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Cacaphonies TheExcrementalCanonof FrenchLiterature AnnabelL.Kim April2022264pp 9781517910884£20.99/$27.00PB 9781517910877£86.00/$108.00HB
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EditedbyZygmuntG. BaranskiandTheodoreJ. Cachey,Jr. WilliamandKatherineDeversSeriesin DanteandMedievalItalianLiterature May2022504pp2b&willus. 9780268202392£36.00/$45.00PB 9780268202385£100.00/$125.00HB
South,including ThingsFallApart and Midnight's Children ExcludesAsiaPacific FeminineSingularity ThePoliticsofSubjectivityin Nineteenth-CenturyLiterature RonjauneeChatterjee August2022208pp 9781503630802£48.00/$60.00HB STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS Whathappensifweread nineteenth-centuryand Victoriantextsnotfortheautonomousliberal subject,butforsingularity—forwhatispar�al,
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DiscoveringFiction LiankeYan,Translatedby CarlosRojas Sinotheory June2022160pp 9781478018308£17.99/$23.95PB 9781478015673£72.00/$89.95HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS A�eremergingasoneofthe mostimportantwritersintheworld,eminent ChinesenovelistLiankeoffersinsightsintohisviews onliteratureandrealism,themajorworksthat inspiredhim,andhistheoriesofwri�ng.Revealing andinstruc�ve,thisbookgivesreadersan unprecedentedlookintothemindandartofa literarygiant.
Tracestherela�onshipbetweenprintculture, colonialism,andtheoceanthroughtheins�tu�on ofthelate-nineteenth-andearlytwen�eth-century Bri�shcolonialcustomhouses,whichactedas censorsandpronouncedoncopyrightandchecked importedprintedma�erforpiracy,sedi�on,or obscenity.Exploreshowimperialismcolonizes waterandexaminesthisthemethroughthe conceptofhydrocolonialism.
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Eliot'sAngels GeorgeEliot,RenéGirard,and MimeticDesire BernadetteWatermanWard June2022440pp 9780268202644£76.00/$95.00HB UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS Offersanoriginalrereadingof GeorgeEliot’sworkthroughthe lensofRenéGirard’stheoriesofmime�cdesire, violence,andthesacred.Itwillappealtothe communityofscholarsinmime�ctheory,literary scholars,Victorianists,andandstudentsofthe novel. ElusiveKinship DisabilityandHumanRightsin PostcolonialLiterature ChristopherKrentz April2022203pp 9781439922224£22.99/$29.95PB 9781439922217£88.00/$110.50HB TEMPLEUNIVERSITYPRESS Krentzisthefirsttoputthe fieldsofpostcolonialstudies,studiesofhuman rightsandliterature,andliterarydisabilityin conversa�onwitheachotherinabook-length study.Heenhancesourapprecia�onofkeytextsof Anglophonepostcolonialliteratureoftheglobal con�ngent,andinrela�on,ratherthanwhatis merely"alone"? powerfulfeministtheoryofthesubject—andshows uspathstothinkingsubjec�vity,race,andgender anewinliteratureandinourwidersocialworld. forminearlymodernwomen’swri�nginessays thatelaboratethespecificliterarystrategiesof womenwritersandthatexaminewomen’sdebtsto andappropria�onsofdifferentliterarygenres.
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FeministFormalism andEarlyModern Women'sWriting Readings,Conversations, Pedagogies EditedbyLaraDoddsand MichelleM.Dowd WomenandGenderintheEarlyModern World May2022310pp6illus.,index 9781496220424£48.00/$60.00HB UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS Reexaminestherela�onshipbetweengenderand
Grammatologyof Images AHistoryoftheA-Visible SigridWeigel,Translatedby ChadwickTruscottSmith Commonali�es May2022320pp71b&willus. 9781531500276£26.99/$35.00PB 9781531500153£100.00/$125.00HB FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS Insteadofaskingforthehistory,power,oressence ofimages,Weigeladdressesimagingassuch. Considershowsomethinga-visiblegets transformedintoanimage.Weigelscru�nizesthe momentofmis-en-appari�on,ofmakingan appearance,andtheprocessofconcealmentthat accompaniesanyimaging. HolyDigitalGrail AMedievalBookontheInternet MichelleR.Warren StanfordTextTechnologies March2022304pp 9781503631168£22.99/$30.00PB 9781503608009£72.00/$90.00HB STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS Medievalbooksthatsurvive todayhavebeenthroughalot:singedbyfire, mo�ledbymold,eatenbyinsects,annotatedby readers,cutintofragments,ordamagedthrough well-inten�onedpreserva�onefforts.Inthisbook, MichelleWarrentellsthestoryofonesuch manuscript—anArthurianromancewithtextual originsintwel�h-centuryEnglandnowdiffused
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AlthoughearlymodernEnglandclaimedtohave "toopureanAirforSlavestobreathein,"slavery wasaquintessen�allyEnglishphenomenon,writes Chakravarty.ShearguesthatEnglandlaidthe conceptualgroundworkforracializedslaveryasit interrogatedtheclassicalinheritancesand contemporarycontextsforbondage.
