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Italian Paintings, 1250–1450, in the John G. Johnson Collection and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Co-published with the Philadelphia Museum of ArtWhen the Philadelphia lawyer John G. Johnson began to collect art in the late nineteenth century, he defied contemporary taste by …
Narrative Conventions and Race in the Novels of Toni Morrison
This study analyzes the relationship between race and genre in four of Toni Morrison’s novels: The Bluest Eye, Tar Baby, Jazz, and Beloved. Heinert argues how Morrison’s novels …
Richard Wright's Native Son
Richard Wright's Native Son (1940) is one of the most violent and revolutionary works in the American canon. Controversial and compelling, its account of crime and racism remain …
Power and Freedom in the Space of Reasons
This book argues that the received view of the distinction between freedom and power must be rejected because it rests on an untenable account of the discursive cognition that …
Medieval Prison
The modern prison is commonly thought to be the fruit of an Enlightenment penology that stressed man's ability to reform his soul. The Medieval Prison challenges this view by …
Homo absconditus. Das Motiv der unergründlichen Person in den Schriften von Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Emmanuel Lévinas und Helmuth Plessner
Prison Shakespeare
Unlike previous works on the topic, which are largely individual case studies, this book focuses not only on Prison Shakespeare's impact on the prisoners who directly participate, …
Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 12
The 580 documents in this volume cover a wide range of fascinating topics. Jefferson receives impressions of a mammoth's tooth, altitude and meteorological observations, a call for …
The Porter's Son
The general’s family lived on the first floor of the house. The concierge and his wife lived in the cellar. They had a son, Georg, who was allowed to play with Emily, the general’s …
John Shaw Neilson
The selection begins in 1906 when A. G. Stephens started up The Bookfellow. From this crucial point, and throughout the ensuing thirty-five years, we follow Neilson the manfarming …
From Cohen to Carson
Detailed case studies of novels by Leonard Cohen, Michael Ondaatje, George Bowering, Daphne Marlatt, and Anne Carson, as well as sections on A.M. Klein and Anne Michaels, reveal …