Books published by EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS

Deals with the exploration and theorisation of Modern and Contemporary art of Iran through the examination of art movements and artistic practices in relation to other cultural, social and political discourses during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

The most sacred site of Islam, the Kaʿba (the granite cuboid structure at the centre of the Great Mosque of Mecca) is here investigated by examining six of its predominantly spatial effects.

Explores Shakespeare's use of allegory as a privileged tool for making visible the inner workings of his characters' minds

Examines Gabriele D'Annunzio to re-evaluate cultural exchange and the political dimensions of global decadence and modernism

A thorough account of the engagements with the Gothic mode by Irish artists from the eighteenth century to today.

The first book-length study of hospitality in Shakespeare.

Presents Shakespeare's theatre as a powerful forum for shaping our capacity for virtue

Combining empirical data and original analysis, this volume offers a uniquely detailed account of Christianity in Eastern Europe and Southern Europe.

Explores the aesthetic and affective values of entertainment and its relation to cultural hope and aspiration.

Examines the literary and cultural legacy of the BUMIDOM in France and the French Caribbean.

Showcases how a range of migrant experiences are crucial to increasing interdependencies between differentially empowered groups across the world.