Studying important literary themes found in comics, this book deconstructs comics. Chapters discuss DC , Marvel , and other comics' varied attempts at portraying race, politics, economics, business ethics and democracy; responses to the Cold War and the events of September 11; and portrayals of prisons and capital punishment.

An accessible, up-to-date introduction to the life and works of poet and dramatist Ben Jonson.

This volume is concerned with Renaissance and early-modern studies. Its exposure of what sometimes passes for scholarly criticism, along with its corrective explication of misinterpreted passages from the writings of major authors, should make it useful for literature students and scholars.

An accessible, up-to-date introduction to the life and works of poet and dramatist Ben Jonson.

In this work, Stanley Stewart sets off in the wake of an obscure 13th century Franciscan friar on a pilgimage across the old empire, from Istanbul to the distant homeland of the Mongol Hordes.

Presents the facts about the jumbo jet. Chapter by chapter, the reader is taken from the basics of the big jets until, ultimately, the preparation for the pilot's seat on an actual flight from London to New York is outlined. All aspects are shown: from examining the weather forecast to landing.

This volume is concerned with Renaissance and early-modern studies. Its exposure of what sometimes passes for scholarly criticism, along with its corrective explication of misinterpreted passages from the writings of major authors, should make it useful for literature students and scholars.

A collection of true stories about flights in civil airliners and smaller aircraft where disaster and massive loss of life seems imminent. Yet each situation is concluded without a single death thanks to the skill of the pilots and their crews.

Covering the work of philosophers including Richardson, Kant, Hume, Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, and Dewey, this study examines the history of what philosophers have had to say about 'Shakespeare' as a subject of philosophy, from the seventeenth century to the present. It is of interest to Shakespeareans, literary critics, and philosophers.