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Ernest Hemingway has been regarded as a fiercely heterosexual writer who advocated and embodied an exaggerated masculinity. This book focuses exclusively on gender in Hemingway's writing, demonstrating the complexity of issues of gender and sexuality in his work.

In 1850 seven South Carolina slaves were photographed at the request of the famous naturalist Louis Agassiz to provide evidence of the supposed biological inferiority of Africans. Lost for many years, the photographs were rediscovered in the attic of Harvards Peabody Museum in 1976. In the first narrative history of these images, Molly Rogers tells the story of the photographs, the people they depict, and the men who made and used them. Weaving together the histories of race, science, and photography in nineteenth-century America, Rogers explores the invention and uses of photography, the scientific theories the images were intended to support and how these related to the race politics of the time, the meanings that may have been found in the photographs, and the possible reasons why they were lost for a century or more. Each image is accompanied by a brief fictional vignette about the subjects life as imagined by Rogers; these portraits bring the seven subjects to life, adding a fascinating human dimension to the historical material.

A collection of letters written by Robert Louis Stevenson throughout his remarkable life. Selected from the eight critically-acclaimed volumes of Stevenson's letters, the letters have been annotated and put in context by the editor, an authority on Stevenson's life and work.

Examines Western perceptions of war in and beyond the 19th century, surveying the writings of novelists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, poets, natural scientists, journalists and soldiers to trace the origins of modern philosophies about the nature of war and conflict.

For more than 2000 years, Confucius has been a fundamental part of China's history. This book negotiates the reconstructions, guess-work and numerous Chinese texts in order to establish an account of the thinker's life and legacy. It shows how Confucius lived and thought, his habits and inclinations, and his work as a teacher and as a counsellor.

Hailed as one of the most groundbreaking, expressive and neglected painters of the 17th century, Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656) has figured prominently in the art historical discourse of the past two decades. This book provides a revolutionary look at Artemisia's later career, refuting longstanding assumptions about the artist.

This guide shows that from prehistoric Stonehenge and Avebury to railway age Swindon, the rolling countryside of Wiltshire encompasses every aspect of English building. Thirteenth-century Salisbury cathedral is set in a spacious close, within a planned medieval town.

The first account of the role Britain played in Einstein's life-first by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the Nazis

A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain's trade, exploration, and warfare

An entirely original account of Victoria's relationship with the Raj, which shows how India was central to the Victorian monarchy from as early as 1837 In this engaging and controversial book, Miles Taylor shows how both Victoria and Albert were spellbound by India, and argues that the Queen was humanely, intelligently, and passionately involved with the country throughout her reign and not just in the last decades. Taylor also reveals the way in which Victoria's influence as empress contributed significantly to India's modernization, both political and economic. This is, in a number of respects, a fresh account of imperial rule in India, suggesting that it was one of Victoria's successes.

The author pens an engaging and original account of 1921, a pivotal year for Churchill that had a lasting impact on his political and personal legacy.

Religious liberty is usually examined within a larger discussion of church-state relations, but Thomas Kselman looks at several individuals in Restoration France whose high-profile conversions fascinated their contemporaries. Exploring their reasons and the repercussions they faced, Kselman demonstrates how this expanded sense of liberty informs our secular age. --

An incisive narrative history of the Islamic State, from the 2005 master plan to reestablish the Caliphate to its quest for Final Victory in 2020

This volume chronicles 100 years of dramatic developments in ballet, modern and experimental dance for stage and screen in Europe and North America, encompassing the history of theatrical dance from 1900 through to 2000.

Charts some of Modernism's key stages, from Durer, Rabelais, and Cervantes to the present, bringing together an array of artists, musicians, and writers - including Beckett, Borges, Friedrich, Cezanne, Stevens, Robbe-Grillet, Beethoven, and Wordsworth.

C S Lewis (1898-1963) is best remembered as a literary critic, essayist, theologian, and novelist, and his famed tales "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "The Screwtape Letters" have been read by millions. This title reveals a different side of this diverse man of letters: translator.

Sheds light on John Henry Newman's celebrated account of his passage from the Church of England to the Roman Catholic Church. This title repositions his narrative within the broader spiritual crosscurrents of the Victorian age and the transformative religious journeys of other Victorian intellectuals.

Frederick Barbarossa, born of two of Germany's most powerful families, swept to the imperial throne in a coup d'A(c)tat in 1152. A leading monarch of the Middle Ages, he legalized the dualism between the crown and the princes that endured until the end of the Holy Roman Empire. A This new biography, the first in English in four decades, paints a rich picture of a consummate diplomat and effective warrior. John Freed mines Barbarossa's recently published charters and other sources to illuminate the monarch's remarkable ability to rule an empire that stretched from the Baltic to Rome, and from France to Poland. Offering a fresh assessment of the role of Barbarossa's extensive familial network in his success, the author also considers the impact of Frederick's death in the Third Crusade as the key to his lasting heroic reputation. In an intriguing epilogue, Freed explains how Hitler's audacious attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 came to be called "e;Operation Barbarossa."e;