Renowned for his Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy and Reflections on History, Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) has well been described as "e;the most civilized historian of the nineteenth century.
The early political culture of the American republic was so deeply influenced by the religious consciousness of the New England preachers that it was often through the political sermon that the political rhetoric of the period was formed, refined, and transmitted.
This selection of essays, pamphlets, speeches, and letters to newspapers written between 1760 and 1805 by American political and religious leaders illuminate the founding of the republic.
Spencer develops various specific disastrous ramifications of the wholesale substitution of the principle of compulsory cooperation-the statist principle-for the individualist principle of voluntary cooperation.
This insightful and often witty collection of essays charts the making of a reluctant disability activistincluding his commentary for NPR, the New York Times and elsewhere.
Central to all post-Renaissance scholarship, textual studies continues to evolve, both in its techniques and methods as well as in the illumination it affords all other areas of modern knowledge.
As part of the Samuel Johnson tercentenary commemoration, the University of Georgia Press published the first full scholarly edition of Sir John Hawkins's Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.
Our culture attempts to separate competing ideological factions by denying relationships between multiple perspectives and influences outside of one's own narrow interpretive community.
A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford, in 2003.
As it happens with other early-Modern corpora, the descriptive texts from sixteenth-century encounters of the Portuguese colonizers in Brazil are well-known for their strangeness.
Henry Edwards Davis (1879-1966) began his hunting adventures as a boy riding in the saddle with his father on foxhunts and deer drives in the company of Confederate cavalry veterans.
In State of the Heart, Aida Rogers has crafted an artful love letter to our state, with contributions from a host of nationally and regionally recognized writers who've written short essays on the South Carolina places that they cherish.
Found Anew is an anthology of new poetry and prose from writers with strong ties to the Palmetto State that creatively engages with historical photographs found in the digital collections of the University of South Carolina's South Caroliniana Library.
A compendium of profiles, interviews, and reviews published by the South Carolina book review editorArt and Craft presents the hand-picked fruit of Bill Thompson's three decades covering writers and writing as book review editor of Charleston, South Carolina's Post and Courier.
Phoning Home is a collection of entertaining and thought-provoking essays featuring the author's quirky family, his Jewish heritage, and his New York City upbringing.
A heartfelt collection of personal stories that connect a common past and offer hope for a promising futureFor many, South Carolina is a sunny vacation destination.
Southern Bound represents a running conversation on books, writers, and literary travel written for the Mobile Press-Register Books page from 1995 to 2011 by John S.
Through these varied essays on politics, ethics, music, race, and culture Philip Martin admits "e;a minor obsession"e; with what he calls "e;the American Frolic"e;-the essential lack of seriousness with which many of us approach the questions inherent in living in a free society.
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Complete Works: Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Articles, Essays, Travel Sketches and Memoirs"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
"e;[A] call to arms that takes on a range of social and political problems in America-from racism and misogyny to climate change and Donald Trump"e; (Poets & Writers).
This "e;acerbic yet compassionate"e; meditation on humanity by the acclaimed actor and playwright offers "e;curiosity, thoughtfulness, sharp logic, deep emotion"e; (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
A collection of "e;deceptively simple, profoundly thoughtful, fiercely honest"e; essays on art, life, and politics by the acclaimed actor and playwright (Howard Zinn, author of Political Awakenings and Indispensable Zinn).
Included are conversations with Nicole Aragi, Lesley Hazleton, and George Packer, and features and poetry from Tomaz Salamun, Kiese Laymon, Ann Neumann, J.
