Although we are currently bombarded with numerous health scares—AIDS, West Nile virus, avian flu, and the recent swine flu, just to name a few that now fill our media reports and instill dread in the population—we can scarcely imagine the outlook that dominated the mindset of those who endured the bubonic plague in England during ......
"Let me say at the outset that this book is not about Bear (he would be spoken of in the singular and masculine, capitalized and without an article), or it is only incidentally about him. I am less interested in defining the being of Bear than in trying to understand something about the spirit of wilderness, of which Bear is a very particular ......
Secret Histories claims that the history of the nation is hidden -- in plain sight -- within the pages of twentiethcentury American literature. David Wyatt argues that the nation's fiction and nonfiction expose a ''secret history'' that cuts beneath the ''straight histories'' of our official accounts. And it does so by revealing personal stories ......
Secret Histories claims that the history of the nation is hidden -- in plain sight -- within the pages of twentiethcentury American literature. David Wyatt argues that the nation's fiction and nonfiction expose a ''secret history'' that cuts beneath the ''straight histories'' of our official accounts. And it does so by revealing personal stories ......
This book collects, for the first time, Colm T¾ibÝn's critical essays on Henry James. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize for his novel about James's life, The Master, T¾ibÝn brilliantly analyzes James from a novelist's point of view.Known for his acuity and originality, T¾ibÝn is himself a master of fiction and critical works, which makes this ......
Recording the important role of music in the life and work of British author E. M. ForsterDifficult Rhythm examines E. M. Forster's irrepressible interest in music, providing plentiful examples of how the eminent British author's fiction resonates with music. Musicologist Michelle Fillion analyses his critical writings and novels, including A Room ......
In Romantic Interactions Susan J. Wolfson examines how interaction with other authors -- whether on the bookshelf, in the embodied company of someone else writing, or in relation to literary celebrity -- shaped the work of some of the bestknown (and less wellknown) writers in the English language. Working across the arc of Long Romanticism, from ......
The fascinating history of Isabeau of Bavaria is a tale of two queens. During her lifetime, Isabeau, the long-suffering wife of mad King Charles VI of France, was respected and revered. After her death, she was reviled as an incompetent regent, depraved adulteress, and betrayer of the throne. Asserting that there is no historical support for this ......
The title of this lively collection of Jace Weaver's essays comes from Felix Cohen, the great authority on American Indian law: 'The Indian plays much the same role in our American society that the Jews played in Germany. Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poisonous gas in our political atmosphere; and our ......
