history and criticism

Book on W.C. Fields discussing his career, films, and life.

Contains six lectures delivered during the 1951-1952 academic year at Harvard University.

Six authors discuss the problems and pleasures of reinventing the past.

Explores the development of Japanese literature from the seventh to the mid-sixteenth centuries, emphasizing the historical and social context of the literary works discussed, and the relationship between Japanese works and Western and Chinese literature.

Offers brief descriptions of books, periodicals, and special library collections where the user can seek out information on the many kinds of popular music, past and present.

A history of American music, its diversity, and the cultural influences that helped it develop.

A guide to classical music covering such topics as rhythm, melody, tonal color, the evolution of musical instruments, musical categories, and major periods of music.