Bøker utgitt av Yale University Press

Explores literature's "crisis of confidence" and relates the death of literature to a variety of agents - among them television, computer technology, legal issues of copyright and plagiarism, faculty politics and literary criticism itself - and looks at how to bring about a renewal of interest.

A critique of the decline of American journalism and politics. Drawing on years of experience in news, politics and government, Michael Janeway argues that in the absence of recognition of its buried democratic crisis, the USA has become a "republic of denial".

An introduction to Plutarch's life and work for both general readers and students. Robert Lamberton sketches the cultural context in which Plutarch worked and discusses his family relationships, background, education and political career, then analyzes his writings.

An exploration of the use of Holocaust themes in literature, memoirs, film, and painting. Among the authors that Langer examines are Primo Levi, Elie Wiesel and Art Spiegelman. He appraises the art of Samuel Bak, the Holocaust painter, and assesses the "Holocaust Project" by Judy Chicago.

Based on letters, this title tells the history of a 17th-century nun in a convent in Leuven and how her complaints - of sexual harassment, fears of demonic possession, alliances among the other sisters against her - led to her banishment from the convent on two occassions.

The reform of American medical care is an important topic in America's domestic agenda and the centrepiece of the Clinton administration's plans for social policy and long-term economic development. This book intends to clarify the current debate over the bill and the proposed alternatives to it.

Aims to shed new light on the issue of literacy in America, providing a social history that broadens the definition of literacy, considering who was reading what, under what circumstances and for what purposes. The book assesses trends in Americans' reading abilities and reading habits.