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Book SynopsisThis volume examines survival in both literal and figurative terms to include such varied kinds of survival as physical, psychological, social, and spiritual endurance. Works represented include narrative nonfiction, poetry, short fiction, novels, plays, and films. The book, in short, will explore a theme important to such key literary works as Homer’s Odyssey, Melville’s Moby-Dick, Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Elie Wiesel’s Night, as well as Jon Krakauer’s nonfiction work, Into the Wild, among many others.

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Book SynopsisFood Studies in Latin American Literature presents a timely collection of essays analyzing a wide array of Latin American narratives through the lens of food studies.Topics explored include potato and maize in colonial and contemporary global narratives, the role of cooking in Sor Juana’s poetics, the centrality of desire in twentieth-century cooking writing by women, the relationship between food, recipes, and national identity, the role of food in travel narratives, and the impact of advertisements in domestic roles.The contributors included here — experts in Latin American History, Literature, and Cultural Studies -– bring a novel, interdisciplinary approach to these explorations, presenting new perspectives on Latin American literature and culture.Table of Contents Illustrations Series Editors’ Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Toward the Construction of a Latin American Gastronarrative — RocÍo del Aguila and Vanesa Miseres I – Culinary Fusion: Indigenous Heritage and Colonialism 1. Food, Power, and Discursive Resistance in Tahuantinsuyu and the Colonial Andes — Alison KrÖgel 2. The Potato: Culture and Agriculture in Context — Regina Harrison 3. The Culinary World of Sor Juana InÉs de la Cruz — Paola Jeannete Vera BÁez and Ángel T. Tuninetti II – A Modernized Table: National Identities, Regionalisms, and Transnational Foodways 4. Immigrants, Elites, and Identities: Representing Food Cultures in Nineteenth-Century Latin America — Lee Skinner 5. Native Food and Male Emotions: Alimentary Encounters between White Travelers and Their “Others” in Nineteenth-Century Colombia — Mercedes Lopez Rodriguez 6. A Matter of Taste: Aesthetics, Manners, and Food in Eduarda Mansilla’s Experience in New York — Vanesa Miseres III – Gender and Food: Consumerism, Desire, and Women’s Agency 7. Homemaking in 1950s Mexico: Women, Class, and Race through the Kitchen Window — Sandra Aguilar-RodrÍguez 8. Sense of Place and Gender in Rosario Castellanos’s “Cooking Lesson” — Elizabeth Montes GarcÉs 9. Lemons, Oregano, Satisfaction, and Hopeless Melancholy: Agency, Subversion, and Identity in Mayra Santos Febres’s “Marina y su olor” — Nina B. Namaste 10. Exquisite Paradise: Taste and Consumption in Hebe Uhart’s “El budÍn esponjoso” — Karina Elizabeth VÁzquez IV – Latin American Food Writing: Between History and Aesthetics 11. The Poetics of Gastronomic History: Salvador Novo’s Cocina mexicana — Ignacio M. SÁnchez Prado 12. Food, Hunger, and Identity in MartÍn CaparrÓs’s Travel Writing — Ángel T. Tuninetti 13. American Counterpoints: Barbacoa and Barbecue beyond Nation — Russell Cobb Epilogue: Why Gastronarratives Matter — MarÍa Paz Moreno Bibliography — Contributors — Index

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited Collection Cities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic traditions find their counterparts. Using the Latin word for “translation,” translatio, or “to carry across,” as a point of departure, Avenues of Translation explores how translation perpetuates, diversifies, deepens, and expands the literary production of cities in their greater cultural context, and how translation shapes an understanding of and access to a city's past and present literary and cultural practices. Thinking about translation and the city is a way to tell the backstories of the cities, texts, and authors that are united by acts of translation. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.Table of Contents Prologue: The City and the Translator by Suzanne Jill Levine Introduction: Translation and the City by Regina Galasso and Evelyn Scaramella 1 Un Walker en Nuyol: Coming to Terms with a Babel of Words by Ilan Stavans 2 Translation as a Native Language: The Layered Languages of Tango by Alicia Borinsky 3 Lorca, From Country to City: Three Versions of Poet in New York by Christopher Maurer 4 “Here Is My Monument”: Translation, Urban Space, and Martín Luis Guzmán’s Memorias de Pancho Villa by Nicholas Cifuentes Goodbody 5 On Languages and Cities: Rethinking the Politics of Calvert Casey’s “El regreso” by Charles Hatfield 6 A Palimpsestuous Adaptation: Translating Barcelona in Benet i Jornet's La plaça del Diamant by Jennifer Duprey 7 Montreal's New Latinité: Spanish-French Connections in a Trilingual City by Hugh Hazelton 8 Translating the Local: New York’s Micro-Cosmopolitan Media, from José Martí to the Hyperlocal Hub by Esther Allen 9 “litORAL translation TRADUCCIÓN LIToral” by Urayoán Noel 10 Coda: The City of the Translator’s Mind by Peter Bush Acknowledgments Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited Collection Cities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic traditions find their counterparts. Using the Latin word for “translation,” translatio, or “to carry across,” as a point of departure, Avenues of Translation explores how translation perpetuates, diversifies, deepens, and expands the literary production of cities in their greater cultural context, and how translation shapes an understanding of and access to a city's past and present literary and cultural practices. Thinking about translation and the city is a way to tell the backstories of the cities, texts, and authors that are united by acts of translation. