Slinn (English literature, Massey U., New Zealand) discusses five poems (by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Arthur Hugh Clough, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Augusta Webster) to illustrate
Bruce's engaging history traces the origins and context of African American literature, highlighting key influences, rather than surveying all the examples. Among the influences discussed are English
Highlighting the blending of sensual delight and asceticism in Hopkins's courtly verse, Saville (English, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) celebrates the queer status of England's preeminent Victoria
Waxman (English, U. of North Carolina) compares autobiographical writings that cover themes related to aging, namely the relationships between elderly parents and middle-aged children, the experience
Uses retrospective voting theory, a quantitative political science model for assessing political allegiances, to explore the connections between voters' judgements and public policy in New Hampshire b
This book gathers some of American philosopher Richard Rorty’s Page-Barbour lectures on themes related to poetry, philosophy, and philosophy of language. Rorty considers connections between the Ro
Originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous, the Twelve Step program now provides life direction for the millions of people worldwide who are recovering from addiction and undergoing profound persona
Originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous, the Twelve Step program now provides life direction for the millions of people worldwide who are recovering from addiction and undergoing profound persona
Focusing on slave narratives from the Atlantic world of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, this interdisciplinary collection of essays suggests the importance—even the necessity—of looking
"Christian philosophy" is commonly regarded as an oxymoron, philosophy being thought incompatible with the assumptions and conclusions required by religious faith. According to this
Ruhi Ramazani is widely considered the dean of Iranian foreign policy study, having spent the past sixty years studying and writing about the country's international relations. InIndependence without
Although scholars have adequately covered Thomas Jefferson's general ideas about human nature and race, this is the first book to examine what Maurizio Valsania terms Jefferson's "philosophical anthro
Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of Algeria's independence, Polygraphies is significant and timely in its focus on autobiographical writings by seven of the most prominent francophone women wr
One of the more frequently lodged, serious, and justifiable complaints about ecocritical work is that it is insufficiently theorized.Ecocritical Theory puts such claims decisively to rest by offering
Smith (history, McNeese State U.) shows how Northerners during the Civil War period responded to political corruption involving government contracting, power-hungry generals, sex scandals, and the cot
Crucible of the Civil War offers an illuminating portrait of the state’s wartime economic, political, and social institutions. Weighing in on contentious issues within established scholarship while al
Segregation is deepening in American schools as courts terminate desegregation plans, residential segregation spreads, the proportion of whites in the population falls, and successful efforts to use c
In Reclaiming Difference, Carine Mardorossian examines the novels of four women writers—Jean Rhys (Dominica/UK), Maryse Condé (Guadeloupe/USA), Edwidge Danticat (Haiti/USA), and Julia Alvarez (Domini
Schaffer (English, Queens College, City U. of New York) analyzes the complex dialogue between male and female aesthetes in late Victorian England, exploring the heretofore insufficiently recognized ro
Ecocriticism, nature-sensitive literary studies, has evolved enough that Murphy (English, Indiana U. of Pennsylvania) argues it requires its own critique and new theoretical underpinnings. In this vo
Traces Jefferson's vision of the American future to its roots in his idealized notions of nationhood and empire. The author's unsettling recognition that Jefferson's famed egalitarianism was elaborate
Examines the characteristics of North Carolina's African-American population in order to explain the social and political factors that shaped economic opportunity for the minority who successfully acq
Newspaper journalist, teacher, and social reformer, Josephine J. Turpin Washington led a life of intense engagement with the issues facing African American society in the post-Reconstruction era. This
On the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s presidency, Michael Nelson, one of our finest and most objective presidential scholars, published Trump’s First Year, a nonpartisan assessment that was wide
In Beyond 1776, ten humanities scholars consider the American Revolution within a global framework. The foundation of the United States was deeply enmeshed with shifting alliances and multiple actors
Suck-up. Ass-kisser. Brownnoser. Bootlicker. Lickspittle. Toadeater... Found in every walk of life, both real and imagined, sycophants surround us. But whether we grumble about sycophancy or grudgingl
Suck-up. Ass-kisser. Brownnoser. Bootlicker. Lickspittle. Toadeater... Found in every walk of life, both real and imagined, sycophants surround us. But whether we grumble about sycophancy or grudgingl
Explores how the third president of the United States became such a divisive figure in American history, examining his views and the way he was perceived by his contemporaries.
Sebbar presents students, academics, researchers, and general interest readers with a collection of nine autobiographical essays regarding the evolving contrast between her life as a child in French c
Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have transformed the Earth’s atmosphere, committing our planet to more extreme weather, rising sea levels, melting polar ice caps, and mass extinction. This per
Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have transformed the Earth’s atmosphere, committing our planet to more extreme weather, rising sea levels, melting polar ice caps, and mass extinction. This per
"This volume includes interdisciplinary essays on slave narratives from the Atlantic world of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, focusing on lesser known examples of the genre"--Provided by publ
The sociolinguist William Labov has worked for decades on change in progress in American dialects and on African American Vernacular English (AAVE). InDialect Diversity in America, Labov examines the
This collection of wartime letters examines Washington's perceptions of the Revolutionary War as he led the Continental Army through victory and defeat during the eight year conflict. Lengel, (history
Although the questions of modernity and postmodernity are debated as frequently in the Caribbean as in other cultural zones, the Enlightenment—generally considered the origin of European modernity—is
Kaminski (US history, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) presents brief biographies of the three Founding Fathers, interweaving his recitation of the bare facts with vignettes and excerpts from letters, speeche
In these examples of autobiographical resistance literature from the Americas, women resist the definitions imposed on them by dominant discourses of ethnic, sexual, and indigenous identities in an ef
Focusing on the representations of spiritual crisis in twentieth-century African American fiction and autobiography, Qiana J. Whitted asks how some of the most distinguished writers of this tradition
Focusing on the representations of spiritual crisis in twentieth-century African American fiction and autobiography, Qiana J. Whitted asks how some of the most distinguished writers of this tradition
Industrious in Their Stations is the first comparative study of child labor in eighteenth-century America. Focusing on Philadelphia, Boston, and Charleston, Sundue examines the work experiences of chi
