The life of James Renwick presents a powerful account of spiritual conviction shaped amid intense religious persecution in seventeenth century Scotland.
This memoir of Woodrow Wilson is a long-neglected treasure, full of the candid and perceptive observations of Wilson's brother-in-law and close friend, Stockton Axson.
The Period of Fortification, 1880-1898The burst of capitalistic expansion that accompanied German unification came to an abrupt end with the crash of 1873, which opened a period of economic depression.
Samuel F B Morse his letters and journals presents a reflective record of invention, persistence, and intellectual struggle built from personal correspondence and private writings.
Sterne presents a focused literary biography that examines the life, personality, and creative development of a major prose stylist through critical interpretation and available records.
The life of Marie de Medicis Queen of France consort of Henri IV and regent of the kingdom under Louis XIII Volume 3 presents a richly detailed account of a woman who navigated power, courtly intrigue, and political uncertainty within the French monarchy.
The life of Marie de Medicis Queen of France consort of Henri IV and regent of the kingdom under Louis XIII Volume 1 presents a richly detailed account of a woman who navigated power, courtly intrigue, and political uncertainty within the French monarchy.
The World's Greatest Books Volume 12 - Modern History offers a curated exploration of influential works that shaped literary thought and storytelling traditions.
The Lighthouse Keepers Daughter is the absorbing, painstakingly researched story of Ida Lewis and the fearless rescues she made at Lime Rock Lighthouse in Newport, Rhode Island.
This first major critical biography of Vladimir Nabokov, one of the greatest of twentieth-century writers, finally allows us full access to the dramatic details of his life and the depths of his art.
Public medicine, popular education, state employment agencies, the diffusion of scientific and technical knowledge, the dissemination of information by the government-all these things are an indispensable part of the modern state.
Champions of the Cherokees is the story of two extraordinary Northern Baptist missionaries, father and son, who lived with the Cherokee Indians from 1821 to 1876.
Sir Robert Hart: The Romance of a Great Career presents a detailed portrait of an influential administrator whose work shaped the development of the Imperial Chinese Customs service during a period of political and economic transformation.
Sir Walter Raleigh was truly the Renaissance man of Elizabethan England: soldier and diplomat serving in the wars between Spain and England, courtier and Captain of the Queen's Guard in Elizabeth's flamboyant court, explorer of a New World and colonizer of Virginia, member of Parliament and devotee of science, musician and literary patron, historian and poet.
This masterful synthesis of criticism and biography surveys all of Hermann Hesse's major works and many of his minor ones in relation to the intricate psychological design of his entire life history.
Performing Democracy explores aspects of a developing form of performance that works to change social conditions for marginalized groups or to preserve the traditions and cohesion of the community.
"e;People like myself, who truly feel at home in several countries, are not strictly at home anywhere,"e; writes Abraham Pais, one of the world's leading theoretical physicists, near the beginning of this engrossing chronicle of his life on two continents.
Performing Democracy explores aspects of a developing form of performance that works to change social conditions for marginalized groups or to preserve the traditions and cohesion of the community.
This is the definitive biography of Emile Cohl (1857-1938), one of the most important pioneers of the art of the animated cartoon and an innovative contributor to popular graphic humor at a critical moment when it changed from traditional caricature to the modern comic strip.
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, Humboldt-University of Berlin, course: Ergativity: A Comparative Perspective, language: English, abstract: Thematic roles are a linguistic phenomenon describing the more specific relations between a predicate and its respective arguments.
Shakespeare in Theory: The Postmodern Academy and the Early Modern Theater offers a provocative, highly original premise: that present-day literary criticism and theory have been shaped by the same institutional forces that shaped the theater of Shakespeare's day.
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Fachbereich Translations-, Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft), course: Advanced Seminar "e;Contemporary American Fiction"e;, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the moral complexity of Sethe, the protagonist in Toni Morrison's novel "e;Beloved"e;, who is torn between the roles of a hero and a murderer.
Seminar paper from the year 1997 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: very good, University of Vienna (Anglistics/American Studies), course: Linguistic Seminar: Applications of Theories of Discourse, language: English, abstract: According to Norman Holland, a story deals with the author, the author's relationship to his work or what he creates.
Sammelband aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Literaturwissenschaft - Mittelalterliche Literatur, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Sammelband aus sechs Titeln.
Seminar paper from the year 2024 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Hannover (American Department), course: Men & Masculinity, language: English, abstract: This paper analyzes the constructions and crises of masculinity in The Great Gatsby through the characters of Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby.
Collected in this volume are the 1889--1905 letters of one of the first African-American literary artists to cross the "e;color line"e; into the de facto segregated American publishing industry of the turn of the century.
Diploma Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Fachbereich Translations-, Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft), course: Diplom-Ubersetzer, language: English, abstract: This thesis explores the complex interplay of race and colorism in Toni Morrison's "e;Paradise"e;, focusing on the racial tensions within an isolated African American community.
