The Library of John Montgomerie, Colonial Governor of New York and New Jersey
Title | The Library of John Montgomerie, Colonial Governor of New York and New Jersey PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin J. Hayes |
Publisher | University of Delaware Press |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780874137118 |
The group included men who would influence the two colonies for the next several decades. Though Montgomerie spent only a short time in New York and had little impact on either New York or New Jersey history, his books exerted a lasting influence on the thought of colonial New York's political and intellectual elite."--BOOK JACKET.
Shakespeare and the Making of America
Title | Shakespeare and the Making of America PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin J. Hayes |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 2020-08-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1445688077 |
Utilising new and original research, Kevin J. Hayes looks at the role and influence of Shakespeare in eighteenth century America. Hayes, winner of the 2018 George Washington Book Prize, offers an exciting new perspective on the history of both Shakespeare scholarship and the United States.
Critical Confessions Now
Title | Critical Confessions Now PDF eBook |
Author | Abdulhamit Arvas |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2022 |
Genre | Confession |
ISBN | 3031185080 |
This book is based on the postmedieval journal special issue Critical Confessions Now. These chapters on confessions exhibit great diversity and take up different disciplinary approaches by scholars who stand at various stages of their careers. They address not only different time periods but also various linguistic and cultural contexts. Contributors deploy a wide array of methods, critical approaches, and narrative voices, and contributors assumed the confessional voice with a whole host of affective responses — from enthusiasm to cautious hesitation to outright discomfort. Previously published in postmedieval Volume 11, issue 2-3, August 2020.
The Library of Benjamin Franklin
Title | The Library of Benjamin Franklin PDF eBook |
Author | Edwin Wolf |
Publisher | American Philosophical Society |
Pages | 1012 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780871692573 |
Beginning in the 1950s, Edwin Wolf 2nd embarked on a biblio'l. quest to reconstruct the library of Benjamin Franklin, which was the largest & best private library in Amer. at the time of his death & was subsequently dispersed. The contents of Franklin's library were virtually unknown until Wolf identified the unique shelfmarks that Franklin used to organize his books. That discovery allowed Wolf to locate 2,700 titles in 1,000 vols. that Franklin actually owned. Wolf also identified a further 700 titles owned by Franklin. After wolf's death, Kevin Hayes took up the project & brought it to fruition. This catalogue includes almost 4,000 books known to have been owned by Franklin, & the Intro. tells the complete story of Franklin's library, its dispersal, & its reconstruction.
New York Burning
Title | New York Burning PDF eBook |
Author | Jill Lepore |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 423 |
Release | 2007-12-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0307427005 |
Pulitzer Prize Finalist and Anisfield-Wolf Award Winner In New York Burning, Bancroft Prize-winning historian Jill Lepore recounts these dramatic events of 1741, when ten fires blazed across Manhattan and panicked whites suspecting it to be the work a slave uprising went on a rampage. In the end, thirteen black men were burned at the stake, seventeen were hanged and more than one hundred black men and women were thrown into a dungeon beneath City Hall. Even back in the seventeenth century, the city was a rich mosaic of cultures, communities and colors, with slaves making up a full one-fifth of the population. Exploring the political and social climate of the times, Lepore dramatically shows how, in a city rife with state intrigue and terror, the threat of black rebellion united the white political pluralities in a frenzy of racial fear and violence.
Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries
Title | Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries PDF eBook |
Author | Department of Information & Collections |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 758 |
Release | 2005-12-21 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9781402038181 |
The Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries aims at recording articles of scholarly value which relate to the history of the printed book, to the history of arts, crafts, techniques and equipment, and of the economic social and cultural environment, involved in its production, distribution, conservation and description.
The Oxford Handbook of Early American Literature
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Early American Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin J. Hayes |
Publisher | OUP USA |
Pages | 653 |
Release | 2008-02-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 019518727X |
Organized primarily in terms of genre, this handbook includes original research on key concepts, as well as analysis of interesting texts from throughout colonial America. Separate chapters are devoted to literary genres of great importance at the time of their composition that have been neglected in recent decades.