Author: Brian Harding

‘Thou and thine, Hester Prynne, belong to me.’With these chilling words a husband claims his wife after a two-year absence. But the child she clutches is not his, and Hester must wear a scarlet ‘A’ u …

This selection of twenty of Hawthorne’s tales is the first in paperback to present his most important short works with full annotation in one volume. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World …

‘Thou and thine, Hester Prynne, belong to me.’With these chilling words a husband claims his wife after a two-year absence. But the child she clutches is not his, and Hester must wear a scarlet ‘A’ u …

First published between 1982 and 1983, this series examines the peculiarly American cultural context out of which the nation’s literature has developed. Covering the years from 1830 to 1865, this sec …

First published between 1982 and 1983, this series examines the peculiarly American cultural context out of which the nation’s literature has developed. Covering the years from 1830 to 1865, this sec …

For the millions who had fought in the Great War, and for their families, the ‘land fit for heroes’ turned out to be an illusion; instead there was suffering and deprivation. Out of this, on 1 July 1 …

For the millions who had fought in the Great War, and for their families, the ‘land fit for heroes’ turned out to be an illusion; instead there was suffering and deprivation. Out of this, on 1 July 1 …

The interplay between violence, religion, and politics is a central problem for societies and has attracted the attention of important philosophers, including Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, and R …

Augustine and Roman Virtue seeks to correct what the author sees as a fundamental misapprehension in medieval thought, a misapprehension that fuels further problems and misunderstandings in the histo …

Taking the term “phenomenologist” in a fairly broad sense, Early Phenomenology focuses on those early exponents of the intellectual discipline, such as Buber, Ortega and Scheler rather than those thi …

The interplay between violence, religion, and politics is a central problem for societies and has attracted the attention of important philosophers, including Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, and R …