Gathers James essays about fiction, literary criticism, and the works of Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne, Howells, Stowe, Arnold, Browning, Byron, Trollope, and Stevenson. ... Read more

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Laurie Sheck interweaves the contemporary with the mythic, creating a realm in which such things as radios, skyscrapers, expressways, and mannequins are at once familiar and strange; immediate, yet tinged with the light of distance and myth. It is a realm where faces on a television newscast disappe... Read more

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An emotional, dramatic and philosophical novel about Americans drawn into a small Central American country on the brink of revolution. ... Read more

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From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces... Read more

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Growing up at the estate of the late Henry Craxton, the rich founder of Craxton's Scientific Establishment, young Peg Griswood and her mother, the new housekeeper, are shaped by the mansion's gothic and eccentric influences. Reprint. ... Read more

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"Fascinating."--The New York Times Book Review Anyone who laments the excesses of Christmas might consider the Puritans of colonial Massachusetts: they simply outlawed the holiday. The Puritans had their reasons, since Christmas was once an occasion for drunkenness and riot, when poor ... Read more

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A landmark book from one of the truly original scholars of our time; a magnificent revelation of turn-of-the-century Vienna where out of a crisis of political and social disintegration so much of modern art and thought was born. ... Read more

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A collection of bittersweet love poems reflects the author's personal experiences. ... Read more

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Brief poems describe nature, mortality, a missing child, the lives of animals, and the beauty of the seasons. ... Read more

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Offers a fresh look at the fifteenth century Florentine philosopher, recounts his life, and discusses his major work, "The Prince" ... Read more

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For 30 years, Rich's poetry has revealed the individual personal life--sexualities, loves, damages, struggles--as inseparable from a wider social condition, a world with others, in which the empowering of the disempowered is increasingly the source of hope. Time's Power shows Rich writing with unpre... Read more

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Why do so many brilliant writers turn out to be anything but brilliant in their personal conduct? That enigma lies at the heart of FAME AND FOLLY. For in this elegant and marvelously astute volume, one of our great literary intellectuals casts an unwavering gaze on her precursors and colleagues, exa... Read more

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WILLIAM COOPER'S TOWN is the story of a father and son who embodied many of the contradictions that divided the United States during the early years of the Republic. William Cooper founded Cooperstown, New York, and his son, James Fenimore Cooper, became a successful novelist. Their story shows how ... Read more

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The most honored book ever released by the University of Illinois Press, The Plains Across was the result of more than a decade's work by its author. Here, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Oregon Trail, is a paperback reissue that includes the notes, bibliography, and i... Read more

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For bankers, businesspeople, students of history, and general readers, this classic work on the early history of American banking will be fascinating reading--especially now, as the United States is again struggling to preserve the stability of its banking system. ... Read more

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"Look: with all my fear I'm here with you, trying what it means, to stand fast; what it means to move." In these astonishing new poems, Adrienne Rich dares to look and to extend her poetic language as witness to the treasures-the midnight salvage-we rescue from fear and violence. Adrienne ... Read more

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A capstone to Nemerov's career of nearly thirty years, showing the expansion and increasing richness of his voice and vision and the sharpening of his perception and craft. ... Read more

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