Offers commentary and an illustrated history of the representations of... Læs mere
"Kleanthes and Habrokome" by Konstantinos Manos, a Phanariot Greek high officer in late-eighteenth/early-nineteenth-century Romania, is an important landmark in the reception of... Læs mere
The Imperial Register, compiled in the early eighteenth century by order of Emperor K’ang-hsi, is a guide to 826 basic melodic patterns and... Læs mere
After WWII, U.S. leaders sought to create liberal rule-of-law regimes in Germany and Japan, but the effort was often... Læs mere
Aldus Manutius (c. 1451–1515) was the most important scholarly publisher of the Renaissance. His Aldine Press was responsible for more first editions of classical... Læs mere
Alice Crary offers a transformative account of moral thought about human beings and animals. Instead of assuming that the world places no demands on our... Læs mere
In this study of the political uses of perceived kinship from the Homeric age to Byzantium, Jones provides an unparalleled view of mythic belief in action and addresses fundamental questions about communal and national identity.
Thomas relates Whitman’s work to American painting of the period; examines the poet's evocation of nature; documents the revisions and additions Whitman made to Leaves... Læs mere
Kistiakovsky railed against Lenin’s concept of a vanguard party to lead the revolution and advocated a government... Læs mere
An alphabetical compendium of short but substantial essays about Harvard University—its undergraduate college and nine professional schools—this volume traverses the gamut of Harvardiana from Aab and Admissions to X Cage and Z Closet.