In this major reinterpretation of the Victorian Aesthetic Movement, Linda Dowling argues that such classic works of Victorian art writing such as Ruskin's Stones of Venice of Morris's Lectures on Art
In the nineteenth century, a woman who could prove a man had broken his promise to marry her was legally entitled to compensation for damages. Bridging the gap between history and literature, Ginger
When Captain John Smith explored the Potomac River in 1608, it was a frontier between two of the most politically complex Indian cultures in the Middle Atlantic region - the Conoy chiefdom of southern
No one working in Africa today or studying Africa in any discipline whatever can afford to ignore the anthropological literature. It has long been the foundational background for a variety of African
Famous Last Words traces a broad historical transition- from the 1840s to the 1980s- from the more rigid dichotomy of the Victorian novel, in which good women must marry and fallen women die, to the m
While recent years have seen a flood of literature on the Bill of Rights, this collection of essays, all by highly regarded constitutional scholars, is the first to offer a comprehensive amendment-by-
Conrad's major novels- Lord Jim, Nostromo, The Secret Agent, and Under Western Eyes-tell of illusions and betrayals, dreams and lies. Ambiguity, contradiction, and irony so dominate the narratives th
The South African literature of iimbongi, the oral poets of the amaXhosa people, has long shaped understandings of landscape and history and offered a forum for grappling with change. Of Land, Bones,
The South African literature of iimbongi, the oral poets of the amaXhosa people, has long shaped understandings of landscape and history and offered a forum for grappling with change. Of Land, Bones,
How did young American women construct and express their emotions between 1780 and 1830? Before Oprah and therapy, how did they reconcile society's demanding and often contradictory expectations? In T
Caribbean poets Walcott and Brathwaite took US poet Eliot (1888-1965) as a major, though not exclusive, model for what modernism was, says literature scholar Pollard (John Brown U.). They were coming
In this revision of his dissertation (in religion, at U. of California, Santa Barbara), Burris (religious studies, Stetson U.) explores the development of a comparative study of religion as this can b
Neely (Civil War history, Pennsylvania State University) undermines the common conception that Jefferson Davis and the Confederates were scrupulous in their respect for constitutional rights regarding
Matthew Rowlinson has given us the most penetrating analysis of Tennyson's poetry to date. He proposes a revitalized and properly analytic formalism as the appropriate model for a reading of Tennyson.
Between 1860 and 1897, Dodgson, a.k.a. Lewis Carroll, produced (in addition to the Alice books and his photographic works) more than 180 booklets, pamphlets, leaflets, and instruction manuals, varying
What ever happened to the legend of El Dorado, the tale of the mythical city of gold lost in the Amazon jungle? Charlotte Rogers argues that El Dorado has not been forgotten and still inspires the rec
What ever happened to the legend of El Dorado, the tale of the mythical city of gold lost in the Amazon jungle? Charlotte Rogers argues that El Dorado has not been forgotten and still inspires the rec
Building on a quarter century of scholarship following the publication of the groundbreaking Women in the Age of the American Revolution, the engagingly written essays in this volume offer an updated
As London became the first major city of the nineteenth century, new models of representation emerged in the journalism, poetry, fiction, and social commentary of the period. Simon Joyce argues that s
Why has the medievalist impulse - as manifested in an attraction to the traditions of courtly love and chivalry - been ignored or marginalized in the context of American literature, especially given i
Has any couple in twentieth-century intellectual life so captured and held attention as have Leonard and Virginia Woolf? They have proved endlessly interesting as individuals, as partners, as writers,
Adams (English, U. of California, Berkeley) et al. compile 10 chapters that consider culture and identity in the US South and Caribbean as a region. The essays explore these subjects through the lens
Dealing with poetry is frequently problematic for the university teacher and student: although undergraduates are usually responsive to discussions about drama and prose, poetry often silences the cla
Rogosin (history, St. Lawrence U.) uses the Civil War pension system as a rich source of documentation for enhanced understanding of how ex-slaves made the transition from slavery to freedom. She uses
An historical look at the man who, between 1849 and 1851, attempted to make Cuba part of the US by ending Spain's dominion over the island. His actions have previously been viewed as an off-shoot of s
Climate disruption is often discussed on a global scale, affording many a degree of detachment from what is happening in their own backyards. Yet the consequences of global warming are of an increasin
This is a paperbound edition of a 2001 book combining biography and larger historical narrative. Guy (history, U. of Natal, South Africa) studies the life of the daughter of the Bishop of Natal, Harie
In a February 1966 letter to her artistic confidant, Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop tellingly grouped four midcentury poets: Lowell, Randall Jarrell, John Berryman, and herself. For Bishop--always wa
Jessie Fauset and Nella Larsen played prominent roles in the black literary heyday known as the Harlem Renaissance. Revived by feminists in the late 1970s and early 1980s, their novels raise important
A frail and chronically ill boy, Quincy (1744-75) sought to fulfill and further the political activism of his wealthy and prominent Boston family by supporting the independence of the American colonie
Drawing on material spanning from deep geological time to the end of the seventeenth century, this book describes the Virginian landscape, emphasizing the changes it has undergone over time. Discussi
"In Death Lamented: The Tradition of Anglo-American Mourning Jewelry" illustrates and explains prime examples of rings, bracelets, brooches, and other pieces of mourning jewelry from the 17th, 18th, a
Focusing on the long poems written between the Restoration and the mid-18th century by Marvell, Dryden, Pope, Young, Glover, Dyer, and Thomson, Kaul (whose scholarly affiliations are not given) descri
Originally published in 1930, this biography of Lucy Stone presents a portrait of the woman, of the movements of which she was a part, and of her abolitionist and feminist ideology. It tells of her to
