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Aestheticsandthe IncarnationinEarly MedievalBritain
MaterialityandtheFleshofthe Word
TiffanyBeechy
June2023320pp8colorillus.,46b&w illus.,1table
9780268205157£103.00/$115.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
ThisrichstudytakesInsularartonitsownterms, revealingadis�nc�veandunorthodoxtheology thatwillinevitablychangehowscholarsviewthe longarcofEnglishpietyandtheEnglishliterary tradi�on.
BadBlood
StagingRaceBetweenEarly ModernEnglandandSpain
EmilyWeissbourd
RaceB4Race:Cri�calRaceStudiesofthe Premodern
June2023224pp
9781512822908£49.00/$55.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
BadBlood exploresrepresenta�onsofraceinearly modernEnglishandSpanishliterature,especially drama.Itaddressestwodifferentformsofracial ideology:oneconcernedwithracializedreligious difference—thatis,theno�onofhavingJewishor Muslim“blood”—andoneconcernedwithBlackness andwhiteness.
BestMinds
HowAllenGinsbergMade
RevolutionaryPoetryfrom Madness
StevanM.Weine
April2023304pp37b&willus.
9781531502669£29.99/$34.95HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
BestMinds examinesthe complexrela�onshipsbetweenmentalillness, psychiatry,trauma,poetry,andprophecy—usingthe accessGinsberggenerouslysharedtooffernew, lively,andindispensableinsightsintoanAmerican icon.Weinealsoprovidesnewunderstandingsofthe paternalism,treatmentfailures,ethicallapses,and limita�onsofAmericanpsychiatryofthe1940sand 1950s.
Afrofuturisms
Ecology,Humanity,and FrancophoneCultural Expressions
IsaacVincentJoslin
ResearchinInterna�onalStudies,Africa Series
April2023324pp
9780896803305£32.00/$36.95PB
9780896803299£72.00/$80.00HB
OHIOUNIVERSITYPRESS
Asaphilosophical,literary,andvisualaesthe�c, Afrofuturismhasbeenpredominatelydefined throughAnglophone,diasporicexpressions.The authorreorientsthiscri�caldiscoursetoward colonialandpostcolonialFrancophoneliterature andfilmorigina�ngfromcon�nentalAfrica.
BanditsinPrint
"TheWaterMargin"andthe TransformationsoftheChinese Novel
ScottW.Gregory
April2023192pp9b&whts.
9781501769689£22.99/$26.95PB
9781501769191£112.00/$125.00HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
BanditsinPrint examinestheworldofprintinearly modernChina,focusingontheclassicnovel The WaterMargin (Shuihuzhuan).Dependingonwhich edi�onareaderhappenedupon, TheWaterMargin couldoffervastlydifferentexperiences,a characteris�coftheearlymodernChinesenovel genreandtheshi�ingprintcultureoftheera.
BlottedLines
EarlyModernEnglishLiterature andthePoeticsof Discomposition
AdhaarNoorDesai
June2023252pp8b&whts.
9781501769849£25.99/$29.95PB
9781501769832£112.00/$125.00HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Blo�edLines rebuffscenturiesofmythologiza�on aboutthecrea�veprocess—theideathatWilliam Shakespeare"neverblo�edoutline"—toarguethat bystudyinghowearlymodernwritersfacedthe challengesofwri�ngpoetry,instructorstodaycan empowertheirstudents'approachestocri�cal wri�ng.
CaliforniaDreamsand American Contradictions
WomenWritersandthe WesternIdeal MoniqueMcDade
April2023274pp
9781496232960£49.00/$55.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
In CaliforniaDreamsandAmericanContradic�ons MoniqueMcDadeexaminesagroupofdiverse womenwritersoftheAmericanWestfroman intersec�onalstandpointtounderstandthe progressivenarra�vestheWesttellsaboutitself.
ComicBookWomen
Characters,Creators,andCulture intheGoldenAge
PeytonBrunet&BlairDavis
IntroductionbyTrina
Robbins
WorldComicsandGraphicNonfic�on Series
April2023320pp80b&wphotos
9781477324127£27.99/$32.95NIP
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Offersafeministhistoryofthegoldenageofcomics, revisingourunderstandingofhownumerousgenres emergedandupendingnarra�vesofhowmale auteursbuilttheircareers.Thisrevisionisthistory reclaimstheforgo�enworkdonebywomeninthe comicsindustry.
CripAuthorship
DisabilityasMethod
EditedbyMaraMills&
RebeccaSanchez
July2023368pp26b&willus.
