First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In about 120 articles ranging from one page to several, describes the writer's background, Jewish heritage, education, career, type of writing, popular and scholarly responses, and Jewish themes in the writing. They also include primary and secondary bibliographies. Most of the writers are from Arge

With unprecedented current coverage of the profound changes in the nature and practice of science in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe, this comprehensive reference work addresses the individuals, ideas, and institutions that defined culture in the age when the modern perception of nature, of the universe, and of our place in it is said to have emerged.
Covering the historiography of the period, discussions of the Scientific Revolution's impact on its contemporaneous disciplines, and in-depth analyses of the importance of historical context to major developments in the sciences,...

First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A comprehensive guide to the oral and written literatures of Native Americans, produced by scholars of the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures. It features some 40 substantive biographical and critical essays on individual authors that assess two centuries of writing in English

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Analyzes the setting of The Faerie Queene, examining Spenser's quest structures and his ideas about epic, romance, and history, demonstrating that Faeryland is part of an epic cosmos reaching from heaven and the abode of the classical deities to demonic underground realms, and discussing the politi

A comprehensive reference work that presents a systematic introduction to Dante's life and works and the cultural context in which his moral and intellectual imagination took shape. This resource brings together recent theories about Dante and his works and summarizes them in clear and vivid prose for readers who seek basic but detailed information on all major aspects of Dante scholarship. It includes entries on all the major characters in, and aspects of, the Divine Comedy. The entry on the Divine Comedy covers far more than the surface details of this masterpiece. In addition, lengthy...

This text aims to provide a complete context for understanding the 65-million-year story of humankinds origins. It gathers the work of 49 internationally recognized scholars, each a leading authority writing under the guidance of a distinguished team of editors from the American Museum of Natural History. They have prepared over 800 entries, ranging from brief definitions of technical terms to in-depth, lengthy essays on broad topics such as evolutionary theory, genetics, and Palaeolithic archaeology. It should be useful to scholars scholars and readers in a variety of fields, including...

From a March 1992 conference at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, 17 essays examine the life, work, and legacy of African-American writer and activist Hughes (1902-67). Many of the contributors knew him personally. They discuss his pre-eminent role in the Harlem Renaissance; issues of race, cultur