The 1899 lynching of Sam Hose in Newnan, Georgia, was one of the earliest and most gruesome events in a tragic chapter of U.S. history. Hose was a black laborer accused of killing Alfred Cranford, a white farmer, and raping his wife. The national media closely followed the manhunt and Hose’s capture. An armed mob intercepted Hose’s Atlanta-bound train and took the prisoner back to Newnan. There, in front of a large gathering on a Sunday afternoon, Hose was mutilated and set on fire. His bo...

"Sepich offers his insight and detailed research to the less knowledgeable reader. He crafts a book that will delight the McCarthy specialists." — Western American LiteratureBlood Meridian (1985), Cormac McCarthy's epic tale of an otherwise nameless "kid" who in his teens joins a gang of licensed scalp hunters whose marauding adventures take place across Texas, Chihuahua, Sonora, Arizona, and California during 1849 and 1850, is widely considered t...

With essays by Edwin T. Arnold, J. Douglas Canfield, Christine Chollier, George Guillemin, Dianne C. Luce, Jacqueline Scoones, Phillip A. Snyder, Nell Sullivan, and John WegnerThe completion of Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy--All the Pretty Horses (1992), The Crossing (1994), and Cities of the Plain (1998)--marked a major achievement in American literature. Only ten years earlier this now internationally acclaimed novelist had been called the b...

With essays by Edwin T. Arnold, J. Douglas Canfield, Christine Chollier, George Guillemin, Dianne C. Luce, Jacqueline Scoones, Phillip A. Snyder, Nell Sullivan, and John WegnerThe completion of Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy--All the Pretty Horses (1992), The Crossing (1994), and Cities of the Plain (1998)--marked a major achievement in American literature. Only ten years earlier this now internationally acclaimed novelist had been called the best unkno...

Originally published in 1993, this was the first volume of essays devoted to the works of Cormac McCarthy. Immediately it was recognized as a major contribution to studies of this acclaimed American author. American Literary Scholarship hailed it as "a model of its kind." It has since established itself as an essential source for any McCarthy scholar, student, or serious reader.In 1993, McCarthy had recently published All the Pretty Horses (1992), the award-winning first v...

Originally published in 1993, this was the first volume of essays devoted to the works of Cormac McCarthy. Immediately it was recognized as a major contribution to studies of this acclaimed American author. American Literary Scholarship hailed it as “a model of its kind.” It has since established itself as an essential source for any McCarthy scholar, student, or serious reader.In 1993, McCarthy had recently published All the Pretty Horses (1992), the award-winnin...

Georgia has played a formative role in the writing of America. Few states have produced a more impressive array of literary figures, among them Conrad Aiken, Erskine Caldwell, James Dickey, Joel Chandler Harris, Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, Jean Toomer, and Alice Walker.This volume contains biographical and critical discussions of Georgia writers from the nineteenth century to the present as well as other information pertinent to Georgia literature. Organized in alphabetica...

The Song Celestial is Edwin Arnold's lyrical Victorian rendering of the Bhagavad-Gita, presenting the battlefield dialogue between the warrior Arjuna and Krishna, who reveals the duties of action, devotion, knowledge, and spiritual surrender. Cast in elevated English verse, the work transforms Sanskrit philosophical discourse into a meditative poem, shaped by nineteenth-century Orientalist scholarship yet animated by genuine reverence for Indian religious thought. Its literary context lies...

Edwin Arnold's 'The Sacred Writings of the East - 5 Books in One Edition' encompasses a collection of five important religious texts from the East, including the Bhagavad Gita, the Dhammapada, and the Qur'an. Arnold presents these sacred writings in a concise and accessible manner, allowing readers to delve into the rich spiritual traditions of Asia. The book is written in a clear and straightforward style, providing valuable insight into the beliefs and practices of different Eastern fait...

Buddhism & Hinduism Premium Collection gathers Edwin Arnold's influential poetic and interpretive writings on Indian religious thought, most notably his retellings of Buddhist and Hindu traditions for a nineteenth-century English readership. Written in a polished, elevated Victorian idiom, the collection blends devotional sympathy, narrative grace, and moral reflection. Its literary context is the age of imperial encounter and comparative religion, when Asian scriptures and philosophies we...

In the epic Mahabharata, after Sanjaya—counsellor of the Kuru king Dhritarashtra—returns from the battlefield to announce the death of Bhisma, he begins recounting the details of the Mahabharata war. Bhagavad Gita forms the content of this recollection. The Gita begins before the start of the climactic Kurukshetra War, where the Pandava prince Arjuna is filled with doubt on the battlefield. Realizing that his enemies are his own relatives, beloved friends, and revered teachers, he turns to...

Collected Works of Edwin Arnold: Buddhism and Hinduism Studies, Poetry & Plays gathers the writings through which Arnold helped introduce Victorian readers to Asian religious imagination. Centred on works such as The Light of Asia and his poetic renderings of Hindu devotional literature, the volume blends narrative verse, dramatic form, translation, and comparative reflection. Its style is ornate, musical, and deeply Victorian, yet animated by a sincere effort to make Buddhist renunciation...