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Van Gogh and Music
A Symphony in Blue and Yellow
“Ah! . . . to make of painting what the music of Berlioz and Wagner has been before us . . . a consolatory art for distressed hearts!”—Vincent van Gogh This engaging book is the first in-depth investigation...
American Enlightenments
Pursuing Happiness in the Age of Reason
A provocative reassessment of the concept of an American golden age of European-born reason and intellectual curiosity in the years following the Revolutionary War The accepted myth of the “American...
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 20
Johnson on Demand: Reviews, Prefaces, and Ghost-Writings
The next volume in the distinguished Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson comprises prefaces, proposals, dedications, appeals, and other works that Johnson wrote for friends and acquaintances. The...
Arabs
A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires
A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab peoples and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a...
On Political Obligation
A compelling set of lectures on political obligation that contributes to ongoing debates in political theory and intellectual history This stimulating collection of lectures by the late Judith Shklar on...
World of Trouble
A Philadelphia Quaker Family’s Journey through the American Revolution
An intimate account of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of a Quaker pacifist couple living in Philadelphia "Describe[s] in illuminating detail the sometimes dramatic experiences of this...
Yale French Studies, Number 135-136
Existentialism, 70 Years After
Focused on existentialism, this issue explores current writers, thinkers, and texts affiliated with the movement In 1948, Yale French Studies devoted its inaugural issue to existentialism. This...
Fur
A Sensitive History
A groundbreaking, informative, and thought-provoking exploration of fur’s fashionable and controversial history The first and only book of its kind, Fur: A Sensitive History looks at the impact of...
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes
Third Edition
This is a landmark intellectual history of Britain’s working classes from the preindustrial era to the twentieth century. Drawing on workers’ memoirs, social surveys, library registers, and more, Jonathan Rose uncovers which...
The Lenses of Gender
Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequality
In this book a leading theorist on sex and gender discusses how hidden assumptions embedded in our cultural discourses, social institutions, and individual psyches perpetuate male power and oppress women and sexual minorities...