9781479819362£29.99/$35.00PB
9781479819355£89.00/$99.00HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
CripAuthorship isacomprehensivevolume presen�ngthemul�disciplinarymethodsbrought intobeingbydisabilitystudiesandac�vism.Mara MillsandRebeccaSanchezhaveconvenedleading scholars,ar�sts,andac�viststoexplorehow disabilityshapesauthorship,transformingcultural produc�on,aesthe�cs,andmedia.
ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
Charityand Condescension
VictorianLiteratureandthe DilemmasofPhilanthropy
DanielSiegel
SeriesinVictorianStudies
February2023232pp
9780821425190£29.99/$34.95PB
9780821419915£72.00/$80.00HB
OHIOUNIVERSITYPRESS
CharityandCondescension exploreshow condescension,atradi�onalEnglishvirtue,went sourinthenineteenthcentury,andconsidershow thefailureofcondescensioninfluencedVictorian effortstoreformphilanthropyandtoconstructnew narra�vemodelsofsocialconcilia�on.
CreatingIdentity
ThePopularRomanceHeroine's JourneytoSelfhoodandSelfPresentation
JayashreeKamble
June2023218pp1b&willus,1b&w table
9780253065704£27.99/$32.00PB
9780253065698£76.00/$85.00HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Examinestheromancegenre,withitssensile flexibilityinretainingwhataudiencesfinddesirable anddiscardingwhatisnot,byaskinganimportant ques�on:"Whoistheromanceheroine,andwhat doesshewant?"Kambléexploreshowheroines rejectsocietallabelsandinsteadremakethemselves ontheirowntermswiththeirownagency
JoleneZigarovich
January2023280pp43b&whts.
9781512823776£58.00/$64.95HB
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Demonstratesthatarchives con�nuallyspeaktotheperiod’srisingfuneraland mourningculture,aswellastheincreasing commodifica�onofdeathandmourningtypically associatedwithnineteenth-centuryprac�ces. Drawingonavarietyofhistoricaldiscourses,the bookcontributestoafullerunderstandingofthe historyofdeathintheEnlightenmentandits narra�vetransforma�on.
Fictionalityand Multimodal Narratives
EditedbyTorsaGhosal& AlisonGibbons
Fron�ersofNarra�ve
August2023324pp12photos,32illus.
9781496222879£58.00/$65.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Explicitlyinterrogatestherela�onshipoffic�onality withmul�modalstrategiesofnarra�veconstruc�on inthepresentmediaecology.Contributorsconsider thewaysnarra�vestructures,theirrecep�on,and theirtheore�calframeworksinnarratologyare influencedandchangedbymediacomposi�on— par�cularlynewmedia.
GothicThings
DarkEnchantmentand
AnthropoceneAnxiety
JeffreyAndrewWeinstock
June2023240pp24b&willus.
9781531503420£25.99/$30.00PB
9781531503413£94.00/$105.00HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Offeringaninnova�veapproachtotheGothic,this bookbreaksgroundwithanewmaterialistanalysisof thegenre,highligh�ngthewaysthat,sinceitsorigins intheeighteenthcentury,theGothichasbeen intenselyfocusedon“ominousma�er”and“thing power.”Weinstockrevealshumanbeingstobe enmeshedinnetworksofhumanandnonhuman forcesmostlyoutsideoftheircontrol.
IntheCompanyof RadicalWomen Writers
RosemaryHennessy
August2023304pp11b&willus.
9781517914905£21.99/$24.95PB
9781517914899£90.00/$100.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
IntheCompanyofRadicalWomenWriters rediscoversthepoli�calcommitmentsandpassionate advocacyofsevenwriters—Black,Jewish,and white—whoasyoungwomenturnedtocommunism aroundtheGreatDepressionand,overdecadesof na�onalcrisis,spoketoissuesoflabor,land,andlove inwaysthatprovideurgent,thought-provoking guidancefortoday.
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FyodorDostoevsky— TheGatheringStorm (1846–1847)
ALifeinLetters,Memoirs,and Criticism
ThomasGaitonMarullo
NIUSeriesinSlavic,EastEuropean,and EurasianStudies
August2023270pp
9781501770210£22.99/$26.95NIP CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Thissecondbookinathree-volumeworkonthe youngFyodorDostoevskyisadiary-portraitofhis earlyyearsdrawnfromle�ers,memoirs,and cri�cismofthewriter,aswellasfromthetes�mony andwitnessoffamilyandfriends.
