John and William Bartram : Travelers in Early America 9781561648146, 9781561647859

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of

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William Shakespeare’s The Rape of Lucrece and John Donne’s Holy Sonnets are read against the background of concepts of t

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William Penn is justly famous for his part in the political development of colonial America. Yet he was also one of the

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What role did sexual assault play in the conquest of America? How did American attitudes toward female sexuality evolve,

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Searching through journals, almanacs, sermons, tracts, orations, and volumes of verse, Professor Sensabaugh traces Milto

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aA classic work of history, ethnography, and botany, and an examination of the life and environs of the 18th-century sou

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In the first full-length biography of John William Dawson (1820-1899), eminent scientist and principal of McGill Univers

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Tells the fascinating stories of the myriad women who shaped the early modern North American world from the colonial era

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During Shakespeare's lifetime, John Lyly was repeatedly described as the central figure in contemporary English lit

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg brings his eloquence, wit, and on-target perceptions of Ameri

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