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.Trade Review"Avenues of Translation offers an innovative focus on the literary, theoretical, creative, and metaphorical representations of the city in the Spanish and Latin American contexts. The essays in this volume address a wide variety of geographies, cultures, and literary genres in the Hispanic world, and present a welcome addition to the growing number of studies dedicated to representations of the city." -- David Richter * Utah State University *"This collection sheds new light on translations that are only possible in cities while also uncovering how Latin American and Iberian influencers have transformed urban spaces by leaving their own cultural and historical marks. Scholars of Iberian, Latin American, and translation studies will gladly add this outstanding collection of essays to their list of must-read books." * Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature *"Recommended." * Choice *"Avenues of Translation offers an innovative focus on the literary, theoretical, creative, and metaphorical representations of the city in the Spanish and Latin American contexts. The essays in this volume address a wide variety of geographies, cultures, and literary genres in the Hispanic world, and present a welcome addition to the growing number of studies dedicated to representations of the city." -- David Richter * Utah State University *"This collection sheds new light on translations that are only possible in cities while also uncovering how Latin American and Iberian influencers have transformed urban spaces by leaving their own cultural and historical marks. Scholars of Iberian, Latin American, and translation studies will gladly add this outstanding collection of essays to their list of must-read books." * Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature *"Recommended." * Choice *Table of Contents Prologue: The City and the Translator by Suzanne Jill Levine Introduction: Translation and the City by Regina Galasso and Evelyn Scaramella 1 Un Walker en Nuyol: Coming to Terms with a Babel of Words by Ilan Stavans 2 Translation as a Native Language: The Layered Languages of Tango by Alicia Borinsky 3 Lorca, From Country to City: Three Versions of Poet in New York by Christopher Maurer 4 “Here Is My Monument”: Translation, Urban Space, and Martín Luis Guzmán’s Memorias de Pancho Villa by Nicholas Cifuentes Goodbody 5 On Languages and Cities: Rethinking the Politics of Calvert Casey’s “El regreso” by Charles Hatfield 6 A Palimpsestuous Adaptation: Translating Barcelona in Benet i Jornet's La plaça del Diamant by Jennifer Duprey 7 Montreal's New Latinité: Spanish-French Connections in a Trilingual City by Hugh Hazelton 8 Translating the Local: New York’s Micro-Cosmopolitan Media, from José Martí to the Hyperlocal Hub by Esther Allen 9 “litORAL translation TRADUCCIÓN LIToral” by Urayoán Noel 10 Coda: The City of the Translator’s Mind by Peter Bush Acknowledgments Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisOn the 200th anniversary of the first edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Transmedia Creatures presents studies of Frankenstein by international scholars from converging disciplines such as humanities, musicology, film studies, television studies, English and digital humanities. These innovative contributions investigate the afterlives of a novel taught in a disparate array of courses - Frankenstein disturbs and transcends boundaries, be they political, ethical, theological, aesthetic, and not least of media, ensuring its vibrant presence in contemporary popular culture. Transmedia Creatures highlights how cultural content is redistributed through multiple media, forms and modes of production (including user-generated ones from “below”) that often appear synchronously and dismantle and renew established readings of the text, while at the same time incorporating and revitalizing aspects that have always been central to it. The authors engage with concepts, value systems and aesthetic-moral categories—among them the family, horror, monstrosity, diversity, education, risk, technology, the body—from a variety of contemporary approaches and highly original perspectives, which yields new connections. Ultimately, Frankenstein, as evidenced by this collection, is paradoxically enriched by the heteroglossia of preconceptions, misreadings, and overreadings that attend it, and that reveal the complex interweaving of perceptions and responses it generates. