Ralph Waldo Emerson's essays and poems on the transcendental movement in the United States became some of the most important literary pieces in American History.
Una ilustradora colección de escritos en torno al icono más grande de la fe latinoamericana, por algunos de los más importantes escritores latinos contemporáneos.
The Antinomies of Realism is a history of the nineteenth-century realist novel and its legacy told without a glimmer of nostalgia for artistic achievements that the movement of history makes it impossible to recreate.
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club PickI had been so engaged by Ann Patchetts multifaceted story, so lured in by her confiding voice, that I forgot I was on the job.
Of all the great novelists writing today, none shows the same gift as Martin Amis for writing non-fiction his essays, literary criticism and journalism are justly acclaimed.
Front Flap:Poet, essayist, actor, hymn-writer, wit, magazine editor, transvestite stage performer: Christopher Smart, Georgian don-turned-writer, was all of these.
A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the LightIn 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, 'I have no critical training whatsoever, so I am forced to be more brisk and breezy than scholarly.
Die Essays des Autors von »Schöne neue Welt« als E-Book in einem Band Der amüsante Feuilletonist, der Reiseschriftsteller, der unaufdringliche Besserwisser, unbestechlicher Zeitzeuge, skeptischer Wahrheitssucher, der Philosophie- und Utopiekritiker, der Ästhet, der Ökologe der ersten Stunde – sprechen all diese Huxleys noch oder wieder zu uns?
This year's volume is highlighted by a special section on Goethe's narrative events in addition to a range of other articles from emerging and established scholars.
Presenting pragmatist humanism as a form of anti-authoritarianism, this book sheds light on the contemporary significance of pragmatist aesthetics and the revival of humanism.
Independent Publisher Book Awards, Silver Medalfor AnthologyNational Indie Excellence Awards, Finalist in the Anthology CategoryInternational Latino Book Awards, Gold Medal for Best Fiction (Multi-Author)International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Nonfiction (Multi-Author)A powerful collection of contemporary voicesShowcasing a variety of voices shaped in and by a place that has been for them a crossroads and a land of contradictions, Home in Florida presents a selection of the best literature of displacement and uprootedness by some of the most talented contemporary Latinx writers who have called Florida home.
The topos of the journey is one of the oldest in literature, and even in this age of packaged tours and mediated experience, it still remains one of the most compelling.
Acclaimed as "e;the premier chronicler of America's complex relationship with our oceans"e; (Honolulu Weekly), David Helvarg has also been a war correspondent, investigative journalist, documentary producer, and private investigator.
The noted scholar and critic George Steiner has called the Czech-Canadian author Josef Skvorecky 'one of the major literary figures of our time,' yet to date few books on him and his writing have appeared in English.
Three volumes of BBC broadcasts about the US from the New York Times–bestselling author, host of Masterpiece Theater, and “international treasure” (Booklist).
A new Forum section focuses on the impact of Digital Humanities on Goethe scholarship and on eighteenth-century German Studies, alongside articles on a diverse range of authors and topics.
';Unflinching and honestboth timely and timeless' (Houston Chronicle), this extraordinary collection of essays by the award-winning writer of The Other Siderooted in her own experience with sexual assaultpursues questions that strike at the heart of our national conversation about the justness of society.
This collection of essays provides an overview of new scholarship on recipe books, one of the most popular non-fiction printed texts in, and one of the most common forms of manuscript compilation to survive from, the pre-modern era (c.
Als Programmschrift eines revolutionären Konservatismus wurde dieses Buch bei seinem ersten Erscheinen im Jahr 1951 verstanden, oder auch als »Brevier für den geistig-politischen Partisanen«.
Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.
The period during which Bernard Lonergan delivered the eleven lectures in this volume was one of important transition for him: he was moving rapidly toward a new conception of theology and its method; and he was on the verge of what is now recognized as a major breakthrough in his thought on method, the idea that came to him in February 1965 of the eight functional specialities.
This volume contains Robert Louis Stevenson's "e;Familiar Studies of Men and Books"e;, being a fascinating exploration of the life and work of a number of seminal authors from across the globe.
From Duke Ellington to Churchill Downs, championship golf to Greta Garbo, Alistair Cooke reports on the popular sports and entertainments he loved the most This delightful anthology, drawn from Alistair Cooke’s Letter from America BBC broadcasts as well as his reporting for the Guardian, showcases the legendary journalist’s wide range of sporting pleasures, which include golf, tennis, baseball, and horse racing, and records memorable fun he had with favorite movies, theater productions, and jazz performances.
“In another country or another era, Dennis Cooper’s books would be circulated in secret, explosive samizdat editions that friends and fans would pass around and savor like forbidden absinthe.