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Frommedievalcontempla�ontotheearlymodern cosmopoe�cimagina�on,totheinven�onof aesthe�cexperience,tonineteenth-century decadentliterature,andtoearly-twen�ethcentury essayis�cformsofwri�ngandfilm,NiklausLargier showsthatmys�calprac�ceshavebeenreinvented acrossthecenturies,genera�ngano�onof possibilitywithunexpectedcri�calpoten�al. theBeginning (1821–1845) ALifeinLetters,Memoirs,and Criticism NIUSeriesinSlavic,EastEuropean,and EurasianStudies August2022370pp 9781501764592£24.99/$32.95NIP CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS Morethanacenturya�erhisdeathin1881,Fyodor playedinredefiningthecategoryoftheprivate personinthepostwarperiod.Especiallya�erthe privacyin1965,legalscholars,judges,andthe publicscrambledtounderstandthescopeofthat right. acrossthetwenty-firstcenturyinternet.
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FiguresofPossibility AestheticExperience,Mysticism, andthePlayoftheSenses NiklausLargier CulturalMemoryinthePresent March2022312pp 9781503631045£20.99/$28.00PB 9781503630437£72.00/$90.00HB STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
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9781531500184£88.00/$110.00HB FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS “Thelikenessofformbetween ChineseandEnglishsentences,”writesthe AmericanSinologistErnestFenollosaaround1906, “renderstransla�onfromonetotheother excep�onallyeasy.” IfBabelHadaForm asksnotif hisclaimmaybetrue,butwhatitsphantasmic surprisemayyetdo. InventingWilliamof Norwich ThomasofMonmouthand LiteraryCulture,1150-1200 HeatherBlurton
In IdealMinds,MichaelTrask presentsaboldlyrevisionist argumentabouttherevivalofsubjec�vityin postmodernAmericanculture,connec�ngfamiliar figureswithintheseven�esintellectuallandscape whoshareacommitmenttowhathecalls"neoidealism"asaweaponinthestruggleagainst discreditedmaterialistandbehavioristworldviews.
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HowtoDoThingswithDeadPeople studieshuman contrivancesforrepresen�ngandrela�ngtothe dead.AliceDaileytakesasherprincipalobjectsof inquiryShakespeare'sEnglishhistoryplays, describingthemasreproduc�vemechanismsby whichlivingreplicasofdeadhistoricalfiguresare regeneratedinthepresentandre-killed.
BetweenPoetryandProseinthe MedievalMediterranean IsabelleLevy,Forewordby RaymondP.Scheindlin SephardiandMizrahiStudies June2022202pp 9780253060150£36.00/$45.00HB INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS Explorestheoriginalityandcomplexityofmedieval
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OffersarevisionistreadingofThomasMonmouth's accountofthesaint'slifethatcontainstheearliest accountofaChris�anchildrituallymurderedby Jews.Shedemonstrateshowinnova�onsinliterary formsinthetwel�hcenturyshapedthear�cula�on ofmedievalan�semi�sm.
