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Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Volume II
Robert Louis Stevenson is the author of many classic novels. He was also prolific letter writer. The letters in volumes I and II, cover the years 1868 through 1894. Volume I begins …
A Short History of Early Modern England
A Short History of Early Modern England presents the historical and cultural information necessary for a richer understanding of English Renaissance literature. Written in a clear …
Prisoners of War and Military Honour, 1789-1918
Early in the modern period, prisoners of war with the rank of officer or equivalent had the right to petition for parole. By effectively pawning their personal honour, they were …
Thomas Jefferson
This biography of one of America's greatest political figures focuses on Thomas Jefferson's role as a maker of foreign policy. Although he was not the sole formulator of American …
Sugamo Prison, Tokyo
In the aftermath of World War II, Sugamo Prison housed some of the most infamous Japanese war criminals, including Premier Hideki Tojo and I. Torgui D'Aquino, better known as Tokyo …
The History of Sir Charles Grandison. in a Series of Letters. by MR Samuel Richardson, ... in Eight Volumes. ... the Seventh Edition. of 8; Volume 1
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …
Tennyson's Rapture
In the wake of the death of his friend Arthur Henry Hallam, the subject of In Memoriam, Alfred Tennyson wrote a range of intricately connected poems, many of which feature pivotal …
Critical Responses About the Black Family in Toni Morrison's God Help the Child
Critical Responses About the Black Family in Toni Morrison's God Help the Child explores the integral role of what Kobi Kambon has called the "e;conscious African family"e; …
Against Reason: Schopenhauer, Beckett and the Aesthetics of Irreducibility
Anthony Barron explores the relationship between the philosophy of Schopenhauer and the forms and themes of Beckett's critical and creative writings. He shows that Beckett's …
A Companion to Samuel Beckett
A collection of original essays by a team of leading Beckett scholars and two of his biographers, Companion to Samuel Beckett provides a comprehensive critical reappraisal of the …
Within Reason
It has long been a central conviction of western humanistic thought that reason is the most godlike of human traits, and that it makes us unique among animals. Yet if reason …
Dimensions of the Impersonal in Clarice Lispector
This book explores the fictional work of Clarice Lispector (1920–1977), the eminent twentieth-century Brazilian writer. It employs the theoretical framework of "affirmative …