During the 19th and early 20th centuries, German artists and intellectuals recognized the peculiar sounds of German music and the German language as the nation's most palpable common ground. In this v
The nineteenth- and twentieth-century relationship between European culture, German history, and the Jewish experience produced some of the West’s most powerful and enduring intellectual creations—and
"This book offers new essays by scholars of literature, film, history, theology and philosophy examining how various thinkers and storytellers over time have conceived of a reinvented Christianity"--P
Seven American academics search for a more nuanced understanding of many of the most basic issues in colonial and postcolonial African history. Their seven essays cover much of former British Souther
This is an exciting collection of essays on the rule of Charles I at a time of fundamental importance to English history. It combines the work of historians with academics from literary studies to pro
Rather than being properties of the individual self, emotions are socially produced and deployed in specific cultural contexts, as this collection documents with unusual richness. All the essays show
Rather than being properties of the individual self, emotions are socially produced and deployed in specific cultural contexts, as this collection documents with unusual richness. All the essays show
Composed of ten essays and an epilogue that trace the history ofcontemporary form as an evolving poetic of structure and construction, the book's analytical framework rests on Frampton's close readin
This collection of essays by notable scholars from a variety of disciplines deals with different aspects of the history and culture of the Greek island of Aegina in the fifth century BC. The island is
Tu sais, mon vieux Jean-Pierre is inspired by the work of archaeologist Jean-Pierre Chrestien (19492007), who worked hand-in-glove with a generation of researchers in helping to unearth unexpect
This volume examines the specific role of horoscopic astrology in Western culture from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Focusing on the public appearance of astrological rhetoric, the essays break
This collection of essays on Russian religious thought focuses on the extent to which Russian culture and ideology has been informed by the nation’s roots in Orthodox Christianity.
The essays in this volume bring together leading Irish and Quebecois scholars from eight different disciplines (history, literature, linguistics, design and material culture, ethnomusicology, sociolog
Explores the intertwined histories of print and protest in the United States from Reconstruction to the 2000s. Ten essays look at how protestors of all political and religious persuasions, as well as
Discussion of fiction, poetry and cultural history is given central place in Wald's analysis. From this perspective he argues that the contemporary concerns of race, gender and culture have created a
Engaged with questions of realist and modernist world-views in art, the relations of literary history to politics, and the role of cultural intellectuals in public life, this book of essays collects s
In this collection of mordant, poignant and playful essays, a wry and incisive critique is couched in a gonzo mix of pop culture, autobiography, misremembered movie plots, fiction and literary history
In Tests of Time (2003), Gass shares his thoughts about writing, reading, culture, history, politics, and public opinion, including essays on classic writers and contemporaries, literary "lists" and
