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More than an ecclesiastical or political history, this book is a vivid description of the earliest American immigrant experience. It depicts the drama

The Countess of Stanlein is the best-known of Antonio Stradivarius' work from from the "great period" (1700- 1720). It is now being restored by luthie

With unparalleled historical and critical perspective, Delbanco gives us a commanding biography and a riveting potrait of a nation.

The Hopwood Creative Writing Awards were established in 1931 from a bequest of the will of Avery Hopwood, a University of Michigan graduate. The Hopwo

"An engaging, screwball first novel....A genuine pleasure."-The New Yorker

Ruminates on the life of the writer and the significance of language as art. This title takes as its central conceit a famous anecdote about Ernest He

The abolitionists of the mid-nineteenth century have long been painted in extremes--vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the catastrophic bloodle

Bringing writers to readers brings readers to writing.

The Hopwood Creative Writing Awards were established in 1931 from a bequest of the will of Avery Hopwood, a University of Michigan graduate. The Hopwo

Contemporary writers address questions of craft, art, audience, and culture

Weaves varied reflections to reveal an understanding of the relationships among literature, the past, and the world around us. Describing trips to suc

“A family album: leather-bound, thin, its pages yellow with age. There are images on every page—black and white to start with, then Kodacolor.” So be

The Years is about the passage of time: from youth to middle age to the winter of life. Forty years after their intense but doomed college romance, La

The strengths and failures of the American college, and why liberal education still mattersAs the commercialization of American higher education accel

In The Real American Dream literary scholar Andrew Delbanco shows how Americans have organized their days and ordered their lives-and ultimately creat

As the commercialization of American higher education accelerates, more and more students are coming to college with the narrow aim of obtaining a pre

Drawing lessons from writers of all ages and writing across genres, a distinguished teacher and writer reveals the enduring importance of writing for

A miscellany of sorts, preeminent author and critic Nicholas Delbanco's Curiouser and Curiouser attests to a lifelong interest in music and the visual