Agnosticism the philosophical argument that it is impossible to know whether God exists or not has been the point of view of many distinguished thinkers from the 19th century to the present. In contrast to atheism, which asserts that God does not exist, agnosticism holds that reason and the best scientific evidence do not allow one to reach a decisive conclusion regarding the existence of God. This reader prints selections of some of the most profound and pioneering discussions of agnosticism over the past two centuries. Beginning with early formulations of the agnostic perspective by...
Agnosticism the philosophical argument that it is impossible to know whether God exists or not has been the point of view of many distinguished thinke...
In the opinion of many critics and philosophers, we are entering an age of atheism marked by the waning of Christian fundamentalism and the flourishing of secular thought. Through alphabetically arranged entries written by expert contributors, this book profiles 27 iconic figures of unbelief whose ideas have shaped American society over the last 200 years. Included are entries on influential figures of the past, such as Albert Einstein and Voltaire, as well as on such contemporary figures as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris. Each entry discusses the ideas and lasting significance of each...
In the opinion of many critics and philosophers, we are entering an age of atheism marked by the waning of Christian fundamentalism and the flouris...
An artist is summoned to paint the portrait of sinister Mr. Finster in a decaying mansion . . . A suburban couple is vexed by the inveterate lawn-mowing of a ghost . . . In ice-bound Vermont, one farmer's crop is suspiciously bountiful . . . A miniature nymph is found swimming in an office water cooler . . . These are the bizarre conceptions of Jonathan Thomas, a powerful new writer of weird, horrific, and supernatural fiction who introduces himself to the reading public with this rich and varied short story collection. Thomas is, however, a practiced hand at terror-weaving, and his work...
An artist is summoned to paint the portrait of sinister Mr. Finster in a decaying mansion . . . A suburban couple is vexed by the inveterate lawn-mowi...
Table of Contents: Dispatches from the Providence Observatory: Astronomical Motifs and Sources in the Writings of H. P. Lovecraft......T. R. Livesey The Sickness unto Death in H. P. Lovecraft's "The Hound.."....James Goho Queer Tales? Sexuality, Race, and Architecture in "The Thing on the Doorstep.."....Joel Pace "Clever Lines" Some Thoughts on Lovecraft's Ad Criticos......Phillip A. Ellis "The Rats in the Walls," the Rats in the Trenches......Robert H. Waugh Knowledge in the Void: Anomaly, Observation, and the Incomplete Paradigm Shift in H. P....
Table of Contents: Dispatches from the Providence Observatory: Astronomical Motifs and Sources in the Writings of H. P. Lovecraft......T....
Ambrose Bierce is well known to readers as the author of "The Devil's Dictionary" (1906) and numerous short stories, such as the Civil War tales gathered in "Tales of Soldiers and Civilians" (1891) and the horror stories collected in "Can Such Things Be?" (1893). But, in his own day, he was best known as a prolific and fearless jounalist, and in the 40 years of his literary career he wrote thousands of articles for newspapers and magazines in San Francisco, London, and elsewhere. Most of the articles and poems that Bierce published in his own 12-volume "Collected Works" (1909-12) first...
Ambrose Bierce is well known to readers as the author of "The Devil's Dictionary" (1906) and numerous short stories, such as the Civil War tales ga...
The most exhaustive and comprehensive bibliography of the writings of H. L. Mencken ever assembled, this volume presents detailed information on Mencken's book publications from 1903 to the present. It also provides for the first time a comprehensive annotated listing of his magazine and newspaper work, including more than 1500 anonymous editorials for the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Evening Sun, and other papers, which have never been listed in any previous bibliographies.
The most exhaustive and comprehensive bibliography of the writings of H. L. Mencken ever assembled, this volume presents detailed information on Menck...
A witty examination of America's bestselling novels, covering works by Danielle Steel, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Nora Roberts, Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton, Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson, Nelson DeMille, Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and many others.
A witty examination of America's bestselling novels, covering works by Danielle Steel, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Nora Roberts, Mary Higgins Clark, Sue ...
The latest edition of The Lovecraft Annual includes the best new Lovecraftian scholarship. Table of Contents: Lovecraft and the Ray-Gun............T. R. Livesey; What Is "the Unnamable"? H. P. Lovecraft and the Problem of Evil............James Goho; Some Notes on the Topographical Poetry of H. P. Lovecraft............Phillip A. Ellis; The Theme of Distance in the Tales of H. P. Lovecraft............Lorenzo Mastropierro; Lovecraft's Avatars: Azathoth, Nyarlathotep, Dagon, and Lovecraftian Utopias............Brandon Reynolds; Self, Other, and the Evolution of Lovecraft's Treatment of...
The latest edition of The Lovecraft Annual includes the best new Lovecraftian scholarship. Table of Contents: Lovecraft and the Ray-Gun............T. ...
