Myth and Reality in Late-Eighteenth-Century British Politics and Other Papers delves into the intricate political landscape of late 18th-century Britain, offering a fresh perspective on governance, parliamentary dynamics, and the movements for constitutional reform prior to the French Revolution.
Employing fresh, innovative readings, Edgardo Colon-Emeric examines and underscores the centrality of the concept of perfection for the theologies of Thomas Aquinas and John Wesley--and finds them, surprisingly, largely complementary.
His Majesty's Opposition: Structure and Problems of the British Labour Party 1931-1938 offers an in-depth examination of the Labour Party during its pivotal years as His Majesty's Opposition in Parliament.
The Rhizome and the Flower: The Perennial Philosophy-Yeats and Jung offers an ambitious exploration of what its author terms "e;Yeats-and-Jung,"e; a conceptual pairing examined not through conventional literary criticism or psychological analysis but through the broader framework of intellectual history and the "e;perennial philosophy.
The Rhizome and the Flower: The Perennial Philosophy-Yeats and Jung offers an ambitious exploration of what its author terms "e;Yeats-and-Jung,"e; a conceptual pairing examined not through conventional literary criticism or psychological analysis but through the broader framework of intellectual history and the "e;perennial philosophy.
Praise for Joanna Hickson:'An intriguing tale, told with confidence' The Times'Rich and warm' Sunday ExpressWill his ambition be her destiny or her downfall?
A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne is one of the most innovative and influential works of eighteenth-century travel literature, blending the conventions of the Grand Tour with Sterne's distinctive wit, pathos, and satiric irony.
Germany Without Bismarck: The Crisis of Government in the Second Reich, 1890-1900 meticulously explores the turbulent years following Otto von Bismarck's dismissal in 1890, a pivotal period of uncertainty and transformation for the German Empire.
"Der große Krieg in Deutschland", eines der umfangreichsten Prosawerke Ricarda Huchs, erschien in den nun wieder vorliegenden drei Bänden zwischen 1912 und 1914 im Leipziger Insel-Verlag.
Germany Without Bismarck: The Crisis of Government in the Second Reich, 1890-1900 meticulously explores the turbulent years following Otto von Bismarck's dismissal in 1890, a pivotal period of uncertainty and transformation for the German Empire.
A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy by Laurence Sterne is one of the most innovative and influential works of eighteenth-century travel literature, blending the conventions of the Grand Tour with Sterne's distinctive wit, pathos, and satiric irony.
Originally published in 1938, the author traces the rise of the great European Universities from the Cathedral Schools of the tenth and eleventh centuries and their gradual development into republics of learning with power to treat on terms of equality with king and pope.
Conventional wisdom claims that the seventeenth century gave birth to the material and ideological forces that culminated in the Industrial Revolution and the rise of capitalism.