Reading Visual Poetry examines works created in Spain, Latin America, France, Italy, Brazil, and the United States. Besides explicating individual works, it investigates the dynamics involved in reading (and viewing) visual poetry.
Black Greek 101 analyzes the customs, culture, and challenges facing historically Black fraternal organizations.... Læs mere
In this study Bat Ye’or provides a lucid analysis of the dogma and strategies of jihad, offering a vast... Læs mere
John Updike wrote about his home town of Reading in Berks County, Pennsylvania for much of his adult life, setting most of his early fiction and novels in his home... Læs mere
This book presents Austen as a novelist who put her distinctive voice and extraordinary imagination to the service of poets and philosophers. The study explores... Læs mere
Pennsylvania Histories examines the state’s history over two hundred years through the study of a number of somewhat obscure yet significant individuals and events. The narrative often confronts issues pertaining to ethnicity, gender, and the social class structure.
This book presents Jane Austen as a self-conscious artist, a woman keenly aware that literature and aesthetics were to play an important role in... Læs mere
Deciphering Poe expands the contextual framework of Poe’s work and explores the subversive nature of his art: its use of codes, secret writing, and... Læs mere