From royal gifts to diabolic manifestations, Nicole Maceira Cumming explores the varied ways dogs appear in the historical record
By Bill Angus If you have ever wondered what was really going on in the secret overhearing and tacit observations,…
By Sean McEvoy William Shakespeare died four hundred years ago. We know he departed this life on 23 April 1616…
By Kevin Curran, University of Lausanne What is it about Shakespeare’s writing that makes it endure? Why do his plays and poems…
By Anna Clark It is widely assumed that the concept of human rights only emerged after 1945. However, I have…
In January 2016, a scandal broke out in the UK when the Times reported that asylum seekers’ homes could be identified by distinctive red doors, making them vulnerable to attacks. Coincidentally – but not where signs and the political are concerned – A Process Philosophy of Signs opens with an account of threatening identification on doors.
Established over 2 years ago, Kudos provides an award-winning service to over 75,000 researchers worldwide, helping to increase the reach…
Here at Edinburgh University Press it’s safe to say that we love books. And we love books that make us…
By Audrey Evrard Despite of the loud chorus of political and business leaders extolling the virtues of hard work, a…
By Benjamin Poore For the uninitiated, Penny Dreadful is a genre-busting neo-Victorian fantasy horror show, set in the 1890s, in…