Italian-American Barbara Grizzuti Harrison travels to Italy to find her roots, in an Abruzzi village where her mother was born. En route, she provides us with a loving, insightful look at the country.
This gorgeous book sets out art and architecture, history and folklore, literature and--of course--food in a glorious feast for the spirit and the senses. The author of Italian Days captures the essence of these irresistible isles. A perfect gift for lovers of Italy. 110 color photographs.
This work provides the background to Shakespeare's plays. The author shows how Shakespeare came to occupy his current position at the pinnacle of English literature, how little we know of his life and how recent scholarship has made immense strides in illuminating his works. Subsequent chapters consider what we know about the social and political ...
The author of Italian Days spreads before us the rich abundance of life and documents a love affair with the world. From Bensonhurst to Budapset to Morocco, from Gore Vidal's Roman apartment to a plane ride with Governor Mario Cuomo, through Harrison's personal testimony, these essays constitute a luminous reflection of our world.
Representing English poets from the 14th to the 19th century, this anthology includes over 200 poems by over 60 poets. They are arranged chronologically and early English has been made accessible to the modern reader. Extracts are given, where necessary, so that longer works are not overlooked.
An unconventional memoir which the author states is "an autobiography in which I am not the main character." She gives us her thoughts on men, rooms, food, scars, illness, and "things."
This is the first volume in a set that provides a detailed and intimate account of the Elizabethan and Jacobean world picture. The volumes convey life as it was in the days of Shakespeare, King James, the Gunpowder Plot, and the dicoveries of Galileo.
An unconventional memoir which the author states is "an autobiography in which I am not the main character." She gives us her thoughts on men, rooms, food, scars, illness, and "things."
This isthe fourth volume in a set that provides a detailed and intimate account of the Elizabethan and Jacobean world picture. The volumes convey life as it was in the days of Shakespeare, King James, the Gunpowder Plot, and the dicoveries of Galileo.
Science is central to understanding most environmental problems and the solutions proposed to remedy them. But environmental issues are highly emotive, attracting extremists from across the political spectrum even in the rarified air of international politics. This book seeks to explain what science and politics are in the context of environmental ...
This volume presents a collection of pieces from a celebrated world-class scholar and interpreter of Latin poetry, focusing on the interpretation of Virgil's Aeneid. It forms the sequel to two widely influential earlier books on Virgil by the same author and translates and adds to a collection of papers published in Italian in 2002. Its central ...
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