In this text, Kathleen Brogan makes the case that the recent preoccupation with ghosts stems not from a lingering interest in Gothic themes, but instead from a whole new genre in American literature that she calls ""the story of cultural haunting"".
Explores the forgotten African American cemeteries of central Virginia to recover information crucial to the stories of the black families... Læs mere
The second volume of The Selected Papers of John Jay opens in January 1780 with Jay's arrival in Spain on his first diplomatic mission abroad. It ends in June 1782 with his departure for France to join Benjamin Franklin in negotiating a peace treaty with Great Britain.
By telling the story of France’s noncitizen soldiers - who included not only men born abroad but also Jews and... Læs mere
An English translation of F.W.J. Schelling's ""System of Transcendental Idealism"", probably his most important philosophical work. A central text in the history of... Læs mere