Irving Babbitt (1865 - 1933) was an American academic and literary critic, noted for his founding role in a movement that became known as the “New Humanism,” a significant influence on literary discussion and conservative thought in the period 1910 to 1930.

In this bracing and original book, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that the humanities - the academic disciplines that study the potential of the human - represent a 'dream of America.' They were, Harpham contends, invented after World War II as an expression of American culture and character, and were advanced by their supporters as an instrument of American national interests. A...(展开全部)

In this bracing and original book, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that the humanities - the academic disciplines that study the potential of the human - represent a 'dream of America.' They were, Harpham contends, invented after World War II as an expression of American culture and character, and were advanced by their supporters as an instrument of American national interests. A...(展开全部)

This singular collection is nothing less than a political, spiritual, and intensely personal record of America's tumultuous modern age, as experienced by our foremost critics, commentators, activists, and artists. Joyce Carol Oates has collected a group of works that are both intimate and important, essays that move from personal experience to larger significance without severi...(展开全部)

This is a collection of essays by the Cuban essayist and journalist. His work often seeks to confront the role of reader, author and character and question the form of each in order to explore new literary possibilities.

When Josiah Quincy adopted the word veritas (meaning truth) as Harvard’s motto in the mid-nineteenth century, he saw the mission of the college as seeking new knowledge in order to come closer to God. It was a radical proposition. The imperatives of veritas are openness, freedom of thought, clash of opinions, resolution, truth-telling. In Veritas, Andrew Schlesinger traces some...(展开全部)

First published in 1962, Frederick Rudolph's groundbreaking study, The American College and University, remains one of the most useful and significant works on the history of higher education in America. Bridging the chasm between educational and social history, this book was one of the first to examine developments in higher education in the context of the social, economic, an...(展开全部)

When Josiah Quincy adopted the word veritas (meaning truth) as Harvard’s motto in the mid-nineteenth century, he saw the mission of the college as seeking new knowledge in order to come closer to God. It was a radical proposition. The imperatives of veritas are openness, freedom of thought, clash of opinions, resolution, truth-telling. In Veritas, Andrew Schlesinger traces some...(展开全部)

First published in 1962, Frederick Rudolph's groundbreaking study, The American College and University, remains one of the most useful and significant works on the history of higher education in America. Bridging the chasm between educational and social history, this book was one of the first to examine developments in higher education in the context of the social, economic, an...(展开全部)

安娜·弗洛伊德（Anna Freud ，1895年12月3日—1982年10月9日）是一位奥地利精神分析学家。她出生在维也纳，是西格蒙德·弗洛伊德六个孩子中小的一个，也是惟一继承父亲衣钵的人。与她的父亲相比，她的工作强调了“自我”和正常的“发展路线”的重要性，同时也强调了工作的协作性在分析和观察中的重要性。因为她对精神分析作出的贡献，她和克莱因被认为是精神分析儿童心理学创始人。1938年，安娜·弗洛伊德因第二次世界大战随父亲来到英国伦敦，坚持精神分析的实践和研究，并为英国精神分析协会服务和工作。1952年创立汉普斯特德儿童治疗诊所，即现在的安娜·弗洛伊德国家儿童和家庭中心。1973年，她当选为国际精神分析学家协会的主席。1982年10月9日，安娜·弗洛伊德在伦敦逝世.