HowtoReadLikeYou MeanIt
KyleConway
CulturalDialec�cs
April2023168pp16figures
9781771993746£26.99/$30.95PB
UBCPRESS
Inthiscandidandconcise volume,KyleConway,authorof TheArtofCommunica�oninaPolarizedWorld, considershowwecanopenourselvestoothersand toideasthatscareusbyreadingdifficulttexts. Conwayarguesthatbecauseweresistideaswedon't understand,wemustembraceconfusionasa cons�tu�vepartofunderstandingandmeaningful exchange,whetherbetweenareaderandatextor betweentwopeople.
IndianAngles
EnglishVerseinColonialIndia fromJonestoTagore
MaryEllisGibson
SeriesinVictorianStudies
February2023350pp
9780821425213£29.99/$34.95NIP OHIOUNIVERSITYPRESS
IndianAngles isanewhistoricalapproachtoIndian Englishliterature.Itshowsthatpoetry,notfic�on, wasthedominantliterarygenreofIndianwri�ngin Englishun�l1860andre-createsthehistoricalwebs ofaffilia�onandresistancethatwritersincolonial India—writersofBri�sh,Indian,andmixed ethnici�es—experienced.
Indigiqueerness
AConversationabout
Storytelling
JoshuaWhitehead
WithAngieAbdou
April202348pp
9781771993913£18.99/$21.95PB
UBCPRESS
Evolvingfromaconversa�onbetweenJoshua WhiteheadandAngieAbdou, Indigiqueerness is partdialogue,partcollage,andpartmemoir. Beginningwithmemoriesofhischildhoodpoetry andproseandtravellingthroughthelibraryofhis life,Whiteheadcontemplatestheroleoftheory, Indigenouslanguage,queerness,andfantas�cal worldsinallhisar�s�cpursuits.
LyricTactics
Poetry,Genre,andPracticein
LaterMedievalEngland
IngridNelson
TheMiddleAgesSeries
February2023224pp2illus.
9781512824803£21.99/$24.95NIP
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
WhatshallwemakeofmedievalEnglishlyrics?They havenofixedlineormeter,noconsistentpointof view,andtheircontentmayseemmisalignedwith theothertextsinmanuscriptsinwhichtheyare found.YetNelsonarguesthatthelyricpoetryoflater medievalEnglandisadis�nctgenredefinednotbyits poe�cfeatures,butbyitsmodesofwri�ngand performance,whichareadhoc,improvisatory,and situa�onal.
MartialAesthetics
HowWarBecameanArtForm
AndersEngberg-Pedersen
April2023216pp
9780804799942£21.99/$25.00PB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Thetwenty-firstcenturyhas witnessedapervasive militariza�onofaesthe�cswith Westernmilitaryins�tu�onsco-op�ngthecrea�ve worldmakingofartandmergingitwiththe destruc�veforcesofwarfare.Thisbookexaminesthe originsofthisunlikelymerger,showingthattoday's crea�vewarfareismerelytheextensionofa historicaldevelopmentthatbeganlongago.
LettheWindSpeak
MarydeRachewiltzandEzra Pound
CarolShloss
February2023376pp33b&whts.
9781512823257£36.00/$39.95HB
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Shlosscreatesacompellingportraitofacomplex rela�onshipofadaughterandherliterary-giant father:EzraPoundandMarydeRachewiltz,Pound’s childbyhislong-�memistress,theviolinistOlga Rudge.Broughtintotheworldinsecret,Marywas raisedbyGermanpeasantfarmers,hadItalian iden�typapers,aGerman-speakingupbringing, Austrianloyal�escommontotheareaand, perforce,afascisteduca�on.
Manhattan
LettersfromPrehistory
HélèneCixous,Translatedby BeverleyBieBrahic
August2023208pp
9781531502898£13.99/$15.95PB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Theluminoustaleofayoung Frenchscholarwhotravelstothe UnitedStatestoconsultthemanuscriptsofbeloved authors.Travelingfromlibrarytolibrary,Franceto theUnitedStates,ShakespearetoKa�atoJoyce, Manha�an deployswithgustoallthetechniquesfor whichCixous’sfic�onandessaysareknown:rapid juxtaposi�onsof�meandplace,narra�veand descrip�on,analysisandphilosophicalreflec�on.
