Lionel Trilling was one of the twentieth centurys most widely read and influential American literary critics. Mark Krupnick traces Trillings career from the 1920s through the 1970s, following the shifting intellectual and ideological currents in his thought. Krupnick places Trillings criticism and fiction in the context of his New York...
Critical Prefaces of the French Renaissancecontains nearly 30 prefaces from the works of French poets and dramatists published from 1525 to 1611. Bernard Weinbergs helpful book collects prefaces from the works of satirical poets, as well as dramatists, and provides a short introduction to each preface setting it in its...
For an Ontology of Morals: A Critique of Contemporary Ethical Theory assesses contemporary trends in ethical theory, including the deontological tradition dating back to Kant, the teleological tradition of the utilitarians, the analytic movement, and the existentialist-phenomenologist movement. In refuting these trends, Henry B. Veatch argues that moral and ethical...
The teachings of Epicurus, whose philosophy focused on the pursuit of happiness, attracted adherents throughout the ancient Mediterranean world and deeply influenced later European thought. The Philosophy of Epicurus contains a long introductory essay on the philosophy of Epicurus and a selection of primary texts. In inGeorge K. Strodach translates...
Late nineteenth-and early twentieth-century French writer Romain Rolland remains best known for his epic coming-of-age tale, Jean Christoph. InA Critical Bibliography of the Published Writings of Romain Rolland William Thomas Starr Starr painstakingly collects the information on all writings by and about this prolific author through 1949. Organized into two...
Poems of Aimeric de Peguilhan is the first critical, annotated translation in English of the collected work of poet Aimeric de Peguilhan. In itWilliam P. Shepard and Frank M. Chambers provide translations and introductory material to the work of the medieval French troubadour.
Internal Evidence and Elizabethan Dramatic Authorship provides one the earliest attempts to write a theoretical method for evidence within plays to help determine authorship or to help distinguish the work of one author from another. Samuel Schoenbaums study remains valuable, for the attempt to attribute unattributed plays to one or...
Science and the Humanitiescontains five lectures concerning the discussion of the relation of science and the humanities, focusing on the work of thinkers such as James B. Conant and C. P. Snow.
Glenn OMalleys Shelley and Synesthesia examines a little-known aspect of Percy Shelleys poetry, offering a history of synesthesia and engaging in close readings of Shelleys poetry, focusing primarily on his longer works. OMalley explores the internal structure of Shelleys poems to concentrate on patterns of imagery and symbolism, bringing attention...
In Selected Prose of N. M. Karamzin, Henry Nebels translation and extensive introductory material presents a collection of primary sources by a Russian author whose tales explore the creative exploitation of sentimentalisms potentialities.