Essays

Faulkner and His Contemporaries

Faulkner and His Contemporaries


Ann J. Abadie, Joseph R. Urgo



Although he spent the bulk of his life in Oxford, Mississippi-far removed from the intellectual centers of modernism and the write...
Preface to the Essays of Michel de Montaigne by his Adoptive Daughter, Marie le Jars de Gournay

Preface to the Essays of Michel de Montaigne by his Adoptive Daughter, Marie le Jars de Gournay


Colette Quesnel, Francois Rigolot, Marie Le Jars De Gournay, Richard Hillman



Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) Original Language: French ...
Changing Paths: Travels and Meditations in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness

Changing Paths: Travels and Meditations in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness


Bill Sherwonit



Changing Paths: Travels and Meditations in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness...
I Hear the Train: Reflections, Inventions, Refractions

I Hear the Train: Reflections, Inventions, Refractions


Louis Owens



From Library Journal In each section of this excellent collection, Owens's carefully crafted writing captures the reader...
The World Within The Word Essays

The World Within The Word Essays


William H. Gass



The World Within The Word Essays...
Making History Now and Then: Discoveries, Controversies and Explorations

Making History Now and Then: Discoveries, Controversies and Explorations


David Cannadine



This book brings together David Cannadine's most important reflections on how history has been written and made in Britain in t...
Reception of Walter Pater in Europe

Reception of Walter Pater in Europe


Stephen Bann



Reception of Walter Pater in Europe...
Burn This Book: PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word

Burn This Book: PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word


Toni Morrison



Burn This Book: PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word...
Turning Life into Fiction

Turning Life into Fiction


Robin Hemley



Turning Life into Fiction...
Border-Line Personalities: A New Generation of Latinas Dish on Sex, Sass, and Cultural Shifting

Border-Line Personalities: A New Generation of Latinas Dish on Sex, Sass, and Cultural Shifting


Michelle Herrera Mulligan, Robyn Moreno



From Publishers Weekly " '¿Y qué dice la juventud?' 'What does the youth have to say for itself?' " Julia ...
The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women: Constructions and Reconstructions

The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women: Constructions and Reconstructions


Richard Hunter



The Catalogue of Women, ascribed to Hesiod, one of the greatest figures of early hexameter poetry, maps the Greek world, its ev...
The Sweet Season: A Sportswriter Rediscovers Football, Family, and a Bit of Faith at Minnesota's St. John's University

The Sweet Season: A Sportswriter Rediscovers Football, Family, and a Bit of Faith at Minnesota's St. John's University


Austin Murphy



The Sweet Season: A Sportswriter Rediscovers Football, Family, and a Bit of Faith at Minnesota's St. John's University...
Not for Bread Alone: Writers on Food, Wine, and the Art of Eating

Not for Bread Alone: Writers on Food, Wine, and the Art of Eating


Dan Halpern



Into the Cauldron: Das Reich on the Eastern Front is written by Robert Michulec and Dmitriy Zgonnik and published by Conco...
Reading History: A Practical Guide to Improving Literacy

Reading History: A Practical Guide to Improving Literacy


Christine Landaker, Janlen



The Early Political Writings of the German Romantics contains all the essential political writings of Friedrich Schlegel, Schle...
Confucius and the Analects: New Essays

Confucius and the Analects: New Essays


Bryan W. Van Norden



Confucius and the Analects: New Essays...
Reflections of the Heart: What Our Animal Companions Tell Us

Reflections of the Heart: What Our Animal Companions Tell Us


Deborah Demoss Smith



Reflections of the Heart: What Our Animal Companions Tell Us...
Visions Of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939

Visions Of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939


Georges Bataille



Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) --This text refers to the edition. ...
About Psychology: Essays at the Crossroads of History, Theory, and Philosophy

About Psychology: Essays at the Crossroads of History, Theory, and Philosophy


Darryl B. Hill, Michael J. Kral



About Psychology: Essays at the Crossroads of History, Theory, and Philosophy...
Essays on Love and Knowledge

Essays on Love and Knowledge


Andrew Tallon, Pierre Rousselot, Pol Vandevelde



“The collection of wild, often hilarious postcards from his trip to America contains some of the year’s most origin...
Ricardo - The New View: Collected Essays I

Ricardo - The New View: Collected Essays I


Samuel Hollander



In recent years nationalism has emerged as one of the dominant issues of our time. In this lucid and balanced account, David Mc...
A Companion to 19th-Century Britain

A Companion to 19th-Century Britain


Chris Williams



A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Britain presents 33 essays by expert scholars on all the major aspects of the political, soci...
Exploring the Palace of the Peacock: Essays on Wilson Harris

Exploring the Palace of the Peacock: Essays on Wilson Harris


Irving Adler, Joyce Sparer Adler



Exploring the Palace of the Peacock: Essays on Wilson Harris...
Young People's Involvement in Sport

Young People's Involvement in Sport


John Kremer, Karen Trew, Shaun Ogle



Young People's Involvement in Sport...
The Water Boy: From the Sidelines to the Owner's Box: Inside the CFL, the XFL, and the NFL

The Water Boy: From the Sidelines to the Owner's Box: Inside the CFL, the XFL, and the NFL


Bob Ackles, Ian Mulgrew



From Publishers Weekly Gardening seems a solitary endeavor, perfect for those who like to be alone with nature without le...