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The time has come to take another look at Longfellow, America's most popular poet. Christoph Irmscher overturns the modern prejudice against Longfellow as the mere purveyor of literary comfort food. Examining his unpublished papers alongside letters written by his fans at home and abroad, Irmscher offers a fresh view of the poet's connection with his audience. Irmscher demonstrates that Longfellow saw literature as a transnational conversation...

The illustrious life and works of the famous "New Yorker" editor

A comprehensive historical examination of the relationship between the journalistic and religious traditions in the United States

In Germany, Karl Konig founded Pilgrimshain, a home for children with special needs. However, following the annexation of Austria by the Nazis, he and many young people around him moved to Great Britain as refugees. In 1939, the ideal of working together as a community was put into practice with the founding of Camphill. Konig became the driving force that led to the expansion of the Camphill movement throughout the British Isles, into Europe,...

Bensel argues that Bryan's 'Cross of Gold' address exploited a climate of political passion.