Essays based on papers presented at four international conferences held at the UCLA Clark Library, 2005.

How have fairy tales from around the world changed over the centuries? What do they tell us about different cultures and societies? This volume traces the evolu

There is an unfortunate argument being made that feminist scholarship of eighteenth-century literary studies has fulfilled its potential in academic circles. Th

Early seventeenth-century Italy saw a revolution in instrumental music. Large, varied, and experimental, the new instrumental repertoire was crucial for the Wes