A book on modern mythology

The Rise of Modern Mythology is a voice of reason in the contemporary maelstrom of international religious violence and American pluralism; more than any book I know, it ...

Writing was the central passion of Emerson’s life. While his thoughts on the craft are well developed in “The Poet,” “The American Scholar,” Nature, “Goethe,” and “Persian ...

Offers a view of Thoreau's life and his extraordinary achievement in their nineteenth-century context.

"A gorgeous edition" (Boston Globe) of Thoreau's classic work, enhanced with an illuminating essay and beautiful watercolors.

This volume maintains that film and literature are not entirely the different, opposing disciplines that they are held to be. The author demonstrates the relationship of film ...

Written in Persian in the eleventh century, Omar Khayyam's quatrains, known as rubai, were written individually for an audience at court, and explored the meanings of life ...

This comprehensive portrait of Emerson draws from newly available material, including correspondence between the Emerson brothers.

Introduction1. Mortification2. Gestation3. Appetites and Affections: 1847-18554. Other People's Rules: 1855-18605. Spiritual Dangers: 1860-18656. Descent: 1866-18707. Absolute ...