"Wealth Against Commonwealth" by Henry Demarest Lloyd is a critical examination of the relationship between wealth and democracy. In this influential work, Lloyd argues that the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few undermines the principles of equality and justice that are foundational to a democratic society. He explores the impact of monopolies and corporate power on the economy and the political system, emphasizing the need for reform to ensure that wealth serves the common goo...

Nature is rich; but everywhere man, the heir of nature, is poor. Never in this happy country or elsewhere—except in the Land of Miracle, where "they did all eat and were filled"—has there been enough of anything for the people. Never since time began have all the sons and daughters of men been all warm, and all filled, and all shod and roofed. Never yet have all the virgins, wise or foolish, been able to fill their lamps with oil. The world, enriched by thousands of generations of toilers ...

One of the most persistent, troubling, and divisive of the ideological divisions within modernity is the struggle over the Enlightenment and its legacy. Much of the difficulty is owed to a general failure among scholars to consider how history, philosophy, and politics work together. Rethinking the Enlightenment bridges these disciplinary divides. Recent work by historians has now called into question many of the clichés that still dominate scholarly understandings of the Enlightenment’s l...

This book connects the philosophy of the Marquis de Sade—one of the most notorious, iconic, and yet poorly-understood figures within the history of European thought—with the broader themes of the Enlightenment. Rather than seeing himself as a mere pornographer, Sade understood himself as continuing the progressive tradition of French Enlightenment philosophy. Sade aspired to be a philosophe. This book uses intellectual history and the history of philosophy to reconstruct Sade’s ph...

This volume reconstructs the body of sensibility and the discourse which constructed it. The discourse of sensibility was deployed very widely throughout the mid- to late-eighteenth century, particularly in France and Britain. To inquire into the body of sensibility is then necessarily to enter into an interdisciplinary space and so to invite the plurality of methodological approaches which this collection exemplifies. The chapters collected here draw together the histories of literature a...

‘Weird Tales’ launched in March of 1923 and the world was never the same again. While pulp magazines had been around for some time, ‘Weird Tales’ was the first pulp magazine to specialize in supernatural fiction. ‘Weird Tales’ single-handedly created the field of genre fiction as we know it. No longer did readers of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror have to seek out single stories in otherwise mundane magazines; now they had a magazine all of their own that published only the stories th...

The Adventurer's Library gathers forty-three adventure novels into a capacious panorama of peril, travel, intrigue, imperial encounter, romance, and comic misadventure. Moving from swashbuckling historical narratives and sea tales to lost-world fantasies, detective-inflected pursuits, and frontier exploits, the volume maps the extraordinary elasticity of adventure fiction. Classic chivalric inheritance, popular romance, colonial-era travel writing, and early speculative fiction converge he...

In "Heart," the story likely revolves around a central character who experiences a psychological or moral dilemma. The title suggests that the narrative may explore themes related to emotions, morality, or the human condition.The plot may unfold through a series of events or encounters that challenge the protagonist's beliefs, values, or sense of self. As the story progresses, the protagonist may grapple with conflicting emotions or desires, leading to a moment of revelation or self-discov...

The Writers of Southern Nevada disbanded in 2024. As their last act, they asked Henderson Writers Group (a non-profit organization with a goal of helping writers of all skill levels improve their craft) to use the last of their funds for the benefit of writers. With that in mind, HWG initiated a short story workshop and contest. The stories published here are the result of the contest, minus any non-winning works pulled by the authors.Enjoy this multitude of works ...

In the groundbreaking anthology "Vampires vs. Werewolves 'Äì Ultimate Collection," a majestic confluence of the undead unfurls across diverse literary landscapes. This definitive collection weaves together tales of horror, intrigue, and myth, balancing the seductive allure of vampires against the primal might of werewolves. With a broad spectrum of literary approaches ranging from gothic horror to mythical folklore, the collection invites exploration into the depths of human fear and fasci...

The Wit and Humor of America gathers ten volumes of American comic writing into a capacious archive of satire, burlesque, dialect sketch, parable, anecdote, verse, and social observation. Moving from early republican wit through nineteenth-century regionalism and the modern magazine sketch, it reveals humor as both entertainment and cultural criticism. Comic monologues, mock-heroic poems, and sharply observed tales sit beside enduring reflections on politics, manners, sentiment, class, and...

Vampires vs. Werewolves – Ultimate Collection maps the enduring contest between two of Gothic literature's most mutable monsters. Spanning medieval lays, Romantic and Victorian tales, sensation fiction, decadent fantasy, popular serials, and twentieth-century weird fiction, it reveals how vampirism and lycanthropy have served as figures for erotic transgression, contagion, predation, colonial anxiety, inheritance, and unruly desire. Familiar Gothic scenarios of nocturnal pursuit and cursed...