Provides a biography of Tolkien, entries on all his novels, stories, and poems, his published scholarly essays and lectures, important posthumously published works, and entries on related people, places, and topics.
"Significant because [it] traces the development process from the non-industrial societies to present-day socialist nations, includes scholars from the first and third worlds, and provides data for a comparative analysis of structural changes in gender relations, links productio…
"This book explores Leonardo's origins and the beginning of his career as an artist." "Leonardo da Vinci is often presented as the "Transcendent Genius," removed from or ahead of his time. This book, however, attempts to understand him in the context of Renaissance Florence. La…
"This book explores Leonardo's origins and the beginning of his career as an artist"-- "Leonardo da Vinci is often presented as the "Transcendent Genius," removed from or ahead of his time. This book, however, attempts to understand him in the context of Renaissance Florence. L…
"This book explores Leonardo's origins and the beginning of his career as an artist"-- "Leonardo da Vinci is often presented as the "Transcendent Genius," removed from or ahead of his time. This book, however, attempts to understand him in the context of Renaissance Florence. L…
Cultural historian Rosenbaum gives readers a way of rethinking the greatest works of the human imagination, as he shakes up much that we thought we understood about a vital subject and renews our sense of excitement and urgency. Rather than raking over worn-out fragments of biog…
"Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) was renowned as one of the founding figures of "analytic" philosophy, and for his lasting contributions to the study of logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics and epistemology. He was also famous for his popular works, where his hu…
Often regarded as the greatest German poet of the 20th century, Rainer Maria Rilke remains one of the most influential figures of European modernism. This guide provides an accessible account of this extraordinary poet.