Examining how a single book inspired devotion, dread, and lasting superstition in Russian letters When James Joyce first published Ulysses in 1922, the book enjoyed a hearty welcome in the Soviet Union. In fact, Russian was the second language into which excerpts were translated. However, the early enthusiasm soon gave way to apprehension, and ......
Examining how a single book inspired devotion, dread, and lasting superstition in Russian letters When James Joyce first published Ulysses in 1922, the book enjoyed a hearty welcome in the Soviet Union. In fact, Russian was the second language into which excerpts were translated. However, the early enthusiasm soon gave way to apprehension, and ......
From Petition to Patient in Early Massachusetts, 1730-1820
Revealing how people in need advocated for and negotiated their own care until the development of standardized medicine The Voices of Need uncovers how men and women in Charlestown, Massachusetts, who turned to municipal authorities for aid, actively shaped how their need was understood and addressed. Through a close examination of Charlestown's ......
Rediscovering the quietly radical writing of a poet who chose simplicity, solitude, and contemplation over modern haste American author Robert Francis, whom Robert Frost called "the best neglected poet," lived in Amherst, Massachusetts from the 1920s to the 1980s. As an underappreciated but prolific poet, Francis authored eight poetry ......
Rediscovering the quietly radical writing of a poet who chose simplicity, solitude, and contemplation over modern haste American author Robert Francis, whom Robert Frost called "the best neglected poet," lived in Amherst, Massachusetts from the 1920s to the 1980s. As an underappreciated but prolific poet, Francis authored eight poetry ......
Exploring the books and reading practices behind the creation of Transcendentalist philosophy and community Transcendentalism emerged in early 19th century New England as a uniquely American philosophical, spiritual, and literary movement. Its first generation of thinkers-including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore Parker, and Margaret ......
Exploring the books and reading practices behind the creation of Transcendentalist philosophy and community Transcendentalism emerged in early 19th century New England as a uniquely American philosophical, spiritual, and literary movement. Its first generation of thinkers-including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore Parker, and Margaret ......
The first full-length biography of a consequential figure in twentieth-century American politics In 1962, Edward W. Brooke (1919-2015) upended political convention by becoming the first popularly elected African American attorney general of Massachusetts. His victory was striking not only because Massachusetts was an overwhelmingly white state ......
The first full-length biography of a consequential figure in twentieth-century American politics In 1962, Edward W. Brooke (1919-2015) upended political convention by becoming the first popularly elected African American attorney general of Massachusetts. His victory was striking not only because Massachusetts was an overwhelmingly white state ......
