intellectual life

Alphabetically arranged entries provide information on the lives and works of more than seventy-five seventeenth-century British and American writers.

John Tytell chronicles his life-long love of reading, reflecting on the many books that had significant impact on his life.

Chronicles the life of William Butler Yeats from 1915 to 1939 against the backdrop of the Irish revolution, discussing how the country's turmoil influenced his life and his writing.

Examines ancient Greek thought and their beliefs about knowledge, with sections on the following topics: philosophy, politics, the pursuit of knowledge, major figures, and currents of thought.

Describes Ireland's literary movement at the turn of the century.

Describes the events of the Harlem Renaissance and explains its impact on arts and culture, in a book where the reader's choices reveal the historical details from three different perspectives.

"The nineteenth century was a time of unprecedented change, and nowhere was this more apparent than London. In only a few decades, the capital grew from a compact Regency town into a sprawling metropolis of 6.5 million inhabitants, the largest city the world had ever seen. Technology--railways, street-lighting, and sewers--transformed both the city and the experience of city-living, as London expanded in every direction"--Jacket flap.

Offers an overview of the culture and customs of Croatia, discussing the country's people, land, history, religion, economy, social structure, cuisine, fashions, and arts.

A novel based on the life of Vladimir Nabokov's gay brother Sergey, from his wealth and position in pre-revolutionay Russia, Cambridge University, and to the Parisian salon of Gertrude Stein, Sergey lives the life of an opium addict with a troubling love life in the shadow of his brilliant brother when he takes to to living in Berlin, he is eventully arrested and sent to a camp in 1945.