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.Trade Review"Mary Shelley’s novel has had so many afterlives: the text lives and is constantly reincarnated as an unparalleled text of revision, rewriting, misreading, and overreading in science fiction, film, young adult literature, feminism, biomedical ethics, drama, and many other arenas. On the occasion of the anniversary of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein, editors Francesca Saggini and Anna Enrichetta Soccio have gathered an admirably wide range of approaches to that vast afterlife. The productive analyses here of these transmedia incarnations demonstrate the power of Shelley’s ur-text and offer delightful opportunities to enliven our teaching and understanding of Frankenstein and his afterlives." -- Audrey Fisch * New Jersey City University *"One rarely encounters scholarly territory upon which Mary Shelley's peripatetic creature has not already left its mark, but this exceptional collection has managed to uncover new and exciting ground in Frankenstein studies. In Transmedia Creatures: Frankenstein's Afterlives, Saggini and Soccio present original interdisciplinary essays by international scholars that explore Shelley's novel as it is incarnated through the lens of multiple media and differing modes of production. Erudite and entertaining, this work gives us a fresh and often-startling view of that famous 'hideous progeny' as it is reborn in everything from fanfiction and steampunk adaptations to musical compositions and video games." -- Ghislaine McDayter * Bucknell University *"Chronicle of Higher Education new scholarly books weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"The scholarship is sound. . .Transmedia Creatures offers some exciting new avenues to explore in the wake of the bicentenary of Shelley’s novel. Recommended." * Choice *"Saggini and Soccio’s [book] defies expectations and has a great deal to say about the pedagogical uses to which Frankenstein’s textual afterlives might be put. [...] many of the essays in this volume, although they don’t define themselves that way, might be characterized by what we now call presentist in that they trace how cultural forebodings about the dangers of difference that preoccupy the novel get re-mediated in contemporary culture to address those same concerns. [...] All of these essays are never less than illuminating, in their varied ways, on some understudied or overlooked aspect of the novel’s afterlives, as should be obvious from the book’s title but is never a given." * European Romantic Review *"In Transmedia Creatures, Saggini and Soccio collect a truly international group of thirteen contributors who investigate the ways how Frankenstein adaptations traverse media, genre, and national boundaries....[T]his volume particularly appealing to instructors looking for innovation in teaching the novel." * Science Fiction Studies *"Mary Shelley’s novel has had so many afterlives: the text lives and is constantly reincarnated as an unparalleled text of revision, rewriting, misreading, and overreading in science fiction, film, young adult literature, feminism, biomedical ethics, drama, and many other arenas. On the occasion of the anniversary of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein, editors Francesca Saggini and Anna Enrichetta Soccio have gathered an admirably wide range of approaches to that vast afterlife. The productive analyses here of these transmedia incarnations demonstrate the power of Shelley’s ur-text and offer delightful opportunities to enliven our teaching and understanding of Frankenstein and his afterlives." -- Audrey Fisch * New Jersey City University *"One rarely encounters scholarly territory upon which Mary Shelley's peripatetic creature has not already left its mark, but this exceptional collection has managed to uncover new and exciting ground in Frankenstein studies. In Transmedia Creatures: Frankenstein's Afterlives, Saggini and Soccio present original interdisciplinary essays by international scholars that explore Shelley's novel as it is incarnated through the lens of multiple media and differing modes of production. Erudite and entertaining, this work gives us a fresh and often-startling view of that famous 'hideous progeny' as it is reborn in everything from fanfiction and steampunk adaptations to musical compositions and video games." -- Ghislaine McDayter * Bucknell University *"Chronicle of Higher Education new scholarly books weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"The scholarship is sound. . .Transmedia Creatures offers some exciting new avenues to explore in the wake of the bicentenary of Shelley’s novel. Recommended." * Choice *"Saggini and Soccio’s [book] defies expectations and has a great deal to say about the pedagogical uses to which Frankenstein’s textual afterlives might be put. [...] many of the essays in this volume, although they don’t define themselves that way, might be characterized by what we now call presentist in that they trace how cultural forebodings about the dangers of difference that preoccupy the novel get re-mediated in contemporary culture to address those same concerns. [...] All of these essays are never less than illuminating, in their varied ways, on some understudied or overlooked aspect of the novel’s afterlives, as should be obvious from the book’s title but is never a given." * European Romantic Review *"In Transmedia Creatures, Saggini and Soccio collect a truly international group of thirteen contributors who investigate the ways how Frankenstein adaptations traverse media, genre, and national boundaries....