Francis Bacon (1561-1626), scientist, lawyer, and statesman, occupies a unique position in English letters. His most wid......more
The Wager was parted from Anson s squadron in the fierce storms off Cape Horn and struggled alone up the coast of Chile ......more
Essays exploring the treatment of the ends of epochs, from the sixteenth century to the present day. In these specially ......more
Ten essays on issues in philosophy, literary theory and intellectual history. The question of radical imperialism of the......more
This collection of essays addresses two major issues of contemporary culture: the problem of violence in relation to not......more
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In this superb little book, written during World War II, historian, sociologist, and novelist H.G. Wells (1866-1946) con......more
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’If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural’ Blaise Pascal, the......more
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This collection of essays presents a broad spectrum of current research that will interest students of medieval music, h......more
Pierre Leschemelle’s third book of criticism of Montaigne is clearly a synthesis of his many years of reading, writing a......more
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NOTE Special Title: First Edition This text is an interesting look at the supernatural in literature through a series of......more
The New World Border is a carnivalesque inversion of ethnic and geo-political ideology, a disorienting free-fall into th......more
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Fables and Distances showcases the full spectrum of the genius of John Haines. Through essays and letters, he reflects o......more
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This book presents a revisionist account of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s influential thought on individualism, in particular hi......more
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This second volume of The John McPhee Reader includes material from his eleven books published since 1975, including Com......more
Explores the many faces of power as revealed in twentieth-century Spanish-American fiction. The many faces of power--pol......more
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Winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. J. M. Coetzee presents a coherent, unorthodox analysis of censorship from ......more
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Potluck suppers with could-be relatives, junkets to exotic locales, and the importance of strangers in our lives In Neve......more
For many years, the only Gissing letters available to the public were those in the modest selection of letters to his fa......more
In this contemplative collection of essays, Lisa Knopp moves out from the prairies of Nebraska and Iowa to encompass a f......more
The National Newspaper Award judges said of these award-winning columns: Joe Fiorito of the Montreal Gazette regularly p......more
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There are few great books about sailing on pleasure boats, but this is one of them. This is the story of Maupassant s vo......more
W. S. Di Piero is one of the most capable and wide-ranging poet-critics of his generation. His essays are contemplative,......more
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Something is going on out there. Almost simultaneously, many of our finest writers are experimenting with a new nonficti......more
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A tribute to Matthew J, Bruccoli, the man whose life s work has centred on the study of authorship, this text examines t......more
In this collection of her essays and columns, Pulitzer Prize-winning Baltimore Sun journalist Steinbach seeks to "rescue......more
Readers may be shocked to discover that America’s most provocative (and conservative) satirist, P. J. O’Rourke, was at o......more
Paradise & Method: Poetics and Praxis collects nearly two decades of work on poetics by one of the pioneers of the "lang......more
This collection of essays records a common reader’s changing perceptions to the literary achievement of Rabindranath Tag......more
She wrote, too, about Americans she met in France, the writers and artists who flocked there in the twenties and early t......more
Machine Art and Other Writings presents previously unpublished and rare writings by one of the literary giants of the mo......more
"Clever. . . magical. . . beautifully crafted. Kingsolver spins you around the philosophic world a dozen times." -- Milw......more
When the great Russian writer Tolstoy was first offered the use of a brand new invention called the Dictaphone, he refus......more
Wide-ranging collection of twenty-seven essays analyzes, argues with, and celebrates that unruly tradition of Montana wr......more
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This collection of essays is a polemical and unblushing defense for the individual s right to a collective Imagery. Thou......more
Bound Together By the common thread of bioethics, these essays encompass such issues as abortion, the removal of life su......more
After movie-makers in England bungled film versions of Bernard Shaw s How He Lied to Her Husband and Arms and the Man, ......more
Even theAmerican Heritage Dictionary acknowledges that F. Scott Fitzgerald "epitomized the Jazz Age." And nowhere among ......more
New York State has had its share of writers who have, at some point in their careers, taken New York as their subject. T......more
The first of three comprehensive volumes to present the lifetime work of Paul Metcalf, one of the Black Mountain Writers......more
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Robert D. Denham has collected in these volumes the 266 letters, cards, and telegrams that Helen Kemp and Northrop Frye ......more
Robert D. Denham has collected in these volumes the 266 letters, cards, and telegrams that Helen Kemp and Northrop Frye ......more
Paul E. Szarmach is Director of the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. He is the editor of ......more
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Libby is a politician s daughter maturing amidst barely sublimated violence, sexuality, and corruption. Her tangled emot......more
The publication of Henry Handel Richardson s correspondence is a major event in Australian scholarly publishing. There a......more
"In 1967, Brazil’s leading newspaper asked the avant-garde writer Lispector to write a weekly column on any topic she wi......more
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This study brings a literary perspective to bear upon Edmund Burke’s political writings. De Bruyn recontextualizes Burke......more
A stimulating and enticing selection of the writings and witticisms of the early 19th century liberal cleric and founder......more
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Poetry. There are six poems in this book by a poet who claims his ambition is to write but a dozen poems in his life. C......more