Tim Parnell, “Swift, Sterne, and the Skeptical Tradition,” Studies in Eighteenth- Century Culture 23 (1994), 221–242. 24. ... Warren Montag's The Unthinkable Swift: The Spontaneous Philosophy of a Church of England Man (London: Verso, ...
Courtney Weiss Smith argues for the Essay's debts to empiricism and against its allegiance to rationalism in Empiricist Devotions: Science, Religion, and Poetry in Early Eighteenth- Century England (Charlottesville: University of ...
'The history of desire in India,' writes Madhavi Menon in this splendid book, 'reveals not purity but impurity as a way of life.
Infinite Variety: Dan Lowery's Music Hall 1879-1897
'Elegant, lucid and funny, this book will appeal to as many readers as there are desires.'--Shohini Ghosh 'The history of desire in India, ' writes Madhavi Menon in this splendid book, 'reveals not purity but impurity as a way of life.
Among those she captivated were Jean Cocteau, Cecil Beaton and Jack Kerouac. Then, after the first three decades of the 20th century, the extravagance ended. Her wealth was gone and Casti fled to London. This is her story.
This lively book surveys the history, buildings, collections, and activities of the 70-year-old Folger Shakespeare Library. Built to house Henry and Emily Folgerís collection of Shakespeareana (still the worldís largest),...
Tom's title comes from a line in William Shakespeare's play, Anthony and Cleopatra. "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale/ Her Infinite Variety." The phrase easily could apply to the honorable sport of Wild Turkey Hunting.