The ninth edition of this widely acclaimed text by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. and Lawrence Davidson has been extensively revised to …
As exemplified by Madame Butterfly, East-West relations have often been expressed as the relations between the masculine, dominant West and …
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Contrary to the white man's early expectations, the Indian tribes of North America neither vanished nor assimilated. Despite almost four …
The subject matter of "Subjects and Objects" is the limits of Abstraction in art. The notion of Abstraction, its development …
Colonial Women examines the women-as-land metaphor in English colonial dramatic literature of the seventeenth century, and looks closely at the …
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Through the lens of four seminal concerts, acclaimed poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein offers an intimate, nuanced look at …
First Americans provides a comprehensive history of Native Americans from their earliest appearance in North America to the present, highlighting …
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This volume marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death by reflecting on the unrivalled work of the Shakespeare Association of …
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For at least two decades the career of Edward Said has defined what it means to be a public intellectual …
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Listening and Longing explores the emergence of music listening in the United States, from its early stages in the antebellum …
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