Box of delights

Given the complexity and expense of making and distributing a film, the process of filmmaking is by its very nature a political process. Moreover, given the power and persuasivenes...

This chapter explores reading diaries to illustrate the bibliographic world in which individual readers encountered novels. From the recording of a baffled enjoyment of Tristram Sh...

The earliest story of judgment comes in the Iliad with the Judgment of Paris and the ensuing Trojan Wars. The chapter suggests we have concealed important insights from this story,...

Abstract Richard Rodgers was one of America’s most prolific and best-loved composers. A world without “My Funny Valentine,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” “Blue Moon,” and “...