imaginary literature bluejacket humanities

books:

Ben Johnson's Volpone or The Fox
Ben Johnson

Yale University Press, 1967

Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's Odyssey in World War II (Yale Library of Military History)

2 reviews
Alvin B. Kernan

Yale University Press, 2007

Kernan's Best WWII Book
When you think of a Princeton University professor who specializes in Shakespearean literature, you probably won't be visualizing someone who started adulthood by engaging in vicious aerial gunnery duels with Japanese fighters and otherwise living the stressful, profane, hazardous life of an enlisted sailor on three World War II aircraft carriers, one of which was sunk while he was aboard. Such ...

The Imaginary Library: An Essay on Literature and Society (Princeton Essays in Literature Series)

1 review
Alvin B. Kernan

Princeton Univ Pr, 1982

Adventures,science-fiction,all coming true-Verne's novels
There are few of us who haven't read at least one of the many novels that Jules Verne has written. J.Verne was one of the greatest writers the world has seen. Born in 1828,dead in 1905,he wrote best-sellers like "From the earth to the moon"(1865),"Around the world in 80 days(1873). "From the earth to the moon" is a science fiction novel,at least it war at that time.It is a story about ...

What's Happened to the Humanities?

Princeton University Press, 1997

This volume of specially commissioned essays presents the thoughts of some of the most distinguished American academic commentators on the fundamental changes that have taken place in the humanities in the latter part of the 20th century. In the transformation of American higher education from the university to the "demoversity", the humanities have become a less and less important part of education, a matter established by a statistical ...

The Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice (Signet Classic Shakespeare)

2 reviews
William Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet, 2008

WONDERFUL!
Though I am not a particular fan of Shakespearian work, I instantly fell in love wioth Othello. This play is one of the greatest things ever written. Never has a playwright combined love, extreme decpeption, jealousy, anger, and fear in a play like Shakespeare has in Othello. Even if you are not a fan of Shakespeare, I highlky recommend this play. If you do not wish to read the play then ...