Scroggins' very readable biography mixes impeccable scholarship with an astute sensitivity to the life of a cerebral, private man and a lucid appraisal of a poetry notable for its musicality and formal innovations. Scroggins' discussions of Zukofsky's important long poem "A" are…
In this broadly recognized classic of historical commentary, Henry Hobhouse traces the wondrous cultural impact of six common plants on humanity worldwide. Hobhouse argues that man's developing need for these little seeds determined the direction of human history. And as a resul…