Analyzes the impact of the opposition candidacies in the Mexican presidential elections of 1940, 1946, and 1952 on the internal... Læs mere
Examines the life and poetry of Magda Portal, a major figure in Latin American revolutionary politics. Includes a selection of poems available for the first time in English translation.
Argues that active involvement in politics can be deeply fulfilling to the individual, and that the construction... Læs mere
An English translation of Colloquium of the Seven about Secrets of the Sublime, originally written in Latin in the sixteenth-century by Jean Bodin. Structured as a series of discussions on religion and philosophy. Includes introduction, translation, and annotations.
A collection of essays that discuss representative eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French and English views of American democracy and society, and offer a critical assessment of various narrative constructions of American life, society, and culture.
Studies the path of natural philosophy (i.e., physics) from Isaac Newton through Scotland into the nineteenth-century background... Læs mere
Considers a body of unexamined novels from the Belle Epoque that defy the usual categories allowed the female protagonist of the period.... Læs mere
A collection of essays presenting international perspectives on the narratives and the practices grounding the scholarly study of American Art.