Sherlock Holmes - The Monster of the Mere
Sherlock Holmes - The Monster of the Mere

Author: Philip Purser-Hallard

Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)

Published: 2023-06-20

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1789099277

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When Watson's holiday in the Lake District takes a sinister twist, he and Holmes must uncover the truth hidden by superstitious locals, folklore and rumours of prehistorical monsters far away from the familiar streets of London... A serene walking holiday in the Lake District becomes a far more sinister excursion for Dr Watson when disappearances and murders start occurring in the small town of Wermeholt. Local legends, rumours of large slithering reptiles and spooked palaeontologists have the denizens paranoid and terrified, so it is up to Watson and his inbound companion Sherlock Holmes to uncover the truth and discover what is really lurking in the lake…

Cumbrian Language in Its Cultural Context
Cumbrian Language in Its Cultural Context

Author: Simon Roper

Publisher:

Published: 2020-07-09

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13:

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This book delves into the linguistic history of the Cumbrian dialect, tracing its phonological development from the early Middle English period to the present day. With an introductory chapter on historical linguistics to make it more accessible to a layman, this book attempts to place the dialect in its constantly-evolving cultural context.

Levelling and diffusion in the Cumbrian city dialect of Carlisle
Levelling and diffusion in the Cumbrian city dialect of Carlisle

Author: Sandra Jansen

Publisher: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag

Published: 2018-05-14

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 3823390368

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This book presents a synchronic investigation of variation and change processes in Carlisle English, a variety spoken in the far north-west of England. The dataset is based on sociolinguistic interviews and the variation in the variables Goose, Goat and Foot, (T), (R) and (TH) is analysed quantitatively in order to detect diffusion and levelling processes as outcomes of dialect contact scenarios in Carlisle.

Science, Social Theory & Public Knowledge
Science, Social Theory & Public Knowledge

Author: Irwin, Alan

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 2003-10-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0335209475

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This work draws together three key perspectives on science-society relations - public understanding of science, scientific and public governance, and social theory. It shows that 'science' and 'society' combine in many ways such as in citizenship, expertise, governance and democracy.

Performing Culture
Performing Culture

Author: John Tulloch

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1999-10-28

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780761956082

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Performing Culture presents a detailed and probing account of cultural studies' changing fixations with theory, method, policy, text, production, audience and the micro-politics of the everyday. John Tulloch encourages academics and students to take seriously the need to break down the separation between high and low cultural studies. Tulloch's case studies show that the performance of cultural meanings occurs in forms as diverse as The Royal Shakespeare Company's Shakespeare and Chekhov productions and our everyday work and leisure encounters. Drawing upon anthropological and dramatic studies of performance, the book emphasizes that academic research also performs cultural meaning. A central feature of the book is i

The English Studies Book
The English Studies Book

Author: Rob Pope

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-10-05

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 1134795440

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The English Studies Book is uniquely designed to support students and teachers working across the full range of language, literature and culture. Combining the functions of study guide, critical dictionary and text anthology, it has rapidly established itself as a core text on a wide variety of degree programmes nationally and internationally. Revised and updated throughout, features of the second edition include: * a new prologue addressing changes and challenges in English Studies * substantial entries on over 100 key critical and theoretical terms, from 'absence' and 'author' to 'text' and 'versification' - with new entries on 'creative writing', 'travel writing' and 'translation' * practical introductions to all the major theoretical approaches, with new sections on aesthetics, ethics, ecology and sexuality * a rich anthology of literary and related texts from Anglo-Saxon to Afro-Caribbean, with fresh selections representing the sonnet, haiku, slave narratives and science fiction, and with additional texts by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charles Darwin, Ian McEwan, Margaret Atwood, Amy Tan and others * handy frameworks and checklists for close reading, research, essay writing and other textual activities, including use of the Internet.

Language and Relationship in Wordsworth's Writing
Language and Relationship in Wordsworth's Writing

Author: Michael Baron

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-10-13

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1317898842

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William Wordsworth (1770-1850) needs little introduction as the central figure in Romantic poetry and a crucial influence in the development of poetry generally. This broad-ranging survey redefines the variety of his writing by showing how it incorporates contemporary concepts of language difference and the ways in which popular and serious literature were compared and distinguished during this period. It discusses many of Wordsworth's later poems, comparing his work with that of his regional contemporaries as well as major writers such as Scott. The key theme of relationship, both between characters within poems and between poet and reader, is explored through Wordsworth's construction of community and his use of power relationships. A serious discussion of the place of sexual feeling in his writing is also included.