Daniel Brown 
Poetry of Victorian Scientists [PDF ebook] 
Style, Science and Nonsense

A handbook in three volumes to a choice of essential books, writers and subjects in order to try to understand the world we live in, about "big questions" and possible answers, about books …

"The Root of All Evil" by J. S. Fletcher is a novel that delves into the destructive power of greed. The story revolves around a central crime motivated by financial gain, exploring how the …

In the Alexander Lectures for 1965-66 at the University of Toronto, Dr. Frye describes the basis of the tragic vision as "being in time, " in which death as "the essential event that g …

This book engages with the life and works of the distinctive Hindi writer Krishna Sobti, known for making bold choices of themes in her writing. Also known for her extraordinary use of the Hindi lang …

The intention of this collection of essays, first published in 1971, is to explore the political aspects of some nineteenth century English writers. Under the influence of the great revolutionary uph …

‘My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop. I exist because I think… and I can’t stop myself from thinking.’ – Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea Writing the Mind: Representing Consciousness from Proust to D …

This volume represents a rereading of modernism and the modernist canon from a double distance: geographical and temporal. It is a revision not only from the periphery (Spain and Latin America), but …

Published in 1987: The Play of the Wether is an English interlude or morality play from the early Tudor period. represents the Roman deity Jupiter on earth asking mortals to make cases for their pref …

This volume explores the issues at the center of many historical and contemporary reflections on community and sociality in Continental philosophy. The essays reflect on the thought of Nietzsche, Hei …

In the early Islamic world, Arabic erotic compendia and sex manuals were a popular literary genre. Although primarily written by male authors, the erotic publications from this era often emphasised t …