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The Body in Pain
Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, this profoundly original work explores the nature of physical suffering. Elaine Scarry bases her study on a wide range of …
On Beauty and Being Just
Have we become beauty-blind? For two decades or more in the humanities, various political arguments have been put forward against beauty: that it distracts us from more important …
Thermonuclear Monarchy
During his impeachment proceedings, Richard Nixon boasted, "I can go into my office and pick up the telephone and in twenty-five minutes seventy million people will be dead." Nixon …
Dreaming by the Book
Dreaming by the Book explores the almost miraculous processes by which poets and writers teach us the work of imaginative creation. Writers from Homer to Heaney instruct us in the …
Memory, Brain, and Belief
The scientific research literature on memory is enormous. Yet until now no single book has focused on the complex interrelationships of memory and belief. This book brings together …
Rule of Law, Misrule of Men
A passionate call for citizen action to uphold the rule of law when government does not.This book is a passionate call for citizen action to uphold the rule of law when government …
Resisting Representation
Resisting Representation brings together some of the most provocative essays by leading scholar Elaine Scarry. Through her readings of texts by Hardy, Beckett, Boethius, Thackeray, …
Naming Thy Name: Cross Talk in Shakespeare's Sonnets
A fascinating case for the identity of Shakespeare's beautiful young man Shakespeare's sonnets are indisputably the most enigmatic and enduring love poems written in English. They …
Thinking in an Emergency
In Thinking in an Emergency, Elaine Scarry lays bare the realities of “emergency” politics and emphasizes what she sees as the ultimate ethical concern: “equality of survival.” She …
Who Defended The Country?
Resisting Representation
Renowned scholar Elaine Scarry's book, The Body in Pain, has been called by Susan Sontag "e;extraordinary...large-spirited, heroically truthful."e; The Los Angeles Times …