William Dowling: 5 books

Daniel TrescothikI knew I was wrong when I left Cassandra. But it was for her best.My father had made a horrible mistake getting involved with another woman, much more to that woman named Veronica.Later did I found out that our family was cursed – by no other than that woman. Before...

My father had died. Sooner or later, I know it would be my time. I love Cassandra too much that I could not bear to imagine seeing her losing a child, if we had one. And so I left her, hoping that the curse will end with my death...

“The object of this book,” writes William C. Dowling in his preface, “is to make the key concepts of Paul Ricoeur’s Time and Narrative available to readers who might have felt bewildered by the twists and turns of its argument.” The sources of puzzlement are, he notes, many. For some, it...

Does Thoreau belong to the past or to the future? Instead of canonizing him as a celebrant of “pure” nature apart from the corruption of civilization, the essays in Thoreauvian Modernities reveal edgier facets of his work—how Thoreau is able to unsettle as well as inspire and how he is able...

This book is a collection of nine essays exploring the Irish-American experience in the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area, both historically and today. The essays place the local Irish-American experience in the wider context of immigration studies, assimilation, and historical theory. Using...