373 results for '"Norman Maclean'

A former postman and long-term alcoholic who did not become a full-time writer until middle age, Charles Bukowski was the author of autobiographical novels that captured the low life--including Post...

A comprehensive survey of the work of twenty-first century century architect of "The Sensual City," Jacques FerrierInfluenced by the critic Rayner Banham, by the work of French architect/engineer...

From Norman Bates dressed as "Mother" in Psycho to the rouged cheeks of Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, many slasher icons have borne traces of queer and gender nonconforming behavior...

A deep dive into the nature of translation from one of its most acclaimed practitioners "Searls's philosophy is ultimately one of freedom--to move beyond mere equivalence, to translate how a text...

From one of England’s most celebrated writers, a funny and superbly observed novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of readingWhen her corgis stray into a mobile library parked...

Reader-Response Criticism: From Formalism to Post-Structuralism collects the most important theoretical statements on readers and the reading process. Its essays trace the development of...

"An extraordinary book . . . Peter Ackroyd is arguably the most talented and prolific writer working in Britain today." —Daily Express (UK)In Foundation, acclaimed historian Peter Ackroyd tells the...

From a hunchbacked dwarf to a paranoid poet-assassin, a history of Victorian England as seen through the numerous assassination attempts on Queen Victoria during her reign During Queen Victoria's 64...

Ten years ago, Tom Drury's groundbreaking debut, The End of Vandalism, was serialized in The New Yorker, was compared to the work of Sherwood Anderson and William Faulkner by USA Today, and was named...

The Anglo-Saxon period, stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century, begins with the Roman retreat from the Western world and ends with the Norman takeover of England. Between these...

'In the region of Washington Square or Greenwich Village, or ... among the sand dunes of Cape Cod we must look for the real birthplace of the New American Drama.' So William Archer, first translator...

An examination of the meaning and effects of corruption in 18th to 20th Century history.Corruption is a preoccupation of governments and societies across place and time, from the 18th-19th Century...

Brilliant, prolific, uniquely American, Pulitzer prizewinning playwright Sam Separd is a major voice in contemporary theatre. And here are seven of his very best."One of the most original, prolific...

The glory and tragedy of the Hundred Years War is revealed in a new historical narrative, bringing Henry V, the Black Prince, and Joan of Arc to fresh and vivid life. In this captivating new history...

This volume delves into Ireland’s forgotten history bringing to light some of the most colorful characters and intriguing episodes of the country’s long history.Ireland is approximately the size of...

Leonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, and Norman Mailer. Brilliant, brash, yet soulful, they were 100 percent Jewish and 100 percent American. They upended the restrained culture of their...

The first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty years—exploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England“This is a book about people, though, not ideas, and as a detailed...

This interdisciplinary collection of essays on the social and cultural life of late imperial Russia describes the struggle of new elites to take up a "middle position" in society--between tsar and...

How New York intellectuals interpreted and wrote about Castro's revolution in the 1960sNew York in the 1960s was a hotbed for progressive causes of every stripe, including women's liberation, civil...

The New York Times bestseller, from the author of Powers and Thrones, that tells the story of Britain’s greatest and worst dynasty—“a real-life Game of Thrones” (The Wall Street Journal)The first...