Bangdel, fifty years of his art

Legendary Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer (3 February 1889-20 March 1968) was born in Copenhagen to a single mother, Josefine Bernhardine Nilsson, a Swede. His Danish father, ...

Abstract This is the autobiography of Michel Legrand (1932–2019), the famous French composer and songwriter best known for his Oscar-winning movie soundtracks, in...

Abstract This book aims to extend our understanding of Lord Byron’s poetry—as opposed to his life and legend—by offering fifty very short discussions of his best poe...

Reaching beyond politics and law, this book focuses on Thomas Jefferson as an aesthetic classicist. Jefferson embraced the influence of antiquity through his adoption of class...

Henri II Estienne (1531-98) was the most outstanding member of his family’s long-lived publishing dynasty. He continued the work of his father, Robert, by publishing many unedited ...

Abstract Few today think of Andrew Jackson as a religious man. Actually, the American military hero and president professed Christianity throughout his life. Raised ...

Jesse Jackson, a powerful orator and indefatigable organizer, has been one of the most dynamic forces for social and political action in both the national and international arenas,...