Dieser Autor erlangte Berühmtheit vor allem als Biograf, der sich auf prägende Persönlichkeiten der amerikanischen Geschichte und Kultur konzentrierte. Sein tiefes Interesse an Helden und ihrem Erbe spiegelt sich in seinen aufschlussreichen Darstellungen wider. Als Herausgeber von Bartlett's Familiar Quotations bewies er seine meisterhafte Beherrschung der Sprache und ihrer historischen Resonanz.
In Pocket Aristotle the author, Justin D. Kaplan brings to life selections from Aristotle. Included in this edition are the most widely read, studied, and quoted works of the great philosopher. The editor's notes give the reader a convenient and concise review of each work.
The narrative follows Huck as he escapes his abusive father and the constraints of societal norms, embarking on a thrilling journey down the Mississippi River with Jim, a runaway slave. Their adventures prompt Huck to confront his moral beliefs and the prevailing social values of his time. Mark Twain's work critiques racism and class prejudices while employing regional dialects and humor. This novel stands out as a pioneering piece in American literature, offering sharp social commentary on 19th-century life through its satirical lens.
Traces the lives of cousins William Waldorf Astor and John Jacob Astor IV, rivals who pursued separate ambitions, built the original Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and influenced social behavior before John Jacob perished aboard the Titanic.
This Library of America edition is the most comprehensive volume of the work of Walt Whitman ever published. It includes all of his poetry and what he considered his complete prose. It is also the only collection that includes, in exactly the form in which it appeared in 1855, the first edition of Leaves of Grass . This was the book, a commercial failure, which prompted Emerson’s famous message to Whitman: “I greet you at the beginning of a great career.” These twelve poems, including what were later to be entitled “Song of Myself” and “I Sing the Body Electric,” and a preface announcing the author’s poetic theories, were the first stage of a massive, lifelong work. Six editions and some thirty-seven years later, Leaves of Grass had become one of the central volumes in the history of world poetry.