[T]his volume particularly appealing to instructors looking for innovation in teaching the novel." * Science Fiction Studies *Table of ContentsAbbreviations ix Introduction: Frankenstein: Presence, Process, Progress Francesca SagginiPA R T I Labs, Bots, and Punks: Transmediating Technology and Science 1 Frankenstein and Science Fiction Gino Roncaglia 2 Monstrous Algorithms and the Web of Fear: Risk, Crisis, and Spectral Finance in Robert Harris’s The Fear Index Lidia De Michelis 3 Frankensteinian Gods, Fembots, and the New Technological Frontier in Alex Garland’s Ex_Machina Eleanor BealPA R T I I Becoming Monsters: The Limits of the Human 4 Staging Steampunk Aesthetics in Frankenstein Adaptations: Mechanization, Disability, and the Body Claire Nally 5 Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus in the Postcolony Claudia Gualtieri 6 Four- Color Myth: Frankenstein in the Comics Federico MeschiniPA RT I I I The Evolution Games of Sight and Sound 7 “Uncouth and inarticulate sounds”: Musico- Literary Traces in Frankenstein, and Frankenstein in Art Music Enrico Reggiani 8 Enter Monsieur le Monstre: Cultural Border- Crossing and Frankenstein in London and Paris in 1826 Diego Saglia 9 The Theme of the Doppelgänger in James Searle Dawley’s Frankenstein Daniele Pio Buenza 10 Perverting the Family: Re- Working Victor Frankenstein’s Gothic Blood- Ties in Penny Dreadful Ruth HeholtPA R T I V Monster Reflections 11 The Masked Performer and “the Mane Electric”: The Lives and Multimedia Afterlives of Margaret Atwood’s Doctor Frankenstein Janet Larson 12 Young Adult Frankenstein Andrew McInnes 13 Revivifying Frankenstein’s Myth: Historical Encounters and Dialogism in Back from the Dead: The True Sequel to Frankenstein Anna Enrichetta Soccio Acknowledgments Bibliography Index About the Contributors

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Book SynopsisIn the Andes, indigenous knowledge systems based on the relationships between different beings, both earthly and heavenly, animal and plant, have been central to the organization of knowledge since precolonial times. The legacies of colonialism and the continuance of indigenous cultures make the Andes a unique place from which to think about art and social change as ongoing, and as encompassing more than an exclusively human perspective. Beyond Human revises established readings of the avant-gardes in Peru and Bolivia as humanizing and historical. By presenting fresh readings of canonical authors like César Vallejo, José María Arguedas, and Magda Portal, and through analysis of newer artist-activists like Julieta Paredes, Mujeres Creando Comunidad, and Alejandra Dorado, Daly argues instead that avant-gardes complicate questions of agency and contribute to theoretical discussions on vital materialisms: the idea that life happens between animate and inanimate beings—human and non-human—and is made sensible through art. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.Trade Review"From the pedagogical perspective, Beyond Human is teachable in its entirety in a course on Latin-American Vanguards or on the cultural production in the Andean region. The chapters can also be used as stand-alone material on the five intellectuals discussed in the book."— Bulletin of Spanish Studies "In recent years, a critical reevaluation of the avant-garde movements and their legacy has been taking place in Latin American literary and cultural studies. Beyond Human offers an innovative contribution to the understanding of the avant-garde and its legacy in the Andean region. With an approach that combines political philosophy and ecocriticism with current debates about the “'new materialism,” Tara Daly proposes a pluralistic view of avant-garde Andean arts, and argues that their uniqueness within the broad panorama of twentieth-century Vanguardisms centers on their reorientations of the multiple relationships among humans and the natural world, partly inspired by the indigenous cultures of the Americas. Cutting through the mainly sociopolitical readings that have traditionally been applied to the Andean avant-garde, Daly argues compellingly that these artistic movements are best understood in terms of a 'vitalistic materialism' that sought to establish a uniquely Andean middle way between capitalist commodification and Marxist utopianism."— Aníbal González, Yale University "Recommended."— Choice "Beyond Human offers an important reading that adds to ongoing discussions of new materialism....[A] very interesting book that proposes a fresh reading of materiality in the Andes."— Hispanic ReviewTable of Contents Illustrations ... vi A Note on Translations... vii Introduction: Revitalizing the Andean Avant-Gardes ... 1 1 César Vallejo’s Lithic Poetry: Stones as Material Guides ... 53 2 Alejandra Dorado’s Installation Art: Material Transmutations in Contemporary Cochabamba ... 111 3 José María Arguedas’s 1960s: The Air as Space of Material Encounters ... 157 4 Mujeres Creando Comunidad: Communitarian Feminisms from the Bolivian Soil ... 199 5 Magda Portal’s Bare Life in the Sea ... 245 Conclusion: New Material Orientations in the Andes and Beyond ... 300 Acknowledgments ... 311 Bibliography ... 314 Index ... 342 About the Author ... 343

