Essais, caractéristiques, critique littéraire

From the forbidden fruit of the Old Testament to the numerous laws broken at Francois Mitterand »s final meal, In the Devil »s Garden is a mouth-watering history of food taboos from around the world …

First Published in 1968. Sir Richard Steele »s plays and major periodicals have been reprinted in modern times. But the miscellaneous tracts and pamphlets, which in his own day in the eighteenth cent …

An Unfortunate Woman, An Unforgettable Journey was the final book written by Richard Brautigan before his death in 1984 and lay unpublished for sixteen years.Originally written in the 160 pages of a …

The Swedish scholar and prelate, Olaus Magnus (1490-1557), last Catholic archbishop of Uppsala, lived the latter half of his life in exile. His devotion to his country and his people never faltered, …

With its emphasis on early modern emissaries and their role in England »s expansionary ventures and cross-cultural encounters across the globe, this collection of essays takes the messenger figure as …

Examine the social and cultural impact of basketball on America at the amateur and professional levels! Basketball in America: From the Playgrounds to Jordan’s Game and Beyond is a pioneering analysi …

The so-called  »Templar of Tyre » is the third and longest section of an important 14th-century chronicle known as the Gestes des Chiprois. Written by a Cypriot knight who served the Templar Master W …

Charting Memory: Recalling Medieval Spain elaborates an interdiscursive picture of how Medieval Spain has been remembered by various Arab, Jewish, and Hispanic peoples from well before 1492 to the pr …