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Hypatia's Daughters by Linda L. McAlister
Call Number: B 105 W6 H97 1996
ISBN: 0253330572
Publication Date: 1996-06-01
"This study of women philosophers from the Middle Ages to the 20th century covers a wide spectrum of ideas?from religion, to evolution, to political theory. This unique volume brings creative women thinkers into mainstream discussions of the history of philosophy. Contributors examine the work of, among others, Hildegard of Bingen, Vicountess Conway, Sor Juana, Mary Wollstonecraft, Hannah Arendt, Angela Davis, and Hypatia herself." -From the Publisher
An Introduction to Christine de Pizan by Nadia Margolis
Call Number: PQ 1575 Z5 M27 2011
ISBN: 9780813036502
Publication Date: 2011-06-19
"Designed as an introduction for students as well as a convenient, one-volume resource for medievalists and specialists in related fields, this authoritative work is both concise and comprehensive. It includes a complete account of Christine de Pizan’s life and times, summaries and commentary on all of her many works, and analyses of her sources and influences. This exhaustive yet accessible book is an essential reference for anyone interested in Christine studies, women’s history, and late-medieval France." -From the Publisher
Italian Renaissance Art by Stephen J. Campbell; Michael W. Cole; Anon
Call Number: N 6915 C282 2017
ISBN: 9780500293324
Publication Date: 2017-11-20
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Seduced by Logic: Émilie du Châtelet, Mary Somerville, and the Newtonian Revolution by Robyn Arianrhod
Call Number: Q 141 A725 2012
ISBN: 9780199931613
Publication Date: 2012-10-01
"Newton's explanations of natural laws shattered the way mankind perceived the universe, and hence were not immediately embraced. How can anyone warm to a force that could not be seen or touched? But for two women, separated by time and space but joined in their passion for Newtonian physics, that force drove them to great achievements. Brilliant, determined, and almost entirely self-taught, they dedicated their lives to explaining and disseminating Newton's discoveries. Robyn Arianrhod's Seduced by Logic tells the dual biography of Émilie du Châtelet and Mary Somerville, who, despite living a century apart, were connected by their love for mathematics and their places at the heart of the most advanced scientific society of their age." -From the Publisher
Before the Deluge by Michael Sonenscher
Call Number: DC 138 S57 2007
ISBN: 9780691124995
Publication Date: 2007-03-18
"Ever since the French Revolution, Madame de Pompadour's comment, "Apres moi, le deluge" (after me, the deluge), has looked like a callous if accurate prophecy of the political cataclysms that began in 1789. But decades before the Bastille fell, French writers had used the phrase to describe a different kind of selfish recklessness - not toward the flood of revolution but, rather, toward the flood of public debt. In Before the Deluge, Michael Sonenscher examines these fears and the responses to them, and the result is nothing less than a new way of thinking about the intellectual origins of the French Revolution." -From the book jacket
The New Cambridge Companion to T. S. Eliot by Jason Harding (Editor)
Call Number: PS 3509 L43 Z7958 2016
ISBN: 9781107691056
Publication Date: 2016-11-14
"Drawing on the latest developments in scholarship and criticism, The New Cambridge Companion to T.S. Eliot opens up fresh avenues of appreciation and inquiry to a global twenty-first century readership. Emphasizing major works and critical issues, this collection of newly commissioned essays from leading international scholars provides seven full chapters reassessing Eliot's poetry and drama; explores important contemporary critical issues that were previously untreated, such as the significance of gender and sexuality; and challenges received accounts of his at times controversial critical reception. Complete with a chronology of Eliot's life and work and an up-to-date select bibliography, this authoritative and accessible introduction to Eliot's complete oeuvre will be an essential resource for students" -From the Publisher
The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir by Claudia Card (Editor)
Call Number: B2430 B344 C36 2002
ISBN: 0521790964
Publication Date: 2003-03-10
"Simone de Beauvoir was a philosopher and writer of notable range and influence whose work is central to feminist theory, French existentialism, and contemporary moral and social philosophy. The chapters in this volume examine all the major aspects of her thought, including her views on issues such as the role of biology, sexuality and sexual difference, and evil; the influence on her work of Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Husserl, and others; and the philosophical significance of her memoirs and fiction." -From the Publisher