James Tuttleton's literary writings in such magazines as the New Criterion, the American Scholar, and the Yale Review have earned him a reputation as one of our most trenchant critics. Here he collect
More searchingly than any earlier biographer, Philip Callow explores the development of Van Gogh's genius and his emergence as an artist after early struggles to find a vocation, first in the world of
Trenchant prose writings on poetry, poets, and cultural matters by one of the most important essayists of his generation. Edited with an Introduction by Robert Phillips. "A lively and slashing cr
The war within the war was the struggle among Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin for the shape of the world that would follow World War II. That delicate diplomacy is traced and analyzed in Lloyd Gardne
In-depth interviews with a broad cross-sections of people with HIV provide a compassionate portrait of their losses, strengths, and attitudes, and their ability to finding meaning in life. Looks at pa
On the night of November 7, 1841, the Creole, a brig transporting at least 135 slaves from Richmond, Virginia, to the auction block at New Orleans, was about 130 miles northeast of the Bahamas. The ma
Arguing for a radical reorganization of the stage director’s view of his role, Terry McCabe challenges the notion that a play is the director’s vehicle for self-expression. The idea of the director as
As bleak and agonizing a portrait of war as ever to appear on the stage,The Trojan Women is a masterpiece of pathos as well as a timeless and chilling indictment of war’s brutality. Plays for Performa
Ibsen's seminal play, which changed modern drama, is a searing view of a male-dominated and authoritarian society, presented with a realism that elevates theatre to a level above mere entertainment. T
Trial by jury is the mainstay of the accusatorial system of criminal justice. Here one of our most distinguished constitutional scholars, the Pulitzer Prize–winning Leonard Levy, brings his formidable
Back in print in a new paperback edition are these two volumes by A. L. Rowse that represent one of the great historical works of our time, a master historian's exploration of the social and cultural
In explaining the power of celebrity in modern life, Richard Schickel ranges through every realm of our culture—film, theatre, television, literature, art, the media, pop music, politics—for examples
Written between 1946 and 1954, these accounts of four controversial trials explore the nature of crime and punishment, innocence and guilt, retribution and forgiveness. "Astonishing."—Francine Prose.
Medea, whose magical powers helped Jason and the Argonauts take the Golden Fleece, remains one of the strongest female characters ever to appear on stage.
Volume I of a projected six-volume collection of Huxley's essays. Spanning the years between 1920 and 1925, it includes his essays for John Middleton Murry's Athenaeum and those on music for the Ne
Volume II of a projected six-volume collection of Huxley's essays. It spans the later years (1926-1929) of the most productive period of his career and includes his controversial work on India and the
In Derrida in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Derrida’s life and ideas, and explains their influence on man’s struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book
