Described by Henry James as “much less a book than a state of vision,” “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is probably the most influential work of fiction in American history. Stowe’s moving Christian epic turned millions of Americans against slavery, bringing the “peculiar institution” immeasurably closer to its fiery destruction. In “The
T.S. Eliot- 4 Vols.Critical Assessment of Contemporary Economists Part of the “Critical Assessments of Writers in English” series, the aim of which is to provide complete collections of previously published, formative critical assessments covering the whole work of individual writers. They should be useful to serious readers of literature, researchers
Tang and liao ceramics One of his several works on early Chinese ceramics, this one deals with the Tang dynasty (618-907) and Liao dynasty (947-1125) in his usual very well read up way, in most cases referring back to the Chinese original sources that to a large extent is excavation
