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Poetry, Painting, and Gardening during the Eighteenth Century
Eighteenth-century England saw the rise of a ''peculiarly English'' art form -- landscape gardening -- and a corresponding change in attitudes toward the natural world. While the French, who lived under tyranny, had tightly organized, restrictive gardens, the ''free'' English enjoyed gardens where they were at liberty to wander. John Dixon Hunt ......
''Original and delightful . . . [Mayr's] persuasive and beautifully written book is reminiscent of Max Weber and The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.''--American Historical Review.
Seven noted scholars examine slave narratives and the topic of slavery in American literature, from Frederick Douglass's Narrative (1845)-- treated in chapters by James Olney and William L. Andrews-- to Sheley Anne William's ''Dessa Rose'' (1984). Among the contributors, Arnold Rampersad reads W.E.B. DuBois's classic work ''The Souls of Black ......
''No one writes more thoughtfully or interestingly about the history of the profession than Higham does.''--Laurence Veysey, University of California, Santa Cruz.''A classic in the field, probably the best overall picture of American historiography we have.''--Richard L. Bushman, University of Delaware.
''A rich resource for readers interested in the study of American culture.''--South Atlantic Review.''The essays are noteworthy in their own right, and the collection overall is unified and coherent . . . Reading in America shows a field in its early stages that is attracting a group of extremely talented scholars.''--Journal of American History.
In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistoric Indo-Euopean origins of the traditions of India and Iran, Greece and Rome, of the Celts, Germans, Balts, and Slavs. Utilizing the methodologies of historical linguistics and archaeology, he reconstructs a shared religious, mytholoigcal, and cultural heritage. Separate chapters on ......
A distinguished group of authors reflects on problems currently enlivening the space shared by philosophy and literary theory in a series of chapters that range in scope from Plato to postmodernism.
