why do people who are neither wicked nor depraved enjoy watching plays about suffering or death? Is it because we see horrific matter controlled by majestic art? Or because tragedy actually reaches out to the dark side of human nature? A. D. Nuttall&'s wide-ranging, lively and engaging book offers a new answer to...

Felon Disfranchisement and the History of American CitizenshipIn the years after the Civil War, laws denying the vote to those convicted of certain crimes were revised and re-interpreted to target newly-enfranchised African Americans in the South. Living in Infamy uncovers the origins of felon disfranchisement and traces the expansion of the...

A Study in Roman FictionThis volume reveals how Apuleius' Metamorphoses - the only fully extant Roman novel and a classic of world literature - works as a piece of literature, exploring its poetics and the way in which questions of production and reception are reflected in its text. Providing a roughly linear reading of key passages, the...