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
During the eighteenth century, the three tribes of the Delaware Indians underwent dramatic transformation as they migrated westward... 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
This book examines the memoir of Toussaint Louverture—a former slave, general in the French army, and leader of the Haitian Revolution—and the memoir of his son, Isaac.
A Quaker Goes to Spain is a multifaceted historical narrative. It recounts in detail a unique but virtually forgotten U.S.... Læs mere
The Steelworkers' Retirement Security System investigates how labor politics sustained rust belt jobs through... Læs mere