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Thirteen scholars reexamine the provocative models of bureaucratic behavior developed by William A. Niskanen in his seminal book, Bureaucracy and Representative Government.

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Charles Mingus was a pioneer figure in modern jazz. Besides being a virtuoso bass player who played with the top jazz musicians for four decades, he was also an accomplished pianist, bandleader and composer who recorded more than 100 albums and wrote more than 300 original and innovative scores. This incredible collection explores Mingus' background and prestigious career as well as 55 of his pieces. The stories behind each song are given and ...

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All I need is my big red nose and I'll be ready for Fat Tuesday, " announced Mimi's father at the breakfast table on Mardi Gras morning. "Fat Tuesday! What is that?" Little Mimi asked. It's Mimi's first Mardi Gras, and the house is ablaze with activity and excitement, for Mimi has never been to a Mardi Gras parade before. On this one special day of the year, Mimi gets to dress up like a princess! From her parents, Mimi learns the history of Ma...

What are the most significant points at issue between the Reformed and Mennonite communions? Baptism, peace and church-state relations. Is there a way forward? In the hope that there may be, the contributors to this book attempt to clear the way to closer relations between Reformed and Mennonites by careful scholarly discussion of the traditionally disputed questions.The papers gathered here were presented at the second phase of the internatio...

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Each print volume in this long-standing series profiles approximately 4-8 of the greatest writers and thinkers of the late Middle Ages, Renaissance and Restoration periods by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Among those profiled in this volume are: William CaxtonGeoffrey ChaucerIvan IVJean de La Bruyere

Historically considered to be of minor literary importance, biography has grown and developed artistically as a genre in the second half of the 20th century. Accordingly, American literary biographers continue to explore the limits of the genre and expand the creative possibilities of their art. In the foreword to DLB Volume 111, editor Steven Serafin explains that although the nature of literary biography remains relatively consistent, the la...

This exceptional series contains unique material not available elsewhere, providing information that will help students and teachers prepare for class assignments and presentations. Some authors and artists appearing in recent volumes include Piers Anthony, Madeleine LEngle, Tomie dePaola, Francesca Lia Block and many more.(Note: This series has been discontinued, however new autobiographical essays will appear periodically in the Something ab...

This highly useful series presents substantial excerpts from the best criticism on the major literary figures and nonfiction writers, including novelists, poets, playwrights and literary theorists, of 1900 to 1999 -- the era most frequently studied in high schools. Each volume presents overviews of four to eight authors with chronologically arranged criticism representing the entire range of response to each author. A typical excerpt is prefac...

This volume includes reprints of the most important critical pieces of the year 1990 as suggested by an advisory board of Shakespearean scholars.

Writes John R. Greenfield in the volumes foreword, DLB Volume 110 is a companion volume to DLB 107, 1789-1832: First Series, which deals with British Romantic prose writers who were born 1775 or earlier. The writers treated in the Second Series were all born after 1775 and wrote most of their important prose works between 1810 and 1845, years of war, reaction, reform, and general political and social change. A Literary Reviewing appendix is al...

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Nominated twice for the Nobel Prize, Irving Layton is Canada's most dynamic, controversial, and outspoken poet. His prolific verse reveals his Judaic heritage, his love of women, and his fury and fever for life. This volume of 150 poems, which takes its title from the opening poem, is a new selection from Layton's work between 1928 and 1990, chosen to give a complete picture of the poet his vision, tone, celebration, attack, defence, disharmon...

In Romancing the Real, Sabra J. Webber argues that folklore--traditional aesthetic culture--is of central importance to the new ethnography

This book presents an ethnopoetic translation and an interpretation of an evening of story­telling. The storytellers wittily integrated themes of sense and nonsense, gender and sexuality, religion and public and private social control in thirteen recorded stories, here translated in full.

Draws on field recordings and interviews with dozens of local New York singers to reveal an intriguing world where religion and art merge.