Minerva's Message
Minerva's Message

Author: Martin S. Staum

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1996-10-17

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0773566244

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In theory the CMPS was set up to enshrine the human and social studies that were at the heart of Enlightenment culture. Staum illustrates, however, that the Institute helped transform key ideas of the Enlightenment in order to maintain civil rights while upholding social stability, and that the social and political assumptions on which it was based affected notions of social science. He traces the careers of individual members and the factions within the Institute, arguing that the discord within the CMPS reflects the unravelling of Enlightenment culture. Minerva's Message presents a valuable overview of the intellectual life of the period and brings together new evidence about the social sciences in their nascent period.

The Battle Ground
The Battle Ground

Author: Ellen Glasgow

Publisher: The Floating Press

Published: 2010-11-01

Total Pages: 598

ISBN-13: 177541986X

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Dive into a richly detailed historical romance that provides a fascinating glimpse into nineteenth-century life in the American South, with a sweeping perspective that considers the challenges facing the working classes, the landed gentry, and everyone in between. An engrossing read for anyone who likes to learn from their romance fiction reads!

The Operas of Charles Gounod
The Operas of Charles Gounod

Author: Steven Huebner

Publisher: Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; Toronto : Oxford University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13:

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Gounod was the leading opera composer in France in the mid-nineteenth century, and his best-known operas, including Faust and Romeo and Juliette, date from that time. Despite the overwhelming success of Faust and Gounod's immense influence on all French composers of the later nineteenth century, he has been virtually ignored by scholars until now. Huebner here charts the composer's career and deals with each of the major operas, discussing not only the music but also the critical reception and source material. He considers aspects of the composer's musical style and outlines his influence on subsequent generations of composers.