MelancholyActs DefeatandCulturalCritiquein theArabWorld NouriGana
May2023272pp
9781531503505£29.99/$35.00PB
9781531503499£112.00/$125.00HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Offersapsychoaffec�vetheoryofculturalproduc�on thatarisesoutofthedisjunc�onbetweenpoli�cal impoverishmentandculturalresistancetocolonial andneoliberaloppression.Suchatheoryallowsthe authortotracethemelancholydisposi�onofArabic literaryandfilmicproduc�onsandtodiscernthe precariousrhetoricalmodesoftheircri�cal interven�oninaculturethatiscon�nuallystrainedto itsbreakingpoint.
MomentsofCapital
WorldTheory,WorldLiterature
EliJelly-Schapiro
Currencies:NewThinkingforFinancial Times
April2023264pp
9781503635432£23.99/$28.00PB
9781503634718£81.00/$90.00HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Integratesvariousintellectualtradi�ons—from mul�pletrajectoriesofMarxistthought,to Weberianinquiriesintothe"spirit"ofcapitalism,to an�colonialaccountsofracialdepreda�on—to revealtheconcurrentinterrela�onofthethree momentsofcapital.Thisbookdevelopsanew conceptualkeyforthemappingofcontemporary theory,worldliterature,andglobalcapitalitself.
Nativesagainst Nativism
AntiracismandIndigenous CritiqueinPostcolonialFrance
OliviaC.Harrison
MuslimInterna�onal
May2023296pp20b&willus.
9781517910600£23.99/$28.00PB
9781517910594£100.00/$112.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Forthepastyfi�yyears,thePales�nianques�onhas servedasarallyingcryinthestruggleformigrant rightsinpostcolonialFrance.Harrisonexploresthe intersec�onofan�colonialsolidarityandan�racist ac�vismfromthe1970stothepresent.
ExcludesJapan&ANZ
Outrage
TheArtsandtheCreationof Modernity
KatherineGiuffre
June2023208pp
9781503635821£21.99/$26.00PB
9781503635357£76.00/$85.00HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Aculturalrevolu�oninEngland,France,andthe UnitedStatesbeginningduringthe�meofthe industrialandpoli�calrevolu�onshelpedusherin modernity.Focusingontheperiodbetween1847and 1937,thebookexaminesindepthsixofthecultural "ba�les"thatwerekeypartsofthisrevolu�on.
Kea
CynthiaFranklin
June2023304pp
9781531503734£25.99/$30.00PB
9781531503727£94.00/$105.00HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Makesacri�calinterven�onintoprac�cesoflife wri�ngandcontemporarycrisesintheU.S.about whocountsashuman.Engagingwriters,ar�stsand ac�vistswhoinspireradicalformsofrela�onality, shecomestowriteside-by-sidewiththeminher ownactsofnarratedhumanitybyrefusingthe boundariesbetweenautobiography,communitybasedac�vism,andliteraryandculturalcri�cism.
NeitherBelievernor Infidel
SkepticismandFaithinMelville's ShorterFictionandPoetry
JonathanA.Cook
August2023276pp
9781501770968£38.00/$41.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Sheddingnewlightonbothclassicandlesser-known worksintheMelvillecanonwithpar�culara�en�on totheauthor'sliteraryuseoftheBible, Neither BelieverNorInfidel examinesthedebatebetween religiousskep�cismandChris�anfaiththatinfused HermanMelville'swri�ngsfollowingMoby-Dick.
Ovid'sTragicHeroines GenderAbjectionandGeneric Code-switching
JessicaA.Westerhold
July2023228pp1b&wht.
9781501770357£45.00/$49.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Ovid'sTragicHeroines expands ourunderstandingofOvid's incorpora�onofGreekgenericcodesandthetragic heroines,PhaedraandMedea,whileofferinganew perspec�veontheRomanpoet'spersistentinterest inthesetwocharactersandtheirparadigms.Ovid presentsthesetwoA�ctragicheroinesassymbolsof differentpassionsthataredefinedbythespecific combina�onoftheirgenderandgenericprovenance.
Poetry,Pictures,and PopularPublishing
TheIllustratedGiftBookand VictorianVisualCulture, 1855–1875
LorraineJanzenKooistra
SeriesinVictorianStudies
February2023325pp
9780821425220£29.99/$34.95NIP
OHIOUNIVERSITYPRESS
Demonstratestheculturalcentralityofaneglected ar�fact:theVictorianillustratedgi�book.Turninga cri�callenson“drawing-roombooks”asboth materialobjectsandhistoricalevents,Kooistra revealshowthegi�book’svisual/verbalform mediated“high”andpopularartaswellasbook andperiodicalpublica�on.
