This study incorporates findings of the 1932-1939 excavations.Originally published in 1962.The Princeton Legacy Library uses
the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the ...
Whereas modern criticism has emphasized the unity and sense of permanence in The Canterbury Tales,
John Ganim alerts us to a dialectically opposing dimension that Chaucer's poetics shares with the popular culture of the late Middle Ages: his celebration of ...
The question of what it takes to be a man comes under scrutiny in this
sharp, often playful, cultural critique of the German duel--the deadliest type of one-on-one combat in fin-de-siécle Europe. At a time when dueling was generally restricted ...
In Enhancing Evolution, leading bioethicist John Harris dismantles objections to genetic engineering, stem-cell research, designer
babies, and cloning and makes an ethical case for biotechnology that is both forthright and rigorous. Human enhancement, Harris argues, is a good thinggood morally, ...
Contents: PART I:1. The African Challenge to Democracy. PART II: 2. Historical Background. 3. The
Physical and Economic Environment. PART III: 4. The Traditionally Oriented System. 5. Political Organization Among the Akan. 6. Patterns of Indirect Rule. 7. The Politics ...
In contrast to those critics who consistently have accused Soren Kierkegaard of neglecting the social
dimension of human life, John Elrod holds that in those books written after the publication of Concluding Unscientific Postscript Kierkegaard turned his attention to the ...
John Norton Moore, the most prominent legal scholar to defend a position basically in agreement
with the present Administration, presents a coherent, well-argued interpretation of the specific legal issues raised by U.S. involvement in Vietnam and their implications for international ...
This textual and intertextual analysis of the dialogue in Jean de Meun's Roman de la
Rose combines specific close readings of texts with a rich theoretical argument to establish Reason's moral primacy in the poem's economy.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton ...