Pippin (philosophy, U. of Chicago) looks at the philosophical questions raised in film noir of the 1940s, especially the question of individual causal agency and related questions of self-knowledge an
In the aftermath of disaster, literary and other cultural representations of the event can play a role in the renegotiation of political power. InDisaster Writing, Mark D. Anderson analyzes four natur
The Great Valley of the Appalachians is said to show as a prominent feature on satellite photographs of North America. Hofstra (history, Shenandoah U.) and Raitz (geography, U. of Kentucky) introduce
Volume 19 of the Revolutionary War Series documents Washington’s activities during the winter and early spring of 1779, when the bulk of his army was encamped at Middlebrook, New Jersey, strategically
Fumagalli (literature, film, and theater studies; U. of Essex, England) takes the petrifying gaze of the Greek mythological figure as a metaphor for how modernity creates "others" in order to legitimi
Joining many other scholars who have used theory and methods from psychology to explore legal decision making, Braman (political science, Indiana U.), breaks away from the pack by focusing on cognitio
This exploration of women's autobiographical writings in the Americas focuses on three specific genres: testimonio, metafiction, and the family saga as the story of a nation. What makes Laura J. Beard
The Papers of James Madison project, housed at the University of Virginia, was established in 1956 to publish annotated volumes of the correspondence and writings of James Madison, the Virginia states
Young women who broke sexual codes by encouraging several suitors at once became a popular theme, social problem, and representative of the age during early 18th-century Britain, but Braunschneider (E
When Rainer Decker was researching a sensational seventeenth-century German witchcraft trial, he discovered, much to his surprise, that in this case the papacy functioned as a force of skepticism and
For more than twenty years, A Guide to Documentary Editing has proven an invaluable tool for scholarly editors, editors-in-training, readers of documentary editions, and other students of American hi
Decker (English, U. of Nevada-Las Vegas) presents a complete, fully annotated edition of British scholar Fitzgerald's (1809-83) translation of the now famous poem in which Persian mathematician and as
In a comparative study of the vulnerable body in recent works by authors from across the Caribbean, De Ferrari (Spanish and Portuguese, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) argues that the symbolic appropriation
Ruf (theology, Georgetown U.) explores the action of traveling, of voluntarily leaving what we know as familiar in exchange for unpredictability and confusion. He views this break from the familiar as
McWilliams (history, Texas State U.-San Marcos) explains how the English Puritans settled barren land that would not grow commercial crops, so became merchants and integrated into the trans-Atlantic p
Proposing an analytic method that accounts both for what is common in ethnic literary cultures and what is at stake in understanding their differences, Franco (English, Wake Forest U.) extends current
This volume appears just after the centennial of the artist's death and represents the continuing commitment to Whistler scholarship at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, where Whistler's art has been
These eight essays by Higginbotham (history, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), published over a number of years beginning in 1990, are broadly linked by their comparative (and sometimes counterfac
Best known today as the illustrator for Lewis Carroll's Alice books, John Tenniel was the Victorian era's chief political cartoonist. Morris, an art historian, artist and author of several articles on
Hall (U. of Zurich and Swiss Federal Research Institute) suggests that environmental restoration is not a new concept or practice, but has a long history. Accounting for differences in styles, fashion
Vale (geography, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) takes a primarily typological approach to synthesizing efforts in the US to protect nature. He discusses the meanings of wilderness, of wild landscapes, and o
For some time landscape preservation seemed a lost concept in America. Historic gardens were dug up for tourists' parking lots, legendary landscapes fell under ribbons of freeways, and for some reason
McDonald (history, US Military Academy) presents work exploring the question of why Thomas Jefferson, who claimed to abhor war and fear standing armies, founded the US Military Academy in 1802. Taking
This definitive, fully annotated 12-volume collection of The Correspondence of William James reproduces the majority of known letters to and from James in their entirety, while the remainder are "cal
This volume of Washington's correspondence collects his writing and letters he received during two months of the army's stay at Valley Forge. The letters address topics like the scarcity of supplies,
Colby (English, emerita, Queens College, City U. of New York) writes a literary biography of a writer, feminist, and advocate of social reform whose oeuvre includes novels, short stories, travel ess
Shammas (history, U. of Southern California) argues that the role of the heads of households in the supervision and disciplining of the population is generally under appreciated in general political h
Independent scholar Foletta explores the roles of William Tudor, Willard Phillips, and Richard Henry Dana in shaping American culture in the early-19th century. He considers ways in which the experie
Edited by J.C.A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Jewel L. Spangler, Ellen J. Barber, Martha J. King, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Susan Holbrook PerdueThis fourth volume covers events in James Madison's firs
Tracing the Constitution's separation of church and state to the need for French assistance in the fight against the British during the Revolutionary War, the author examines the significant break wit
Reflections of Loko Miwa is th first novel for Lilas Desquiron, one of few Haitian women writers to gain international recognition. The country's complex social and political situation is the setting
This fourth volume of a projected twelve begins a new series: William James's correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues. The 309 letters in this volume start when William James was fourteen
"The Sheltered Life," writes Carol S. Manning in her Afterword to this new paperback edition, is "a jewel of American literature and deserves recognition as a masterpiece of the Southern Renaissance."
This book brings together the work of pioneering scholars in the field- critics who are exploring the psychosexual tensions within Bishop's vision and the uncanny way her poetics of dislocation challe
In this new study we have a comprehensive account of Jefferson's religious thought, one that provides information about his beliefs and practices that will help remove any misconceptions about his rel
The Papers of James Madison project, housed at the University of Virginia, was established in 1956 to publish annotated volumes of the correspondence and writings of James Madison, the Virginia states
The restoration of the flower gardens at Monticello in 1941, sponsored by the Garden Club of Virginia, was the result of Edwin Betts's scholarly research and Hazlehurst Perkins's practical gardening s
This captivating biography traces the life of Eliza Fenwick, an extraordinary woman who paved her own unique path throughout the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as she made her way from count
This captivating biography traces the life of Eliza Fenwick, an extraordinary woman who paved her own unique path throughout the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as she made her way from count
Are the United States and China on a collision course? In response to remarks made by Donald Trump’s secretary of state, China’s state-run newspaper Global Times asserted, "Unless Washington plans to
