Klein's openness and warmth are reflected everywhere in her famous book, from the opening account of her family in prewar Poland to her three-year imprisonment in German work camps. On May 7, 1945, she was liberated by the U.S....

Statesman, political thinker, orator, and ardent campaigner, Edmund Burke was one of the most brilliant figures of the eighteenth century. This unorthodox biography focuses on Burke's thoughts, responses, and actions to the great...

In Stripped Naked , Stratford tells, with humor, heart, and honesty, how she and her therapists met each of her multiple personalities. The book addresses the key issues of recognizing abuse and alternative selves and describes...

This collection features 301 letters between Giuseppe Verdi and his last most gifted librettist, Arrigo Boito. This edition contains a new introduction by Marcello Conati, improvements and updatings to the original edition and an...

A magnificent collection of caricatures by the oldest and most distinguished practising cartoonist in Britain. The bulk of them date from his greatest period when he drew the major figures of World War II, from the goodies like...

Die Studien und Texte zur Sozialgeschichte der Literatur (STSL) veroffentlichen seit 1975 herausragende literatur-, geschichts- und kulturwissenschaftliche Arbeiten zu vornehmlich deutscher Literatur vom Mittelalter bis zur...

In the 1960s, Roazen interviewed more than 70 people who had known Freud personally, ranging from relatives to patients. The notes Roazen took during these interviews provide the basis for this book. Part personal reminiscence,...

In this book, the author, a Jewish Canadian from Montreal who has been an American academic for most of his career, re-examines his cultural roots and connections. The problem of Canada and Canadian identity lies at the heart of...