In the latest addition to the America in the Twentieth Century series, Dunar provides a sweeping account of the twentieth century’s second decade. Beginning with the social, political, and economic ci
Walker (English, SUNY Oneonta) has gathered 24 essays by 26 contributors on the American naturalist, nature writer, and poet, John Burroughs (1837-1921). Contributors primarily from the humanities inc
Applying a variety of critical and theoretical perspectives to the writings of James Joyce, this book looks at the use of space and place, especially as related to Joyce's representations of the city
This deeply researched book is the first history of the War Resisters League, an organization that represents the major vehicle of secular radical pacifism in the United States. Besides opposing all U
This second edition provides updated information on the comprehensive morphology, distribution, and biology of significant pest species of the orders Acarina, Thysanoptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Homo
This is the first dictionary to identify, chart, and explain in context the many proper names and place names that so famously enrich the poetry of William Butler Yeats and, just as famously, anchor t
One of the world's leading Yeats scholars completes his definitive history, begun with the highly acclaimed Prodigal Father, in Family Secrets, a biography of William Butler Yeats, his younger brother
The life of a remarkable Adirondack J woman (model, journalist, and poet) provides readers with a unique insider's view—drawn from diaries and primary material published here for th
Waldhorn (English, City College of New York) offers general and literary readers a roadmap to the works of American fiction writer Hemingway (1899-1961). After a biographical sketch and discussion of
This is a reprint of a 1978 work on the life of John Butler Yeats. Murphy (ancient and modern literature, Union College) provides an account of what happened to this lovable, brilliant, and distressin