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Woodrow Wilson and World War I
Woodrow Wilson is often considered one of the greatest presidents in American history because, in the first two years of his presidency, he succeeded on many fronts. However, …
Chanson d'Antioche
The Old-French Chanson d'Antioche has long intrigued historians and literary scholars. Unusually among epic poems, it follows closely a well documented historical event - the First …
Pin-up Art Of Russell Patterson
A collection of definitive cartoon illustrations by the artist who made his introduction during the "golden age of illustration" in the 1920s offers insight into how his irreverent …
Samuel Richardson, Dress, and Discourse
This book concerns itself with dress in the novels of Samuel Richardson, and how attire confirms, contributes to, or challenges the characters' fashioning of self and the self as …
Dr. Johnson's Women
"I dined yesterday at Mrs Garrick’s with Mrs Carter, Miss Hannah More and Miss Fanny Burney. Three such women are not to found; I know not where I could find a fourth, except Mrs …
Prisoners of the Sun
One of the most iconic characters in children’s literature Hergé’s classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most recognisable characters …
The Generous Projector, to Prevent Murder and Other Enormous Abuses, by Erecting an Hospital for Foundlings and Bastard-Children. Also to Save Many Persons from Destruction, Suppressing Gaming-Tables, and Sunday Debauches
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 …
David Bergelson's Strange New World
David Bergelson (1884–1952) emerged as a major literary figure who wrote in Yiddish before WWI. He was one of the founders of the Kiev Kultur-Lige and his work was at the center of …
"Creating the Senses" : Sensation in the Work of Shelley Jackson
How do literary works employ language to evoke sense impressions? This is the question addressed in this dissertation, triggered by the oeuvre of contemporary American author and …
Faith, Reason, and Revelation in Theodore Beza
Faith, Reason, and Revelation in the Thought of Theodore Beza investigates the direction of religious epistemology under a chief architect of Calvinism (1519-1605). Mallinson …
Chronicles of Qalawun and his son al-Ashraf Khalil
This volume provides translations of texts on the Mamluk Sultan Qalawun (1279-90) and his son al-Malik al-Ashraf (1290-93), which cover the end of the Crusader interlude in the …
The Critique of Pure Reason
Metaphysicians have for centuries attempted to clarify the nature of the world and how rational human beings construct their ideas of it. Materialists believed that the world …