The Genius Of The Hearth

An illuminating, interactive biographical essay culled from conversations between Creeley and Clark--together with Creeley's own "Autobiography" (1990), a talk he gave on poetry and "the commonplace" at New College of California (1991), and many personal photographs of himself and family and friends. Published by New Directions, 80 Eighth Ave., New York, NY 10011. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

A brilliant heart surgeon whose discoveries paved the way for generations of other doctors in his field has his career and reputation torn apart. Armed with fresh and thoroughly researched information on one of the most influential - and enigmatic- figures in medicine, Goor's fascinating, insightful biography combines an understanding of both science and the politics involved in the history of the repair and healing of the human heart.

Recent theoretical approaches have compelled critics to rethink many received notions regarding the significance of contemporary parodic activity. This study places parody firmly (if paradoxically) where it belongs: at the centre of the literary-creative process in the literature of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries.

Travel literature was one of the most popular literary genres of the early modern era. This book examines how concepts of national identity, imperialism, colonialism, and orientalism were worked out and represented for English readers in early travel and ethnographic writings.