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Examining each of his full-length plays, this text explores the reasons behind the enduring power of Chekov's words. It shows how the plays relate to one another, Chekov's short stories and his life, and places them in the context of Russian and European drama and the larger culture of the period.

Aims to capture the man, his full career and the literary environment in which he lived. Drawing from Blunden's diaries, letters and personal papers, as well as from interviews with friends and colleagues, Webb traces the writer's life from his boyhood in Kent to his chair at Oxford in 1966.

Hough argues that the monotony of the modern landscape is a reflection of society's indifference to the diversity inherent in ecological systems and in human communities. He uses world-wide case studies to show how built areas work and how designers can maintain the identities of different places.

This work describes the formative years of Christianity - from the crucifixion of Jesus to the end of the second century of the common era - when Christian beliefs and practices shaped their moral order. The author compares the Christian viewpoint with Greco-Roman and Jewish thought.

Offers a critical exposition of German metaphysics and philosophy of logic during the 19th century. The argument is set in the context of the debate between "analytical" and "continental" philosophers and centres on the problem of reflection which Roberts claims is at the heart of both traditions.

How do military organizations assess strategic policy in war? This work develops a theory to explain how military and government leaders evaluate wartime performance, how much they change strategies in response to this evaluation, and why they are often at odds when discussing success or failure.

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc played an important role in the intellectual culture of his time. This work examines both the man and his circle, which included Pope Urban VIII and Galileo. It brings into focus the early 17th-century world of learning - its people, places and ideas.

What justifies democracy? This question is considered critically, examining answers others have given to it. The author also develops his own theory of democracy, arguing that it resembles a moral conversation and is valued because of its capacity to generate an impartial perspective.

A survey of the basic elements that have constituted psychological healing over the centuries. Dr Stanley Jackson seeks to show that healing practices, whether they come from the world of medicine, religion or philosophy, share certain elements that transcend space and time.

During a short but incredible life, Lola Montez transformed herself from middle-class British daughter to notorious adventurer, attracting admirers and scandal wherever she went. This biography uncovers the real story of one of the best-known women of the Victorian era.

This text brings together the best of the unpublished works of one of the outstanding American religious thinkers of the 20th century. These selected letters, sermons and essays show the breadth of H. Richard Niebuhr's interests and reveal his concern with integrating theology with practice.

This text argues that changing musical practice in 16th-century Europe affected 17th-century English thought on science and magic. It maps out the various relationships between these disciplines, using different historical, geographical, and social approaches.

This dictionary of the Igbo language, one of the national languages of Nigeria, focuses on basic words and phrases that the 20 million speakers of Igbo use most, with emphasis on the Owerri and Onitsha dialects. The index refers the user to the closest Igbo synonyms for English words.

Examining the life of Kurt Weill, this text explores the phases of the composer's life, from his childhood as the son of a cantor in the Jewish section of Dessau, Germany, to his renunciation of Germany in 1933. It also looks at his emigration to America (1935) and his premature death (1950).

A study of the influence of American literature, music and mythology on European music. Although the impact of the European tradition on Americans is widely acknowledged, Jack Sullivan demonstrates that a powerful musical current has flowed from the New World to the Old.

This study argues that Herodotus was both a historian and a master storyteller. Romm discusses the historical background of Herodotus' life and work, his moralistic approach to history, his fascination with people and places, his literary powers, and the question of historical "truth".

This study examines the social, economic and intellectual factors that caused German musical scholars to support the ideological aims of the Nazis, and argues that many of the ideas that served the regime survived the Nazi period to influence the conception of music history down to the present.

An anthology of film actors' views of the art and technique of playing to the camera. Its chronological and topical structure allows one actor to talk or argue with another as they offer astute - and often contradictory - opinions on a broad range of theoretical concerns.

Drawing on recently opened archives, the contributors to this volume challenge the commonly held view that the Bolsheviks enjoyed widespread support. They show instead that during this period Russian society was at war with itself and with the Bolsheviks.

One point on which the various helping professions agree is that the crucial factor in the success of therapy is the therapeutic alliance - the collaborative relationship a therapist forms with a patient. This work examines the prevailing ideas about the therapeutic alliance.

Taking an unorthodox look at the key philosophical assumptions in the social sciences, this work contends that social scientists such as anthropologists and sociologists ought not to leave philosophy to philosophers who have little expertise in or knowledge of the social sciences.

Teenage pregnancy is widely viewed as a significant social problem. This book argues that much of the problem stems from inaccurate perceptions of what the problem is. The problem, according to the text, is not teenagers who want sex too soon but a society that offers too little, too late.

Provides an interpretation of modern philosophy by developing Nietzsche's view that genuine philosophers set out to determine the direction of culture through their ideas and that they conceal the radical nature of their thought by their esoteric style.

Introduces the concept and history of dramma per musica. The text examines the contemporary reception and environment of this operatic tradition, analyzing its social and repertorial patterns and relating it to theories concerning French spoken drama and Italian libretto reform.