Jonathan Moody grew up during the Golden Ages of hip-hop and listened to rap that was as adventurous and diverse as his military upbringing. When rap’s Golden Ages expired, the music’s innovativeness
Among the best-represented authors in Samuel Beckett’s library was Ludwig Wittgenstein, yet the philosopher’s relevance to the Nobel laureate’s work is scarcely acknowledged and seldom elucidated.Beck
Based on a vast amount of archival research, Adrienne Macki Braconi’s illuminating study of three important community-based theaters in Harlem shows how their work was essential to the formation of a
Based on a vast amount of archival research, Adrienne Macki Braconi’s illuminating study of three important community-based theaters in Harlem shows how their work was essential to the formation of a
Discharged from the Marines under suspicious circumstances, Isaac comes home from the wars, only to find the life he remembers upended. Isaac’s father, who once ruled the family with an iron fist, has
Infinite Phenomenology builds on John Russon’s earlier book, Reading Hegel’s Phenomenology, to offer a second reading of Hegel’sPhenomenology of Spirit. Here again, Russon writes in a lucid, engaging
Infinite Phenomenology builds on John Russon’s earlier book, Reading Hegel’s Phenomenology, to offer a second reading of Hegel’sPhenomenology of Spirit. Here again, Russon writes in a lucid, engaging
Irony’s Antics marks a major intervention into the underexplored role of the comic and its relationship to irony in German letters.Combining theoretical breadth with close textual analysis, Erica Weit
Insofar as the family is a central concern of the Russian nineteenth-century novel, studies of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky focus on the representation of erotic love in the work of the former and of interg
In At the Heart of Reason, Claude Romano boldly calls for a reformulation of the phenomenological project. He contends that the main concern of phenomenology, and its originality with respect to other
In At the Heart of Reason, Claude Romano boldly calls for a reformulation of the phenomenological project. He contends that the main concern of phenomenology, and its originality with respect to other
A rollicking play that, with great insight, humor, and subtlety, asks us what makes a community and what it means to live an authentic life, Airline Highway is set at a rundown hotel on the outskirts
A freelance writer and journalist, Vicenta (“Vicky”) Lumiere has moved beyond her upbringing in the diverse Irish Chan-nel neighborhood of New Orleans. But a visit to her childhood friend Lonnie Cavan
Vasilii Aksenov, Andrei Bitov, and Venedikt Erofeev were among the most acclaimed authors of samizdat, the literature that was self-published in the former Soviet Union in order to evade censorship an
In this interpretive commentary on Theaetetus, Gregory Kirk makes a major con-tribution to scholarship on Plato by emphasizing the relevance of the interpersonal dynamics between the interlocutors for
Vasilii Aksenov, Andrei Bitov, and Venedikt Erofeev were among the most acclaimed authors of samizdat, the literature that was self-published in the former Soviet Union in order to evade censorship an
In this interpretive commentary on Theaetetus, Gregory Kirk makes a major con-tribution to scholarship on Plato by emphasizing the relevance of the interpersonal dynamics between the interlocutors for
Shelley spends her days running a soup kitchen in the Bronx, her sense of purpose inseparable from her religious faith, though both have begun to waver. Emma, a college dropout looking for direction,
The first major study in English of Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852)—poet, transla-tor of German romantic verse, and mentor of Pushkin—this book brings overdue attention to an important figure in Russian
The first major study in English of Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852)—poet, transla-tor of German romantic verse, and mentor of Pushkin—this book brings overdue attention to an important figure in Russian
Archaeologies of Modernity explores the shift from the powerful tradition of literary forms ofBildung—the education of the individual as the self—to the visual forms of “Bildung” (fromBild) that chara
Archaeologies of Modernity explores the shift from the powerful tradition of literary forms ofBildung—the education of the individual as the self—to the visual forms of “Bildung” (fromBild) that chara
During his lifetime, William Gaddis (1922–1998) evaded biographical questions, never read from his work publicly, and didn’t allow his photograph to appear on his books. Before his novelJ R (1975) won
Yothers’ Sacred Uncertainty examines Melville’s engagement with religious difference, both within American culture and around the world. It is impossible to understand Melville’s wider engagement with
The poems in Raised by Humans are about surviving childhood and colonization. Childhood did not agree with Deborah Miran-da, mostly because the adult humans in charge of her life were not prepared to
By virtue of the originality and depth of its thought, Emmanuel Levinas’s masterpiece, Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority, is destined to endure as one of the great works of philosophy. It
By virtue of the originality and depth of its thought, Emmanuel Levinas’s masterpiece, Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority, is destined to endure as one of the great works of philosophy. It
In God, the Flesh, and the Other, the philosopher Emmanuel Falque joins the ongoing debate about the role of theology in phenomenology. An important voice in the second generation of French philosophy
Scholarship on screen adaptation has proliferated in recent years, but it has remained largely focused on English- and Romance-language authors.Tolstoy on Screen aims to correct this imbalance with a
Scholarship on screen adaptation has proliferated in recent years, but it has remained largely focused on English- and Romance-language authors. Tolstoy on Screen aims to correct this imbalance with a
In God, the Flesh, and the Other, the philosopher Emmanuel Falque joins the ongoing debate about the role of theology in phenomenology. An important voice in the second generation of French philosophy
In The Jacksonian, Beth Henley returns to the Southern Gothic storytelling that made her reputation with both critics and audiences. Set in a seedy motel in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1964, the play cen
Julia Bekman Chadaga’s ambitious study posits that glass—in its uses as a material and as captured in culture—is a key to understanding the evolution of Russian identity from the eighteenth century on
Bless the Ashes is an urban hymn to elemental influences: Peter Harris’s mother and the reverberations of the ethical gifts she gave him during her fifty-seven years on earth; the integrity at the cor
Muslims in Kenyan Politics explores the changing relationship between Muslims and the state in Kenya from precolonial times to the present, culminating in the radicalization of a section of the Muslim
Can literature make it possible to represent histories that are otherwise ineffable? Making use of the Deleuzian concept of “the powers of the false,” Doro Wiese offers readings of three novels that d
Hayden White borrows the title for The Practical Past from philosopher Michael Oakeshott, who used the term to describe the accessible material and literary-artistic artifacts that individuals and ins
Featuring 48 stations and terminals through short narrative, 215 color photographs, and 20 custom maps, Terminal Town provides a fascinating portrait of the city’s famously complex and constantly chan
An Ideological Death: Suicide in Israeli Literature examines literary challenges to Israel’s national narratives. The centrality of the army, the mythology of the New Jew, the vision of the first Isra
Susan Sontag (1933–2004) was one of America’s first celebrity intellectuals. In the first biography to be published since her death, Daniel Schreiber portrays a glamorous woman full of contradictions
