Obstfeld, Raymond

Contains articles that provide information about French leader Napoleon Bonaparte, discussing the major influences on his character and career, his domestic and foreign policies, his military career, and his legacy.

Presents twenty-one works of criticism on Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick, " discussing its language, style, symbols, themes, religious references, and characters and relating the novel to American society, and provides a chronology and further reading list.

Contains twenty-four essays that examine various aspects of the Renaissance, looking at the period as the age of humanism, and discussing politics and exploration, religion and philosophy, science, art, and daily life.