Norman Douglas wrote scientific monographs, memoirs, polemics, novels, a collection of obscene limericks, and even an aphrodisiac cookbook, but he is best known as a travel writer. He spent more than half his life in Italy, and it was chiefly as an...

Norman Douglas was a multifaceted man of letters, having written scientific monographs, descriptive travel literature, memoirs, and several novels. He is best known in Europe for his travel writings, which are ranked with those of George Henry Borrow,...

McDonnell Douglas Training Systems Inc., which expanded into Oklahoma less than a year ago, is moving to a new location in Norman to provide more room for nearly 50 additional employees. The new location for the company's development and production of computer training...

St. Louis will begin putting together a maintenance training courseware development facility at 3500 W. Robinson in Norman at a cost of "millions of dollars," Oklahoma Congressman Dave McCurdy and McDonnell Douglas officials announced in a press conference Friday. McCurdy referred to the...

Today is Wednesday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2007. There are 222 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, La.On this date:In...

In the following excerpt, Lindeman examines Douglas's novels, discussing their plots and main themes, and relating some of the critical commentary they generated.

Woodcock was a highly respected and influential Canadian literary critic. In the following essay, he discusses the theme of exile in Douglas's works and in his life-

In the following essay, Wheatley surveys such major works by Douglas as South Wind, Experiments, and Goodbye to Western Culture, commenting favorably on his main themes and style and comparing his main themes and style and comparing his writings to those of other authors, both contemporary and classical.