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UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS new titles SPRING AND SUMMER 2016 UWP SPR/SUM CATALOGUE-2016 ENGLISH.indd 1 14/01/2016 00:24 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE WWW.UWP.CO.UK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON UWP AND OUR PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING BACKLIST TITLES All catalogue details are correct at the time of publication. Factors beyond the control of UWP may result in changes, of which we will advise you when orders are confirmed. CONTACTS CONTENTS University of Wales Press Environmental Studies 1 10 Columbus Walk History of Science 2 Brigantine Place Cardiff Literary Studies 3 Wales European Studies 6 CF10 4UP Philosophy 9 Tel: +44 (0) 29 2049 6899 Gender Studies 10 Fax: +44 (0) 29 2049 6108 Architecture 11 Email: [email protected] Medieval History 12 Web: www.uwp.co.uk Welsh Studies 14 Director Helgard Krause Reference 17 Sales and Marketing Manager Eleri Lloyd-Cresci Head of Commissioning Sarah Lewis Journals 18 Production and Editorial Manager Siân Chapman How to order 21 UWP SPR/SUM CATALOGUE-2016 ENGLISH.indd 2 14/01/2016 00:24 1 July 2016 • 244 x 172mm PB ISBN: 9781783169009 • £34.99 Available in e COASTAL SYSTEMS Third Edition Simon K. Haslett Where oceans, land and atmosphere meet, three dynamic forces contribute to the physical and ecological evolution of coastlines. Coasts are responsive systems, dynamic with identifiable inputs and outputs of energy and material. In chapters illustrated and furnished with topical case studies from around the world, this book establishes the importance of coasts within a systems framework – waves, tides, rivers and sea-level change all play critical roles in the evolution of our coasts. Simon K. Haslett is Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and Pro Vice-Chancellor NEW at the University of Wales with responsibility for international EDITION development. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES UWP SPR/SUM CATALOGUE-2016 ENGLISH.indd 1 14/01/2016 00:24 2 May 2016 • 216 x 138mm HB ISBN: 9781783168293 SCIENTISTS OF WALES £75.00 A new series by the University of Wales Press PB ISBN: 9781783168545 £16.99 This innovative series resurrects the role of science Available in e and technology in Welsh history. Its volumes will trace Series: Scientists of Wales the careers and achievements of Welsh investigators, setting their work within their cultural contexts. They will demonstrate how scientists and engineers have contributed to the making of modern Wales as well as the ways in which Wales has played a crucial role in the emergence of modern science and engineering. ROBERT RECORDE Tudor Scholar and Mathematician Gordon Roberts This enthralling biography tells for the first time the complete and chronological story of one of Tudor England’s most enigmatic figures, Robert Recorde (c.1512–58), a Tudor scholar and Renaissance scientist. During his lifetime, his reputation for learning was second to none; he was a teacher, an accomplished mathematician and, in dangerous times, a cautious champion of the Protestant Reformation. His life story is one of great triumphs and, ultimately, of personal tragedy. Gordon Roberts is an independent scholar; by profession an aircraft engineer, he is widely read in the sciences, technology, mathematics and engineering. HISTORY OF SCIENCE UWP SPR/SUM CATALOGUE-2016 ENGLISH.indd 2 14/01/2016 00:24 3 March 2016 • 216 x 138mm Other related titles: PB ISBN: 9781783168088 • £16.99 Available in e SHAKESPEARE IN CATALAN Translating Imperialism Helena Buffery June 2007 • 216 x 138mm Shakespeare’s HB ISBN: 9780708320112 • £24.99 SETTINGS Series: Iberian and Latin American Studies and a Sense of Place SHAKESPEAREAN GOTHIC Ralph Berry Christy Desmet and This book is about the locations Anne Williams Shakespeare used for his plays. Some he was personally familiar October 2009 • 216 x 138mm with, like Windsor; some he grasped HB ISBN: 9780708320938 • £75.00 PB ISBN: 9780708320921 • £14.99 imaginatively, like Kronborg Castle (‘Elsinore’); some, like Hampton Court Series: Gothic Literary Studies and the Middle Temple, hosted Shakespearean performances. These locations shaped Shakespeare’s dramas, and this study offers opportunity to see the plays through Shakespeare’s own eyes. Ralph Berry is a Shakespeare and Renaissance drama expert, writer and reviewer. He has held the position of Professor of English at the Universities of Ottawa, Manitoba and York University, Toronto. LITERARY STUDIES UWP SPR/SUM CATALOGUE-2016 ENGLISH.indd 3 14/01/2016 00:24 4 April 2016 • 216 x 138mm Other titles in the series: HB ISBN: 9781783168217 • £75.00 Available in e THE GOTHIC AND THE CARNIVALESQUE Series: Gothic Literary Studies IN AMERICAN CULTURE Timothy Jones May 2015 • 216 x 138mm HB ISBN: 9781783161928 • £95.00 Available in e THE GOTHIC CONDITION AMERICAN GOTHIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE Terror, History and IN THE AGE OF ROMANTIC LITERATURE the Psyche Kerry Dean Carso David Punter November 2014 • 216 x 138mm HB ISBN: 9781783161607 • £95.00 David Punter has been writing on the Gothic, to academic and general acclaim, for over thirty years, and this book brings together some of his most ambitious and thought-provoking recent essays on themes within the Gothic, from the eighteenth century to the BODY GOTHIC present day. Corporeal Transgression in Contemporary David Punter is a poet, writer and academic; he is currently Literature and Horror Film Professor of English at the University of Bristol. Xavier Aldana Reyes October 2014 • 216 x 138mm HB ISBN: 9781783160921 • £95.00 LITERARY STUDIES UWP SPR/SUM CATALOGUE-2016 ENGLISH.indd 4 14/01/2016 00:25 5 May 2016 • 216 x 138mm INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WELSH WRITING HB ISBN: 9781783168378 • £75.00 IN ENGLISH PB ISBN: 9781783168385 • £24.99 Available in e Editors: Matthew Jarvis, University of Wales Series: Writing Wales in English Trinity Saint David; Neal Alexander, Aberystwyth University The International Journal of Welsh Writing in English is the premier journal for current research on Welsh Literature in the English language, Welsh drama/performance in English, translation, cultural studies and related areas. 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LITERARY STUDIES UWP SPR/SUM CATALOGUE-2016 ENGLISH.indd 5 14/01/2016 00:25 6 March 2016 • 234 x 156mm Other titles in the series: HB ISBN: 9781783168163 • £75.00 PB ISBN: 9781783168170 • £24.99 Available in e Crime Fiction in the City Series: European Crime Fictions CAPITAL CRIMES Edited by Lucy Andrew and Catherine Phelps April 2013 • 234 x 156mm HB ISBN: 9780708325865 • £65.00 ITALIAN CRIME FICTION CRIME FICTION IN GERMAN Edited by Giuliana Pieri Der Krimi October 2011 • 234 x 156mm HB ISBN: 9780708324318 • £75.00 Edited by Katharina Hall PB ISBN: 9780708324325 • £24.99 Crime Fiction in German is the first volume in English to offer a comprehensive overview of German-language crime narratives from the nineteenth century to the new millennium. 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