LookRoundforPoetry UntimelyRomanticisms BrianMcGrath LitZ May2022192pp 9780823299799£20.99/$28.00PB 9780823299805£76.00/$95.00HB FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS Poetryisdead.Poetryisall aroundus.Botharetritetruismsthatthisbook
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6 Loveagainst Substitution Seventeenth-CenturyEnglish LiteratureandtheMeaningof Marriage EricB.Song CulturalMemoryinthePresent April2022336pp 9781503631403£20.99/$28.00PB 9781503630444£72.00/$90.00HB STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS Thewri�ngsstudiedinthisbookelevatealove betweentwoindividualswhodeemeachotherto beuniquetothepointofbeingirreplaceable,and thisvocabularyallowswriterstoputaffec�ve pressureonthemeaningofmarriageasPauline theologydefinesit. MakingtheMarvelous Marie-Catherined’Aulnoy, Henriette-JuliedeMurat,and theLiteraryRepresentationof theDecorativeArts RoriBloom EarlyModernCulturalStudies June2022254pp1appendix,index 9781496222671£52.00/$65.00HB UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS ThefairytalesofMarie-Catherined’Aulnoyand Henrie�e-JuliedeMuratgaveprideofplaceto richlydetaileddescrip�onsofpalaces,gardens,and clothing.Showshowtheseprac��onersofa supposedlyminorgenremadeamajorcontribu�on aschroniclersandcri�csofthedecora�veartsin OldRegimeFrance. MyriadIntimacies LataMani July2022128pp8illus. 9781478018278£17.99/$22.95PB 9781478015659£68.00/$84.95HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS Oscillatesbetweenpoetryand prose,genreandform,register andvoice,andsecularand sacredtomeditateonthewaysinwhicheveryone andeverythingexistsinmutuallycons�tu�ve interrela�ons.Addressingissuesrangingfrom desire,thebody,nature,andlove,tootherness, iden�typoli�cs,socialjus�ce,#MeToo,andthe COVID-19pandemic,Maniforegroundsthepower andnecessityofrecognizingrela�onalityas founda�onal. ObsceneGestures Counter-NarrativesofSexand RaceintheTwentiethCentury PatrickLawrence June2022240pp3b&willus. 9781531500092£22.99/$30.00PB 9781531500085£84.00/$105.00HB FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS Providesimportant considera�onsofdifferenceandexclusiontoenrich recep�onstudiesandAmericancanon-forma�on whilefocusingonchallenging,transgressivetexts. Blendsrigorousscholarshipandprovoca�ve contenttoofferadeeperunderstandingofhow worksaredeemedeitheravant-gardeorobscene. OfSunkenIslandsand Pestilence RestoringtheVoiceofEdward TaylorFletchertoNineteenthCenturyCanadianLiterature JamesGifford April2022220pp 9781771993449£29.99/$37.95PB UBCPRESS TaylorFletcherwasaliteraryfigurealmost completelyforgo�enbyhistory.Poet,travelwriter, essayist,surveyor,philologist,andtranslator,he sharedmanycharacteris�cswiththegreatliterary figuresofthe�me.Gifforduncoversaunique Canadianliteraryvoicewhoexploredcontent,style, andconcernsunlikethepopularcolonialnarra�ves ofhis�me. ExcludesSEAsia,Indiansc&ANZ PoeticFormand RomanticProvocation CarmenFayeMathes June2022232pp 9781503630246£48.00/$60.00HB STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS Poe�cFormandRoman�c Provoca�on arguesthatbeing movedcontrarytoone'swillis itselfanaesthe�cphenomenonexploredby Roman�cpoetswhoseexperimentswithpoe�cform andgenreprovokeunan�cipatedfeelingsthrough verse.Mathesshowshowprovoca�onsdisruptand invite,disturbandcompel—interrup�ngor suspendingorretrea�nginwaysthataskreadersto orientthemselves,materiallyandsocially,inrela�on toliteraryexperiencesthatareatoncevirtualand embodied.
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SlowNarrativeand Nonhuman Materialities MarcoCaracciolo Fron�ersofNarra�ve March2022264pp2photographs,15 illus.,index 9781496229090£48.00/$60.00HB UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
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ReadingShakespeare ReadingMe LeonardBarkan April2022256pp5colorand6b&w illus. 9780823299195£22.99/$29.95HB FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS Agripping,funny,joyfulaccount ofhowthebooksyouread
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createavisionofinterconnectednessbetween humancommuni�esandthenonhumanworldinan eramarkedbydrama�callyshi�ingclimate pa�erns. SonicBodies Text,Music,andSilenceinLate MedievalEngland TeklaBude SoundinHistory March2022336pp11b&whal�ones,1 table
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shapeyourownlifeinsurprisingandprofound ways.Drawingonfi�yyearsasaShakespearean, LeonardBarkan’suniquelycap�va�ngbooktraces themanysurprisingandprofoundwaysreading, teaching,ac�ng,direc�ng,andwri�ngabout Shakespearehasinformedandshapedhislife.
