By Mario Klarer (NHC Fellow, 1995–96; 2000–01) US literary history describes literary creation in the North American areas of what is now the United States, from its beginnings in the Age of Discovery to the present day. In this overview, Mario Klarer shows how an initially imported colonial perspective developed into an increasingly independent literary … Continued
By Nicholas Canny (NHC Fellow, 1986–87) This book is the first comprehensive study of all the plantations that were attempted in Ireland during the years 1580-1650. It examines the arguments advanced by successive political figures for a plantation policy, and the responses which this policy elicited from different segments of the population in Ireland. The … Continued
By Townsend Ludington (NHC Fellow, 1985–86) The first complete biography of an underrated American modernist painter tells of his lifestyle, his extensive travels, and his relationships with other artists such as Alfred Stieglitz, William Carlos Williams, and Gertrude Stein.
Edited by Charles Royster (NHC Fellow, 1984–85) Hailed as a prophet of modern war and condemned as a harbinger of modern barbarism, William Tecumseh Sherman is the most controversial general of the American Civil War. Written with the propulsive energy and intelligence that marked his campaigns, Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman describes striking incidents and anecdotes … Continued
By Teresita Martínez-Vergne (NHC Fellow, 2002–03) Combining intellectual and social history, Teresita Martínez-Vergne explores the processes by which people in the Dominican Republic began to hammer out a common sense of purpose and a modern national identity at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Hoping to build a nation of … Continued
By Mary Floyd-Wilson (NHC Fellow, 2008–09; 2016–17) Belief in spirits, demons and the occult was commonplace in the early modern period, as was the view that these forces could be used to manipulate nature and produce new knowledge. In this groundbreaking study, Mary Floyd-Wilson explores these beliefs in relation to women and scientific knowledge, arguing … Continued
By Douglas A. Campbell (NHC Fellow, 2016–17) Douglas Campbell has made a name for himself as one of Paul’s most insightful and provocative interpreters. In this short and spirited book Campbell introduces readers to the apostle he has studied in depth over his scholarly career. Enter with Campbell into Paul’s world, relive the story of … Continued
By Francis Oakley (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1990–91) This collection of studies in the history of political thought from late antiquity to the early-eighteenth century ranges broadly across themes of kingship, political theology, constitutional ideas, natural-law thinking and consent theory. The studies are linked together by three shared characteristics. First, all of them explore the continuities … Continued
By John L. Jackson, Jr. (NHC Fellow, 2005–06) The Civil War put an end to slavery, and the civil rights movement put an end to legalized segregation. Crimes motivated by racism are punished with particular severity, and Americans are more sensitive than ever about the words they choose when talking about race. And yet America … Continued
By John Corrigan (NHC Fellow, 2014–15) As the news shows us every day, contemporary American culture and politics are rife with people who demonize their enemies by projecting their own failings and flaws onto them. But this is no recent development. Rather, as John Corrigan argues here, it’s an expression of a trauma endemic to … Continued