This book explores the logic and historical origins of a strange taboo that has haunted literary critics since the 1940s, keeping them from referring to the intentions of authors without apology.  Meer

It is generally agreed that in the early eighteenth century people began to be interested in landscape as something to have a 'taste' for; that they saw landscape through the eyes of the great painters, and that later pictures, poetry and landscape gardening all reflect that taste.  Meer

This book is the first to explore the work of the nearly forgotten Welsh artist and writer Edward Pugh (1763-1813), a fascinating painter of the landscapes of North Wales and a brilliant observer of Welsh rural life.  Meer

This book is the first to explore the work of the nearly forgotten Welsh artist and writer Edward Pugh (1763-1813), a fascinating painter of the landscapes of North Wales and a brilliant observer of Welsh rural life.  Meer

The eighteenth-century saw a radical change in the depiction of country life in English painting: feeling less constrained by the conventions of classical or theatrical pastoral, landscape painters attempted to offer a portrayal of what life was really like, or was thought to be like, in England; and this inevitably involved a distinct approach to the depiction of the rural poor.  Meer

**2025 PROSE Award Finalist in Biomedicine and Neuroscience** The History of Gynecological Treatment of Women’s Pelvic Pain and the Recent Emergence of Pain Sensitization is a historical account on how women have been treated for the problems of pelvic pain.  Meer

The mystery of the Trinity is the central Christian belief that defines God's essence, God's ongoing love for humanity, and saving grace. Yet, over the past few centuries, especially in the West, Christians have either ceased believing in the Trinity or simply no longer recognize its relevance in their ecclesial or individual lives.  Meer