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One of the most influential social activists of the twentieth century, A. J. Muste is remembered by some as a pioneering labor leader, by others for his work helping lay the foundations of the civil rights movement, and by many others for his tireless work for peace, justice, economic equality, and the protection of civil liberties. As a pastor, Muste's life and work were shaped by his Christian theology. This collection of Muste's sermons, sp...

Jeffrey Meyers, the author of highly acclaimed biographies of Hemingway and George Orwell, offers this masterly work on British novelist D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930). Meyers' fresh insights into Lawrence's life illuminate Lawrence's working-class childhood, his tempestuous marriage, and his death in France after the scandalous publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover, revealing Lawrence's complex method of intermingling autobiography and fiction. ...

This set comprises 40 volumes covering nineteenth and twentieth century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes. This second set compliments the first 68 volume set of Critical Heritage published by Routledge in October 1995. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information.Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.

The art world acknowledges Amedeo Modigliani, an Italian Jew from a bourgeois family, as a master whose oeuvre-sculptures, portraits, and nudes cannot satisfy collectors' demand. This biography sketches Modigliani and his art, illuminating this figure as well as the painters, writers, and lovers who shared early twentieth-century Paris with him.

This is the first and only reader to encompass the eclectic range representing the complete body of work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930): Sherlock Holmes tales, horror stories, nonfiction reporting, and, in its entirety, the apocalyptic novel "The Poison Belt.

Presents the full range of Maugham's literary capabilites, from his early works of social realism to his dramatic tales of love and revenge, to his pieces on travel to exotic lands.

Published to coincide with his centennial in May 2001, this definitive biography of a Hollywood icon portrays actor Gary Cooper as a man of complex and sophisticated tastes, as well as large appetites. Meyers offers a riveting, inside look at Cooper's career, his tempestuous relationships with Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman, Clara Bow, and Tallulah Bankhead, and his legendary friendship with Ernest Hemingway.

This biography of Edgar Allan Poe, a giant of American Literature who invented both the horror and detective genre, is a portrait of extremes: a disinherited heir, a brilliant but underpaid author, a temperate man and uncontrollable addict.