The Collector

The Collector
Author: Walter Romeyn Benjamin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 1897
Genre: Autographs
ISBN:

The Public Face of Wilkie Collins Vol 4

The Public Face of Wilkie Collins Vol 4
Author: Andrew Gasson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2024-10-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1040245064

The editors have transcribed 2,500 of Wilkie Collins's letters, around 700 of them previously unidentified, and have given them all a full scholarly annotation and context. The letters shed light on the personal life and business activities of this creative Victorian personality.

The Critic

The Critic
Author: Jeannette Leonard Gilder
Publisher:
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1889
Genre:
ISBN:

The Armies of the Streets

The Armies of the Streets
Author: Adrian Cook
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813162556

In July 1863 New York City experienced widespread rioting unparalleled in the history of the nation. Here for the first time is a scholarly analysis of the Draft Riots, dealing with motives and with the reasons for the recurring civil disorders in nineteenth-century New York: the appalling living conditions, the corruption of the civic government, and the geographical and economic factors that led up to the social upheaval.

Before Religion

Before Religion
Author: Brent Nongbri
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2013-01-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300154178

Examining a wide array of ancient writings, Brent Nongbri dispels the commonly held idea that there is such a thing as ancient religion. Nongbri shows how misleading it is to speak as though religion was a concept native to pre-modern cultures.