RefiguringSpeech
LateVictorianFictionsofEmpire andthePoeticsofTalk
AmyR.Wong
July2023224pp
9781503635173£63.00/$70.00HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Inthisbook,AmyR.Wong
unravelsthecolonialandracial logicbehindseeminglyinnocuousassump�onsabout "speech":thatourwordsbelongtous,andthatselfpossessionisavirtue.ThroughreadingsoflateVictorianfic�onsofempire,Wongrevisitsthescene ofspeech'sideologicalforeclosuresasar�culatedin postcolonialtheory.
SociabilityandSociety LiteratureandtheSymposium
K.LudwigPfeiffer
April2023300pp
9781503634848£25.99/$30.00PB
9781503630987£81.00/$90.00HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Today,churches,poli�calpar�es, tradeunions,andevenna�onal sportsteamsarenoguaranteeofsocialsolidarity.At a�mewhenthesetradi�onalins�tu�onsofsocial cohesionseemincreasinglyill-equippedtodefend againstthedisintegra�onofsociability,K.Ludwig Pfeifferencouragesustoreflectontheculturaland literaryhistoryofsocialgatherings—fromtheancient Atheniansymposiumtoitssuccessorforms throughoutWesternhistory.
PossibleKnowledge
TheLiteraryFormsofEarly ModernScience
DebapriyaSarkar
June2023288pp7b&willus.
9781512823356£58.00/$65.00HB UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
TheRenaissance,scholarshavelongargued,wasa periodbesetbythelossofphilosophicalcertainty. In PossibleKnowledge,DebapriyaSarkararguesfor thepivotalroleofliterature—whatearlymoderns termedpoesie—inthedynamicintellectualculture ofthiseraofprofoundincer�tude.
ReligiousImaginaries
TheLiturgicalandPoeticPractices ofElizabethBarrettBrowning, ChristinaRossetti,andAdelaide Procter
KarenDieleman
SeriesinVictorianStudies
February2023324pp
9780821425237£29.99/$34.95PB
9780821420171£72.00/$80.00HB
OHIOUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploresliturgicalprac�ceasforma�veforhowthree Victorianwomenpoetsimaginedtheworldandtheir placeinitand,consequently,forhowtheydeveloped theircrea�veandcri�calreligiouspoe�cs.
SpeculativeWests
PopularRepresentationsofa RegionandGenre
MichaelK.Johnson
PostwesternHorizons
April2023288pp
9781496234582£25.99/$30.00PB
9781496233509£89.00/$99.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Specula�veWests inves�gatesrepresenta�onsofthe AmericanWestintermsofbothregionandgenre, lookingatspecula�vewesterns(sciencefic�on, fantasy,andhorror)aswellasatotherspecula�ve textsthatfeaturewesternse�ngs.
StayCool
WhyDarkComedyMattersin theFightAgainstClimate Change
AaronSachs
April2023176pp15illus.
9781479819393£18.99/$22.00HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Humanbeingshaveusedcomedytocopewith difficultreali�essincethebeginningofrecorded �me.Usingthisrichtradi�onofdarkcomedyto inves�gateclimatechange,Sachsmakesthecase thatgallowshumor,amainstayofAfrican AmericansandJewsfacingextraordinary oppression,cancul�vateendurance,persistence, andsolidarityinthefaceofcalamity. ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
SuperBodies
ComicBookIllustration,Artistic Styles,andNarrativeImpact
JeffreyA.Brown
WorldComicsandGraphicNonfic�on Series
August2023256pp82illus.
9781477327364£49.00/$55.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Givesoverduecredittotheartwork,whichisnotonly aprincipalsourceoftheappealofcomicbooksbut alsocentraltothevaluestheseworksembody.
JeffreyA.Brownassessessixdis�nctapproachesto superheroillustra�on—idealism,realism,cute,retro, grotesque,andnoir—examininghoweachvisually representsthesuperheroasasymbolicconstruct freightedwithmeaning.
Tempus
TheWorldofDiscussionandthe WorldofNarration
HeraldWeinrich
TranslatedbyJaneK.Brown &MarshallBrown
VerbalArts:StudiesinPoe�cs
July2023336pp
9781531503345£29.99/$35.00PB
9781531503338£112.00/$125.00HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Tempus studiestenseuses,ancientandmodern,in greatliteratureandeverydaylifeandinallthemajor languagesofwesternEurope.Thebooklaysthe founda�onforthedisciplineoftextlinguis�csaswell asbeingamasterworkofliterarycri�cisminthe tradi�onofCur�us,Auerbach,andSpitzer.
