Books published by Continuum Publishing Corporation

"King Lear" is one of Shakespeare's most performed and studied plays - seen as one of the most significant and universal tragedies of all time. This guide introduces the play's critical and performance history, including notable stage productions alongside TV, film and radio versions.

This book argues that the idea and institution of European citizenship is a transnational border-crossing status rather than a postnational 'transformation' of modern citizenship.

This Critical Theory and Contemporary Society volume analyzes how cinema can help critical theory repoliticize culture and society.

Gottlob Frege is regarded as one of the founders of modern logic and analytic philosophy, indeed as the greatest innovator in logic since Aristotle. This book offers an introduction to Frege's logic, taking the reader directly to the core of his philosophy.

Killing Freud takes the reader on a journey through the 20th century, tracing the work and influence of one of its greatest icons, Sigmund Freud.   A devastating critique, Killing Freud ranges across the strange case of Anna O, the hysteria of Josef Breuer, the love of dogs, the Freud industry, the role of gossip and fiction, bad manners, pop psychology and French philosophy, figure skating on thin ice, and contemporary therapy culture. A map to the Freudian minefield and a masterful negotiation of high theory and low culture, Killing Freud is a witty and fearless revaluation of psychoanalysis and its real place in 20th century history. It will appeal to anyone curious about the life of the mind after the death of Freud. 

Maurice Merleau-Ponty was one of the most important figures in the existential and phenomenological traditions in twentieth-century Continental philosophy. Merleau-Ponty: A Guide for the Perplexed is the ideal text for students encountering Merleau-Ponty''s philosophy for the first time. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and takes the reader though the key themes in Merleau-Ponty''s work, casting light on complex ideas, including - crucially - his interpretations of ''perception'', ''embodiment'' and ''behaviour''. Most importantly this Guide for the Perplexed offers a full and authoritative explication of Merleau-Ponty''s phenomenological account of human behaviour.

This is is an analytical survey of those important but little-known Christian documents of the second and third centuries which are collectively referred to as the New Testament Apocrypha, and is intended to serve both as an introductory guide for interested clergy and laity,

Although many scholars acknowledge the importance of Luke 17:22-37, few agree on the precise meaning of the enigmatic proverb which forms its conclusion. Bridge's investigation into the meaning and function of Luke 17:37 provides the basis for his re-assessment of Lukan eschatology.

This study of a Markan genre, represented in Mark 8.27-10.4, covers Greek, rabbinic and early Christian literature, with comparison to the anecdotes in Lucian's "Demonax" and the "Mishnah". It concludes that the Markan anecdotes follow the definition of, and typologies for, the Greek chreia.

The two apochryphal books, Tobit and Judith, are Jewish legends presumably created in the 3rd or 2nd century BCE. This text discusses the problems between real history and historical fiction, the genres and purposes of the two books, and the literary and religious motives of the tales.

Employing classical rhetorical analysis, this book examines how Paul structures a deliberative argument using his understanding of the "cross of Christ". It claims that while Paul has a "theology of the death of Jesus", this terminology is used almost exclusively in polemical/conflictual contexts.

Challenging gnosticizing interpretations of the letter, Terry Griffith explores how the polemic against idols was variously used in Jewish and Christian circles to define self-identity and the limits of community. He shows that the rhetoric of 1 John is not polemical, but pastoral.

The gospel of Mark, especially 10:32-45, contains teachings attributed to Jesus on the use and abuse of power. This book applies different methods and approaches: orality, criticism, literary criticism and sensitivity for the social and cultural environment of the text to Jesus's message on power.

Originally published: London: Continuum, 2012.

Corpus linguistics uses large electronic databases of language to examine hypotheses about language use. This book presents a comprehensive survey of the ways in which corpus linguistics is being used by researchers. It aims to provide a snapshot of the field of corpus linguistics.

Drawing on international research in numerous countries, including Thailand, India, Afghanistan, Lebanon and the UK, this title considers, conceptually and empirically, the provision of education to aid and aid agencies, analyzing the internal and external factors affecting educational provision during and after emergencies.