Using the US as a case study, this study examines the public life of literature between the late 18th and the early 20th centuries, bringing together the develo...
Explores acousmatic sound - sound coming from outside the field of vision, from somewhere beyond. An unusual and neglected word 'acousmatic' was first introduce...
The first comprehensive treatment of Latin figures of repetition, this poetic handbook includes over ten thousand quotations from Ennius to Juvenal, with numero...
"The aesthetic changes in late Roman literature speak to the foundations of modern Western culture. The dawn of a modern way of being in the world, one that mos...
"Lament seems to have been universal in the ancient world. As such, it is an excellent touchstone for the comparative study of attitudes toward death and the af...
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"Throughout the past millennium, certain Tibetan Buddhist yogins have taken on profoundly norm-overturning modes of dress and behavior, including draping themse...
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