Montaigne's English Journey examines the genesis, early readership, and multifaceted impact of John Florio's exuberant translation of Michel de Montaigne's Essays.
John Grierson, founder of both the British documentary film movement and the National Film Board of Canada, was one of the twentieth century's most influential personalities in film culture.
Mirigavati or The Magic Doe is the work of Shaikh Qutban Suhravardi, an Indian Sufi master who was also an expert poet and storyteller attached to the glittering court-in-exile of Sultan Husain Shah Sharqi of Jaunpur.
From The Death of Nancy Sykes (1897) to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) and beyond, cinematic adaptations of British literature participate in a complex and fascinating history.
Originally published in 1985, this book traces the development of an ideal of work in English writing which runs parallel to that of the Protestant work ethic.
From before the Civil War until his death in 1882, Ralph Waldo Emerson was renowned-and renounced-as one of the United States' most prominent abolitionists and as a leading visionary of the nation's liberal democratic future.
Originally published in 1994, Oral Tradition in Middle English is an edited collection providing a multidisciplinary look at the importance and nature of oral tradition in Middle English literature.
When recent Harvard grad Helen Zuman moved to Zendik Farm in 1999, she was thrilled to discover that the Zendiks used go-betweens to arrange sexual assignations, or "e;dates,"e; in cozy shacks just big enough for a double bed and a nightstand.
Hans Gál, hochgelehrter und universaler Musiker, leistete einen bedeutenden Beitrag zur kaum überschaubaren Schubert-Literatur, zum Verständnis eines Genies.
Air Commanders combines short military biographies and operational analyses to reveal how the personalities, attitudes, and life experiences of twelve outstanding U.
Rahel Varnhagen fasziniert bis heute: Eine emanzipierte Jüdin, die sich taufen ließ, einen deutlich jüngeren nicht-jüdischen Mann heiratete und in Berlin in die Geschichte einging als Salonière, Chronistin und Gesprächspartnerin zahlreicher Künstler und Philosophen, darunter die Gebrüder Humboldt, Fichte, Hegel und Schleiermacher.
In this moving collection of first-person accounts, the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces take us inside life in the military and share their personal stories of courage, perseverance, and sacrifice.
This is the first full-length study of Jeanette Winterson's complete oeuvre, offering detailed analysis of her nine novels as well as addressing her non-fiction and minor fictional work.
This chronology covers the whole sweep of Evelyn Waugh's varied and eventful life and career, including his numerous friendships, his active social life and his exotic travels.
The presentation of Tennyson's personal and poetic development is supplemented by an introduction, brief biographical sketches of more than 30 of his friends, and maps of relevant areas in Lincolnshire and the Isle of Wight.
Manoel de Oliveira is the only filmmaker whose career spans from the silent era to the digital age, and yet there is little written in English about his extensive filmography.
This collection of sixteen articles, written by leading specialists in Classical and English literature, is an important contribution to the critical assessment of Ted Hughes, one of the most popular and controversial English poets of the late 20th century.
Outside the world of children's literature studies, children's books by authors of well-known texts "e;for adults"e; are often forgotten or marginalized.
Prophetic ministry in the Bible has long been perceived as the exclusive domain of individuals who were powerful, authoritative, argumentative, and, almost always, male.
This book discusses quality-related aspects of milk and milk products, covering the various analytical procedures for testing the quality and composition.
Originally published in 1897, "e;The Flourishing Of Romance And The Rise Of Allegory"e; is a fascinating treatise by English writer George Saintsbury on Romance.
