Book Review: Eroticism and Other Literary Conventions in Chinese Literature

“In her important addition to Hongxue (Redology), I-Hsien Wu guides us to and through various literary sources, illuminating The Stone’s creation process and possibilities of interpretation … Unlike scholars who analyze the novel through the lens of its autobiographical implications or understand it as an individual work to be attributed to the talent of its historical authors—Cao Xueqin (1715–63) and Gao E (1738–1815),...

How Sefi Atta Illuminates African Culture and Tradition

We are proud to have published the first critical study of the works of Sefi Atta, the award-winning author who tackles issues of Nigerian culture and tradition head on in her brilliantly engaging writings. Atta’s insights into the roles and treatment of women, neocolonial government structures, patriarchy, 21st-century phenomena such as Nigerian e-mail phishing and the role of geography and...

West Point SOSH Podcast with Dr. Jay Parker about Restoring Thucydides

Listen to this episode of The Sosh Podcast “Restoring Thucydides and the Classics, featuring Dr. Jay Parker” in which Dr. Jay Parker (National Defense University) discusses his book Restoring Thucydides: Restoring Thucydides: Testing Familiar Lessons and Deriving New Ones with Dr. Scott Silverstone (U.S. Military Academy at West Point). The two discussed topics such as why Thucydides is so frequently misunderstood,...

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