A pioneering critic, educator, and poet, I. A. Richards (1893-1979) helped the English-speaking world decide not only what to read but how to read it. Acknowledged "father" of New Criticism, he produced the most systematic body of critical writing in the English language since Coleridge. His method of close reading dominated the English-speaking classroom for half a century. John Paul Russo draws on close personal acquaintance with Richards as well as on unpublished materials, correspondence, and interviews, to write the first biography (originally published in 1989) of one of last century's...
A pioneering critic, educator, and poet, I. A. Richards (1893-1979) helped the English-speaking world decide not only what to read but how to read it....
Throughout this work, the idea that Marc Bloch was not only a historian but a great teacher is exemplified, as is his ability to ask interesting and original questions through his writing. Topics covered include medieval Germany, technical problems in the medieval economy and society, and the medieval class structure.
Throughout this work, the idea that Marc Bloch was not only a historian but a great teacher is exemplified, as is his ability to ask interesting and o...
First published in English in 1971, "The Ile-de-France "presents the reader with a study of the countryside around Paris through the eyes of Marc Bloch, a man with his own view of history. It looks at the area s origins, extent, geographical features, archaeology, and past local histories.
The book extends beyond the region of Paris itself and offers the reader a masterful demonstration of the methodology of such enquiries and their purpose within the wider context of historical research. The work is particularly valuable in that it covers a wide variety of subjects and makes extensive...
First published in English in 1971, "The Ile-de-France "presents the reader with a study of the countryside around Paris through the eyes of Marc B...
First published in English in 1973, "The Royal Touch "explores the supernatural character that was long attributed to royal power. Throughout history, both France and England claimed to hold kings with healing powers who, by their touch, could cure people from all strands of society from illness and disease. Indeed, the idea of royalty as something miraculous and sacred was common to the whole of Western Europe. Using the work of both professional scholars and of doctors, this work stands as a contribution to the political history of Europe.
First published in English in 1973, "The Royal Touch "explores the supernatural character that was long attributed to royal power. Throughout histo...
First published in 1987 (this second edition in 1992), the Handbook of Latin American Literature offers readers the opportunity to explore this literary history in the English Language and constitutes an ideological approach to Latin American Literature. It provides both concise information concerning particular authors, works, and literary traditions of Latin America as well as comprehensive material about the various national literatures of the area. This book will therefore be of interest to Hispanic scholars, as well as more general readers and non-Hispanists.
First published in 1987 (this second edition in 1992), the Handbook of Latin American Literature offers readers the opportunity to explore this litera...
This volume, first published in 1966, reports the results of a pilot study devoted to understanding the middle-term resource situation for one metal - manganese. Two factors bring the different parts of the manganese supply-demand picture together, one economic and the other political, both of which are examined in detail in this report.
This volume, first published in 1966, reports the results of a pilot study devoted to understanding the middle-term resource situation for one metal -...
First published in 1965, this volume aims to throw new light on a field of knowledge vital to consideration of problems of public policy regarding future sources of energy. It will be of interest to students of environmental studies.
First published in 1965, this volume aims to throw new light on a field of knowledge vital to consideration of problems of public policy regarding fut...
'Essays on Freedom of Action', first published in 1973, brings together original papers by contemporary British and American philosophers on questions which have long concerned philosophers and others: the question of whether persons are wholly a part of the natural world and their actions the necessary effects of causal processes, and the question of whether our actions are free, and such that we can be held responsible for them, even if they are the necessary effects of casual processes.
'Essays on Freedom of Action', first published in 1973, brings together original papers by contemporary British and American philosophers on questions...
Leading British, American and European philosophers contribute to this collection of essays, first published in 1976, in political philosophy. They are essays which have to do in different ways with better societies than the ones we have, and with ways of getting them.
Leading British, American and European philosophers contribute to this collection of essays, first published in 1976, in political philosophy. They ar...
The English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre is the longest running specialist production organization in the history of British theatre. Philip Roberts's account, which was first published in 1986, covers the period 1965-1972 in the Company's life, beginning in 1965 with the appointment of William Gaskill as Artistic Director. It is not simply about the critical triumphs of these years of the Royal Court's work, but also about the day-to-day workings of a busy and often turbulent organization. The result of the book is both scholarly and entertaining. This book will be of interest to...
The English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre is the longest running specialist production organization in the history of British theatre. Phil...