TheEthicsofNarrative EssaysonHistory,Literature,and Theory,1998–2007 HaydenWhite,Editedby RobertDoran,Forewordby JudithButler August2022278pp 9781501764745£20.99/$27.95PB 9781501764738£100.00/$125.00HB
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TheForbiddenBody Sex,Horror,andtheReligious Imagination DouglasE.Cowan May2022336pp16b&willus. 9781479803118£22.99/$30.00PB 9781479803101£71.00/$89.00HB NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS Examineshowhorrorculture treatsbodiesthathavele�,orbeenforcedoutof,
Inthiselegantandpersonalnewwork,Michael SteinbergreflectsonthestoryofMosesandthe Exodusasafounda�onalmythofpoli�cs—ofthe forma�onnotofana�onbutofapoli�cal communitygroundedinuniversallaw.
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HaydenWhiteiswidelyconsideredtobethemost influen�alhistoricaltheoristofthetwen�eth century. TheEthicsofNarra�ve bringstogether nearlyallofWhite'suncollectedessaysfromthe lasttwodecadesofhislife,revealingalesserknownsideofWhite:thatofthepublicintellectual. ands�tchedtogetherapoe�csofstarkcontrasts andforebodings.Poetsandloversofpoetryofall periodsandplaceswillfindmuchtoenjoyhere. their“proper”place,exploringthedarkspaces wheresexandthesexualbodycometogetherwith religiousbeliefandtalesofterror.Thisbookoffers afascina�nglookathowandwhyweimagine bodiesinallthewrongplaces. ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
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Thefirstcomprehensivestudyofcartonera.By showcasingsuchdiverseauthorsandbookmakers, cartonerapublishershaveencouragedvariedworks whilemakingahomeforanaesthe�csof resistance,forexperimenta�on,andforthoseliving onthefringesofcapitalistsocie�esinwhich poverty,eccentricity,andcrea�vityitself,are suspect.
TheComicBook Western NewPerspectivesonaGlobal Genre EditedbyChristopher ConwayandAntoinetteSol PostwesternHorizons June2022342pp34figures,index 9781496231642£22.99/$30.00PB interna�onalsuccess.Thevibrantthemes uncoveredhereteachusthatinterna�onalcomic bookWesternsarenothollowimita�onsbut complexandaesthe�callypowerfulstatements aboutiden�ty,culture,andpoli�cs.
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Tracestheprac�ceofusingimagina�onand literaturetocra�,test,andimplementtheoriesof healthineighteenth-andnineteenth-century America.Thishistoryofimagina�ve experimenta�onprovidesausablepastfor conversa�onsabouttheroleofthehumani�esin healthresearchandprac�cetoday. RomanceofMurder Crime,Detection,andtheSpirit ofNoir DavidLehman May2022296pp 9781501763625£20.99/$27.95HB FromSherlockHolmestoSamSpadeandNickand NoraCharlestoNeroWolfeandArchieGoodwin— crimeandcrime-solvinginfic�onandfilmcap�vate us.WhydowekeepgoingbacktoAgathaChris�e's ingeniouspuzzlesandRaymondChandler'shardboiledmurdermysteries?DavidLehmanexploresa widevarietyofoutstandingbooksandmovieswith style,wit,andpassion. Power,Truth,Identity FridaBeckman May2022296pp 9781503631601£20.99/$28.00PB 9781503630482£72.00/$90.00HB
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Thisbookiden�fiesandilluminatesparanoiaasa significantfeatureofcontemporaryAmerican societyandculture.Itexploresandexplainsthe increasinginfluenceofparanoidthinkingin Americansocietyduringthesecondhalfofthe twen�ethcenturyandfirstdecadesofthetwentyfirst,aperiodthathasseentheriseofcontrol systemsandneoliberalascendency.
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