New Releases by Anne Green

This lucid study of the works of Madame Lafayette explores the ambiguities and tensions descernible in their writing. Anne Green shows Madame de Lafayette working out conflicting attitudes to her status as a woman and author, and, by tracing the patterns of reticence and self-revelation and the problems of communication between the sexes which run through all Madame de Lafayette's writing, she arrives at a persuasive new evaluation of her work. This book will be of particular interest to students of gender studies, as well as seventeenth-century specialists.

Eastern and Central Arrernte are strong languages, spoken every day by about 2000 people in many communities in Central Australia. For Arrernte people, their language is important in a way that goes beyond straightforward communication. It links them with their family and their country. This fully revised learner''s guide is an excellent introduction to the Arrernte language. It explains the structure of the language in a clear way, without using linguistic jargon. Special features include sections on kinship, useful words and phrases, and a guide to pronunciation and spelling. A separate audio cassette contains readings of the sample sentences and dialogues in the guide, as well as additional information about the sounds of Arrernte.

Written jointly by a paediatric clinical biochemist and a consultant neonatologist, this book explores the role of clinical biochemistry in the monitoring, diagnosis and management of the newborn, including the premature infant. Among the topics covered are: neonatal screening; the diagnosis of inherited metabolic diseases; and aspects of drug treatment, including therapeutic drug monitoring.

This 1982 book evaluates of one of Flaubert's most controversial novels. Dr Green begins by discussing the nineteenth-century debate about the relation between history and fiction, and examines Flaubert's distinctive responses to it. She goes on to show how Flaubert worked to develop a new kind of historical novel.