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William Faulkner occupied a unique position as a modern writer. Although famous for his modernist novels and their notorious difficulty, he also wrote extensively for the ''culture industry,'' and the works he produced for itincluding short stories, adaptations, and screenplaysbore many of the hallmarks of consumer art. His experiences as a ......
Wouldn't it be great to experience three-dimensional ideas in three dimensions? In this bookthe first of its kindmathematician and mathematical artist Henry Segerman takes readers on a fascinating tour of two-, three-, and four-dimensional mathematics, exploring Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, symmetry, knots, tilings, and soap ......
In ancient Greece, women were part of the labor force, but their experiences have largely been forgotten. Andromache Karanika has examined Greek poetry for depictions of women working and has discovered evidence of their lamentations and work songs. Voices at Work explores the complex relationships between ancient Greek poetry, the female poetic ......
The stories and strategies of student activists fighting against sexual violence in the #MeToo era. The global #MeToo movement that began in 2017 sparked an explosion of activism to address systemic problems of discrimination, harassment, and sexual violence. In Voices of Campus Sexual Violence Activists, Ana M. Martinez-Aleman and Susan B. ......
The proverb vox populi, vox Dei first appeared in a work by Alcuin (ca. 798), who wrote that ""the people [] are to be led, not followed. [] Nor are those to be listened to who are accustomed to say, 'The voice of the people is the voice of God.'"" Tracing the changing meaning of the saying through European history, George Boas finds that ""the ......
Monotremes, Marsupials, Afrotherians, Xenarthrans, and Sundatherians
Since its first publication in 1964, Walker's Mammals of the World has become a favorite guide to the natural world for general readers and professionals alike. This new Walker's volume is a completely revised and updated compendium of information on five of the earliest clades to diverge from ancient mammal stock. Uniquely ......
Originally published in 1980. This book emphasizes the ideas that Wallace Stevens embeds in his poetry, providing the first study to provide an intellectual biography of Stevens. It examines Stevens' naturalism, his ideas of the self, and the imagination, among other topics. The concepts that emerge from long reading of the poetry of Stevens ......
