The six Austen adaptations in 1995 and 1996 inspired the editors to ask why modern audiences are so captivated by films on nineteenth-century British gentry. In their introduction to the collection of essays by fifteen academics, the editors suggest that Austen movies have played on audiences' nostalgia for a more genteel and agrarian time. In a collection of twelve short stories, Moore creates such characters as a Hollywood actress living in a seedy motel and dating her mechanic. The children's book is an affectionate paean to the schoolhouse of the author's childhood. The first book of poetry by Cushman, a professor of English at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
Crew demonstrates how policy in Weimar Germany translated into welfare practices.
The authors argue that a nation's institutional and cultural values, as well as its history, are reflected in its multinational business practices. Works of Theodore Roethke, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, and others, accompanied by biographical essays. Co-writers Tsorounis, a Cornell junior, and Lesko encourage young people to become involved in political activism. An exploration of the parallels and interrelations between the two literary movements, one in the U.S. and one overseas. Consumer Reports editor Braitman explains how to balance a budget and make key financial decisions like choosing a credit card or buying a car.