Since Plato, Western critics of literature have asked how it is possible for fiction writers to mean something serious. The outrage over Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses," published in 1988, highlighted our continued uneasiness over distinctions between fact and fiction, novel and history, truth and falsehood. The blasphemy charged against Rushdie raises important questions: Did Rushdie mean "The Satanic Verses," or didn't he? When he publicly recanted, what did he mean? What do we even mean by mean?
This is the starting point for Richard Henry's fascinating investigation of the...
Since Plato, Western critics of literature have asked how it is possible for fiction writers to mean something serious. The outrage over Salman Rus...
A series of essays by leading Italian academics, each exploring a key Rosi film. Includes an article by the director himself, in which he reflects on the development and future of Italian political cinema.
A series of essays by leading Italian academics, each exploring a key Rosi film. Includes an article by the director himself, in which he reflects on ...
This book examines the U.S. pulp and paper industry between 1900 and 1940, the period when pulp and paper production relocated from the North to the South and the West. This relocation was one of the most influential shifts in industrial production in the 20th century, ranking second in extent of out-migration only to the exit of the cotton textile industry in roughly the same period. This study focuses on the reason for the shift, with an emphasis on the interrelationships among firm location, industrial structure, vertical integration, and firm survival and growth.
The work opens with...
This book examines the U.S. pulp and paper industry between 1900 and 1940, the period when pulp and paper production relocated from the North to th...
