Written to mark the centenary of Brahms’s birth in 1933, Robert Haven Schauffler’s The Unknown Brahms (1933) was received rapturously by many American critics as a work which had humanised public that perceived composer mysterious, contradictory, and unrelatable. Today, however, book is regarded readable but unreliable popular psychology based not on serious research, hearsay rumour. Given its ...

This paper uses state-level election returns and individual-level survey data to show that American voters have systematically punished the incumbent party for extreme weather in presidential election years. A moderate drought has cost the incumbent party an average of 2.6 percent of the presidential vote in rural areas, with no significant effect in urban and suburban areas. Weather’s impact h...

The article deals with Ivan Goncharov’s understanding of humour as a constituent part an artistic work. author the focuses on intellectual nature stated by writer himself well his epic gift. Analysing “A Common Story”, first novel from writer’s trilogy, claims that its potential is expressed in such stylistic devices comparison and contrast, typical to style. shows ability stay distant object d...