Literary studies: general

Norman Mailer was one of the most famous writers of his generation.

Central to the creative process of the Romantic poets that followed him, Wordsworth's Preface to the Lyrical Ballads has been both a gift and a thorn in the side of critics for over a century.

This collection of Zen poetry by 19th century Japanese Buddhist monk and hermit Ryokan is a masterful exploration of life and nature.

Rene Descartes's 1641 Meditations on First Philosophy is a cornerstone of the history of western thought.

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Aristotle's Metaphysics is a collection of essays on a wide range of topics, almost certainly never put together by Aristotle himself.

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'It was at the time when I was wandering around hungry in Kristiania, that strange city no one leaves before it has set its mark on them.

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can best re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals.

The rapid emergence of Type 2 diabetes has become one of the most urgent health issues facing not only Americans, but people around the globe.

This collection of Zen poetry by 19th century Japanese Buddhist monk and hermit Ryokan is a masterful exploration of life and nature.

A critical analysis of Spivak's classic 1988 postcolonial studies essay, in which she argues that a core problem for the poorest and most marginalized in society (the subalterns) is that they have no platform to express their concerns and no voice to affect policy debates or demand a fairer share of society's goods.

Why was Edgar Allan Poe unable to form either emotional or sexual bonds with the women in his life?

Plato's Symposium, composed in the early fourth century BC, demonstrates how powerful the skills of reasoning and evaluation can be.

Science, Politics and Gnosticism comprises two essays by Eric Voegelin (1901-85), arguably one of the most provocative and influential political philosophers of the last century.

Aristotle, a student of Plato, wrote Nicomachean Ethics in 350 BCE, in a time of extraordinary intellectual development.

Mary Wollstonecraft's 1792 Vindication of the Rights of Women is an incendiary attack on the place of women in 18th-century society.

Reasoning is the critical thinking skill concerned with the production of arguments: making them coherent, consistent, and well-supported; and responding to opposing positions where necessary.

Benedick: I am man enough to say that I love thee.

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Many still consider Ludwig Wittgenstein's 1953 Philosophical Investigations to be one of the breakthrough works of twentieth-century philosophy.

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For 2,000 years, the standard philosophical model of knowledge was that it could be defined as a justified true belief.

A critical analysis of Karl Marx's Capital, which is without question one of the most influential books to be published in the course of the past two centuries.

In his wonderfully clear and cogent essay On Liberty, Mill contends that individuals should be as free as possible from interference by government.

Wright's The New Testament and the People of God is the first volume of his acclaimed series 'Christian Origins and the Question of God' comprehensively addressing the historical and theological questions surrounding the origins of Christianity.

In this era of fad diets, detox programs, and "e;superfoods,"e; this examination of the relationship between diet and lifestyle looks to the Far East to claim that the simple principles to live by are balance and moderation.

Soren Kierkegaard's The Sickness unto Death is widely recognized as one of the most significant and influential works of Christian philosophy written in the nineteenth century.

Hans Morgenthau's Politics Among Nations is a classic of political science, built on the firm foundation of Morgenthau's watertight reasoning skills.