Books published by University of Wales Press

Jose Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998, the first writer in Portuguese to receive the world's most prized literary award. This book covers both his acclaimed historically-based fictions and his, allegorical works, demonstrating the continuity of thought and image between these two phases of the writer's career.

David Jones' poetry is often regarded as difficult to read owing to his highly original and unfamiliar allusions. This book seeks to provide a guided tour through the poems by making the poetry accessible to the student market and also the non-specialist reader while also providing original and new insights.

An exposition of Gellner's thought, both in terms of the specific areas in which he worked and the underlying consistency of his theoretical principles. It provides a context within which to evaluate Gellner's contribution to social and politcal thought.

This volume is not the product of direct field-work but a gathering together, a sifting and an analysis of all the material available - whether previously collected by collectors of Romani song, or preserved whole or in fragments within literary or other texts.

Examines the impact of devolution on civil society during the Assembly's first term with a particular focus on civil society's contribution to enhancing democracy and the interrelationship between civil society and national identity. This work contributes to bridge the gap between theory and empirically-grounded research on civil society.

This volume traces some of the specific manifestations of virginity in late medieval culture. It shows how virginity is represented in medical, legal, hagiographical and historical texts, as well as how the seductive but dangerous figure of the virgin affects the aims and objectives of these texts.

Using an examination of theatrical and musical performance in a small Valleys town as a focus, this work puts forward an argued discussion of contemporary Welsh theatre in its cultural context.

This study traces the impact of their social and cultural backgrounds on the lives and work of Anglo-Welsh poets including Gerard Manley Hopkins, R.S. Thomas, David Jones, Dylan Thomas, John Ormond, John Tripp and Raymond Garlick.

A collection of eight articles, lectures and essays on diverse themes found in Welsh and Celtic literature from the Middle Ages to the 20th century including individual chapters on the work of Sion Cent, Daniel Owen and R. Williams Parry.

A valuable and useful reference book on the subject of the Welsh novel, being a collection of 7 comprehensive articles on the genre, short reviews of 15 texts encompassing the 20th century and 4 interviews with modern novelists, by 15 contributors, together with the editor's perceptive introduction.

A collection of writings from the time of Queen Elizabeth I and the Stuarts, by Catholics who refused to attend Protestant services. They discuss many aspects of Catholic devotions and dogma and give an illuminating insight into their lives and times under hardship and repression.

Within Germany, Carl Schmitt's status as a political thinker is on a par with Machiavelli and Hobbes. In this study the author seeks to apply Schmitt's thought to modern times as well as extrapolate possibilities for the future.

Hermann-Peter Piwitt belongs to the generation of West German writers the beginning of whose careers coincided with the student movement of 1968. His career is of particular interest from the perspective of a Europe in which a left-wing alternative to the politics of the centre, has disappeared.

Focusing upon the horse in Celtic culture, this text should be of general interest as well as of importance within the wider context of horsemanship and military tactics in Medieval Britain and Europe.

This volume reproduced, with commentary and full contextual discussion, all the miniatures from unpublished illuminated manuscripts of "Le Roman de la Rose", in the National Library of Wales.

This is a study of the lower orders within Welsh rural communities and pays attention to those people who worked and lived off the land of 18th century Wales, often amidst grinding poverty and insecurity.

Eighteenth-century English fictions are full of stereotypical images of Wales and the Welsh. This volume explores a selection of 18th-century texts that have recieved little critical attention in Wales, even as they record a part of the history of Welsh people.

In this volume the author, Hauke Brunkhorst, not only emphasizes the well-known links between Adorno and the dialectical thinking of Hegel and Marx, but also the connection between Adorno and Kant. The book sheds light on Adorno's negative dialectic.

Herta Muller is one of the leading figures in the new generation of German writers. This collection of essays is intended as both an introduction for the general reader and a resource for the specialist. It contains ten previously unpublished short texts by Muller and a biographical outline.

This book offers an introduction to many aspects of health and society in 20th century Wales, ranging from public health, to personal life-styles and household budgets, birth control and the incidence of deaths from childbirth.

Drawing on interviews with many of the people who have influenced the devolution experiment, from politicians to ordinary citizens, this book questions whether the National Assembly will lead to a better democracy for Wales.

This work presents a review of works in the area of universal human rights and their implications for international politics. The text addresses such questions as: what rights are universal?; who holds the rights under international conventions?; and what is the link between such rights and peace?

Hans-Ulrich Treichel has enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame since the publication of his first novel "Der Verlorene" in 1998. This volume follows the series pattern, aiming to provide an introduction to Hans-Ulrich Treichel and to offer a critical approach to his work.

This work provides an exploration of the issue of gender in relation to the crusades. It discusses a range of subjects, from the medieval construction of gender to the military participation of women in the crusades.

A study of the history of linguistic thoughts and attitudes in Wales during the eighteenth century, noting particularly the rich contribution of Welsh scholars to developments in the field of linguistics in Europe by raising awareness of the Celtic languages and their relationship with other European languages.