This book shows how Judah Abrabanel?s writings are philosophical, and not merely religious. It examines the Renaissance belief that Love should know more than Wisdom, which is something Abrabanel taught. The ultimate mystical union with God for Abrabanel is beneficence towards o…
This study provides the only available chronologically complete history of Alcatraz Island. It challenges many commonly held assumptions about Alcatraz as a prison for dangerous criminals.
Offers a comprehensive analysis of Barbara Pym's work in relation to its original context, looking at her novels as social-historical sources for better understanding British society in the 1950s. This work is aimed at scholars interested in Barbara Pym, English literature in ge…
This study considers the six novels written by English novelist, Barbara Pym (1913-1980), between 1949 and 1963, which demonstrate the response of a specific class of people, represented by her heroines, to the dramatic social, cultural and demographic changes that took place in…