Subsurface
KarenPinkus
Posthumani�es
April2023240pp22b&willus.
9781517914790£21.99/$25.00PB
9781517914783£90.00/$100.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Aboldnewconsidera�onof climatechangebetween narra�vesoftheEarth’slayersandpolicyofthe present.KarenPinkuslooksbelowthesurfaceof textsbyEdgarAllanPoe,ArthurConanDoyle, GeorgeSand,E.T.A.Hoffmann,andJulesVerneto findtheburiedoriginsofcapitalistfantasiesin whichhumanstakewhattheywantfromtheearth. ExcludesJapan&ANZ
Tamizdat
ContrabandRussianLiteraturein theColdWarEra
YashaKlots
NIUSeriesinSlavic,EastEuropean,and EurasianStudies
May2023306pp15b&whts.
9781501768958£42.00/$46.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Tamizdat tellstheoldstoryoftheColdWarfroma newperspec�ve:throughthehistoryofthe contrabandmanuscriptssentfromtheformerUSSR totheWest.Awordthatmeanspublishing"over there,"tamizdatmanuscriptswererejected, censored,orneversubmi�edforpublica�oninthe SovietUnionandweresmuggledthroughvarious channelsandprintedoutsidethecountry.
TheBeautyHunters
SudaneseBedouinPoetry, EvolutionandImpact
AdilBabikir
OnAfricanPoetry
April2023170pp
9781496235206£25.99/$30.00PB
9781496234094£89.00/$99.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
TheBeautyHunters offersarareinsightinto SudaneseBedouinpoetry,itsevolu�on,aesthe�cs, andimpact.Throughanin-depthprofileofalḤārdallo,thedoyenofthisartform,AdilBabikir exploresthea�ributesthatestablishedhimasapoet ofinterna�onalstature.
TheBookof Monasteries
al-Shābushtī
Edited&Translatedby HilaryKilpatrick
LibraryofArabicLiterature
May2023300pp
9781479825769£29.99/$35.00HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Takesreadersonatourofthemonasteriesofthe MiddleEastbypresen�ngtherichvarietyofpoetry andproseassociatedwitheachmonastery.Each sec�oninthisanthologycoversaspecific monastery,beginningwithadiscussionofits loca�onandthereasonforitsname.Abilingual Arabic-Englishedi�on.
ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
TheEnthusiast
AnatomyoftheFanaticin
Seventeenth-CenturyBritish Culture
WilliamCookMiller
July2023264pp3b&whts.,1graph
9781501770807£47.00/$51.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Tellsthestoryofacharactertype thatwasdevelopedinearlymodernBritainto discreditradicalprophetsduringanerathat witnessedthedismantlingoftheChurchofEngland's tradi�onalmeansforpunishingheresy.Astheauthor shows,thecaricatureoffana�cismbeganas propagandaagainstreligiousdissentersbutwas adoptedbywritersasaliteraryvehicleforexploring profoundproblemsofspirit,soul,andbody.
TheMedievalHospital
LiteraryCultureandCommunity inEngland,1350-1550
NicoleR.Rice
ReForma�ons:MedievalandEarly Modern
April2023384pp25colorillus.
9780268205119£85.00/$95.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
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Bringingpsychoanalysistobearonthediagnosisof ecologicalcrisis. TheEnvironmentalUnconscious providesaninnova�veandtheore�calaccountof environmentallossfocusedonthecounterintui�ve formsofenjoymentthatearlymodernpoetryand psychoanalysisjointlytheorize.
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ThePersianPrince
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ThePhilosophical PathosofSusan Taubes BetweenNihilismandHope
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StanfordStudiesinJewishMys�cism
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STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
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January2023150pp
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Anincisivedemonstra�onofhow Orwell'sbodyofworkwas definedbythefourmajor conflictsthatpunctuatedhislife:WorldWarI,the SpanishCivilWar,WorldWarII,andtheColdWar.By carefullycombingthroughOrwell'spublishedworks, StanskyteasesapartOrwell'so�enparadoxicalviews onpatrio�smandsocialism.
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TheUnknowablein EarlyModernThought
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ToyStories AnalyzingtheChildin
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VanessaSmith
July2023240pp10b&willus.
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FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
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UnexpectedRoutes
RefugeeWritersinMexico
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July2023272pp
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STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
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WritingOurExtinction
VerticalScience
PatrickWhitmarsh
Post*45
April2023224pp
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STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
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