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The Old Glory Endecott and the Red Cross; My Kinsman, Major Molineux; and Benito Cereno

Robert Lowell
Winner of Five Obies, now back in print after fifteen years, a stage adaptation of classic stories by Hawthorne and Melville In the three plays in The Old Glory--Endecott and the Red Cross ; My Kinsman, Major Molineux ; and Benito Cereno --the most powerful figure in postwar American poetry confronts the most haunting American fiction writers of the nineteenth century. The result is a mythical, nightmare history of three centuries in America. In Endecott and the Red Cross, Hawthorne's Puritan governor, horrified by his colony's high living, declares, "Everything in America will be Bible, blood and iron. / England will no longer exist." The other two plays, based on Hawthorne's My Kinsman, Major Molineux and Melville's Benito Cereno , take up the themes of parricide and independence: one in Boston on the eve of the Revolutionary War, the other on a merchant ship in the Caribbean in the early nineteenth century. The plays were first performed in 1964, when the poet Randall Jarrell wrote: "I have never seen a better American play than Benito Cereno , the major play in Robert Lowell's The Old Glory . . . The play is a masterpiece of imaginative knowledge."
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2000-08-15 208 pages

The emotions

Plutchik, Robert
This updated edition adds some new definitions of the emotions, new developments in emotional theory, selected additional references, and a new preface. In its basic volume it outlines in detail a model of primary emotions and their mixtures. It also examines the various problems that have plagued research in this area and shows how the model helps to resolve and clarify these issues. Using material from both psychoanalytic and behavioristic sources, as well as other theoretical viewpoints, this book remains a very comprehensive and valuable study. Originally published by Random House in 1962.
University Press of America 1991-07-25 216 pages

The benefactor

Sontag, Susan
"The Benefactor" is Susan Sontag's first book and first novel. It was originally published in 1963, and introduced a unique writer to the world. In the form of a memoir by a latter-day Candide named Hippolyte, "The Benefactor" leads us on a kind of psychic Grand Tour, in which Hippolyte's violently imaginative dream life becomes indistinguishable from his surprising experiences in the 'real world'.
Writers and Readers 1983 273 pages

Thunder Out of China

Theodore H. White
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Creative Media Partners, LLC 2017-08-24 310 pages

Bad Girl

Viña Delmar
A daring novel that shocked the Jazz Age-and still burns with truth today. In Bad Girl, Viña Delmar rips the glittering mask off 1920s romance and exposes the real heartbeat of a generation caught between desire, convention, and survival. In roaring-era New York City, a young woman refuses to play by society's rules. She wants love-but she also wants freedom, respect, and a life that belongs to her alone. When Dorothy, a working-class shop girl with a wild streak, falls for Eddie, a man as stubborn and passionate as she is, their story explodes into a storm of love, pride, independence, and consequence. Beneath the flapper sparkle and jazz-club heat lies a deeply modern struggle: how far can a woman go to live life on her own terms before the world calls her a bad girl? First published in 1928, Bad Girl became an instant bestseller and scandal, earning Delmar both fame and controversy. Banned in some cities and celebrated in others, it was later adapted into an Oscar-winning Hollywood film-one of the first movies to portray love and marriage with raw honesty and emotional depth. Rediscovered today, this lost feminist classic captures the power and vulnerability of women carving out identity in a rapidly changing world. Bad Girl speaks directly to fans of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, Anita Loos, and Edna Ferber-readers who crave authentic emotion, smart social commentary, and unforgettable storytelling.
Wilder Publications, Incorporated 2025-10-23 210 pages

Bad Girl

Delmar, Viña
In Viña Delmar's breakthrough novel, "Bad Girl," the author takes readers on a gripping journey through the tenements and working-class married life of 1920s America. Published in 1928, this cautionary tale delves into the controversial themes of premarital sex, pregnancy, and childbirth. The unexpected and immediate sensation of the novel led to its notoriety, even facing a ban in Boston initially. Despite the challenges, "Bad Girl" soared to new heights, becoming the Literary Guild's April 1928 selection and climbing the Publishers Weekly fiction bestseller list to peak at No. 4. Step into the world of societal taboos and forbidden love in this compelling narrative that captivated readers and secured its place as a bestseller in 1928.
Independently published 2024-02-03 166 pages

Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Buber

Walter Kaufmann
21. "A Brief Evaluation of Nietzsche's Theory." Three Attempts to Discredit It. Stephen Potter, Est. Hitler. Women. St. Paul. Camus. -- 22. "Universal Laws" Versus "A Mere Working Hypothesis."--Part III: Nietzsche: Psychology of World Views, Psychohistory, and Masks -- 23. "Nietzsche's Third Major Contribution ... 'The Psychology of World Views.' " Resentment. Psychology of Faith. -- 24. "Nietzsche's Fourth Major Contribution ... He Pioneered Psychohistory."--25. "The Origin of the 'Bad Conscience.' " -- 26. "Nietzsche's Fifth and Final Contribution ... His Philosophy of Masks." The Relevant Material. Contrast with Sartre. -- 27. Nietzsche did not Think of Masks as Necessarily Inauthentic and Evil." Roles and Women. -- 28. "How can Nietzsche Reconcile His Non-Judgmental Attitude toward Masks ... with His Celebration of 'The Intellectual Conscience'?" -- 29. "Whatever is Profound Loves Masks." -- 30. "Many German Philosophers ... have Tried to Reconcile Kant and Nietzsche." -- Part IV: Heidegger's Dogmatic Anthropology -- 31. "It was Heidegger's Discovery of Nietzsche that Precipitated the Later Phase of his Philosophy." "I am no Philosopher." "I am a 'Christian theologian.'" -- 32. Heidegger's Reading of Nietzsche Rests on Three Very Clear and Simple Principles." -- 33. "The Central Point of my Critique of Heidegger is to Show How He Impeded the Discovery of the mind." "His Influence" "I shall Concentrate on S & Z." -- 34. First Thesis: Heidegger's 'Existential Ontology' is Dubious Anthropology." -- 35. "Second Thesis: Heidegger's Thinking is Deeply Authoritarian." -- 36. "He Says a Hundred Things I've been Unconsciously Hoping to Hear from Someone who Could Assert them with Authority." "Husserl's and Heidegger's Bias Against Empirical Science and Psychology in Particular was Rooted in their Hunger for Certainty and Apodictic Discourse
[distributor] Taylor & Francis, c/o Bookpoint 2017-09-20 308 pages

Protestant, Catholic, Jew: an essay in American religious sociology

Herberg, Will
"The most honored discussion of American religion in mid-twentieth century times is Will Herberg's Protestant-Catholic-Jew . . . . [It] spoke precisely to the mid-century condition and speaks in still applicable ways to the American condition and, at its best, the human condition."—Martin E. Marty, from the Introduction "In Protestant-Catholic-Jew Will Herberg has written the most fascinating essay on the religious sociology of America that has appeared in decades. He has digested all the relevant historical, sociological and other analytical studies, but the product is no mere summary of previous findings. He has made these findings the basis of a new and creative approach to the American scene. It throws as much light on American society as a whole as it does on the peculiarly religious aspects of American life. Mr. Herberg. . . illumines many facets of the American reality, and each chapter presents surprising, and yet very compelling, theses about the religious life of this country. Of all these perhaps the most telling is his thesis that America is not so much a melting pot as three fairly separate melting pots."—Reinhold Niebuhr, New Yorks Times Book Review
University of Chicago Press 1983-10-15 309 pages

Immunity in Infective Diseases

Elie Metchnikoff
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Creative Media Partners, LLC 2022-10-27 606 pages

Why psychoanalysis?

Roudinesco, Elisabeth
Why do some people still choose psychoanalysis-Freud's so-called talking cure-when numerous medications are available that treat the symptoms of psychic distress so much faster? Elisabeth Roudinesco tackles this difficult question, exploring what she sees as a "depressive society": an epidemic of distress addressed only by an increasing reliance on prescription drugs. Far from contesting the efficacy of new medications like Prozac, Zoloft, and Viagra in alleviating the symptoms of any number of mental or nervous conditions, Roudinesco argues that the use of such drugs fails to solve patients' real problems. In the man who takes Viagra without ever wondering why he is suffering from impotence and the woman who is given antidepressants to deal with the loss of a loved one, Roudinesco sees a society obsessed with efficiency and desperate for the quick fix. She argues that "the talking cure" and pharmacology represent not just different approaches to psychiatry, but different worldviews. The rush to treat symptoms is itself symptomatic of an antiseptic and depressive culture in which thought is reduced to the firing of neurons and desire is just a chemical secretion. In contrast, psychoanalysis testifies to human freedom and the power of language.
Columbia University Press 2002 181 pages