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Book SynopsisIn the Andes, indigenous knowledge systems based on the relationships between different beings, both earthly and heavenly, animal and plant, have been central to the organization of knowledge since precolonial times. The legacies of colonialism and the continuance of indigenous cultures make the Andes a unique place from which to think about art and social change as ongoing, and as encompassing more than an exclusively human perspective. Beyond Human revises established readings of the avant-gardes in Peru and Bolivia as humanizing and historical. By presenting fresh readings of canonical authors like César Vallejo, José María Arguedas, and Magda Portal, and through analysis of newer artist-activists like Julieta Paredes, Mujeres Creando Comunidad, and Alejandra Dorado, Daly argues instead that avant-gardes complicate questions of agency and contribute to theoretical discussions on vital materialisms: the idea that life happens between animate and inanimate beings—human and non-human—and is made sensible through art. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.Trade Review"In recent years, a critical reevaluation of the avant-garde movements and their legacy has been taking place in Latin American literary and cultural studies. Beyond Human offers an innovative contribution to the understanding of the avant-garde and its legacy in the Andean region. With an approach that combines political philosophy and ecocriticism with current debates about the “'new materialism,” Tara Daly proposes a pluralistic view of avant-garde Andean arts, and argues that their uniqueness within the broad panorama of twentieth-century Vanguardisms centers on their reorientations of the multiple relationships among humans and the natural world, partly inspired by the indigenous cultures of the Americas. Cutting through the mainly sociopolitical readings that have traditionally been applied to the Andean avant-garde, Daly argues compellingly that these artistic movements are best understood in terms of a 'vitalistic materialism' that sought to establish a uniquely Andean middle way between capitalist commodification and Marxist utopianism." -- Aníbal González * Yale University *"Recommended." * Choice *"From the pedagogical perspective, Beyond Human is teachable in its entirety in a course on Latin-American Vanguards or on the cultural production in the Andean region. The chapters can also be used as stand-alone material on the five intellectuals discussed in the book." * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *"Beyond Human offers an important reading that adds to ongoing discussions of new materialism....[A] very interesting book that proposes a fresh reading of materiality in the Andes." * Hispanic Review *"In recent years, a critical reevaluation of the avant-garde movements and their legacy has been taking place in Latin American literary and cultural studies. Beyond Human offers an innovative contribution to the understanding of the avant-garde and its legacy in the Andean region. With an approach that combines political philosophy and ecocriticism with current debates about the “'new materialism,” Tara Daly proposes a pluralistic view of avant-garde Andean arts, and argues that their uniqueness within the broad panorama of twentieth-century Vanguardisms centers on their reorientations of the multiple relationships among humans and the natural world, partly inspired by the indigenous cultures of the Americas. Cutting through the mainly sociopolitical readings that have traditionally been applied to the Andean avant-garde, Daly argues compellingly that these artistic movements are best understood in terms of a 'vitalistic materialism' that sought to establish a uniquely Andean middle way between capitalist commodification and Marxist utopianism." -- Aníbal González * Yale University *"Recommended." * Choice *"From the pedagogical perspective, Beyond Human is teachable in its entirety in a course on Latin-American Vanguards or on the cultural production in the Andean region. The chapters can also be used as stand-alone material on the five intellectuals discussed in the book." * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *"Beyond Human offers an important reading that adds to ongoing discussions of new materialism....[A] very interesting book that proposes a fresh reading of materiality in the Andes." * Hispanic Review *Table of Contents Illustrations ... viA Note on Translations... vii Introduction: Revitalizing the Andean Avant-Gardes ... 1 1 César Vallejo’s Lithic Poetry: Stones as Material Guides ... 53 2 Alejandra Dorado’s Installation Art: Material Transmutations in Contemporary Cochabamba ... 111 3 José María Arguedas’s 1960s: The Air as Space of Material Encounters ... 157 4 Mujeres Creando Comunidad: Communitarian Feminisms from the Bolivian Soil ... 199 5 Magda Portal’s Bare Life in the Sea ... 245 Conclusion: New Material Orientations in the Andes and Beyond ... 300Acknowledgments ... 311Bibliography ... 314Index ... 342About the Author ... 343

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Book SynopsisThe historical novels of Manuel Zapata Olivella and Ana Maria Gonçalves map black journeys from Africa to the Americas in a way that challenges the Black Atlantic paradigm that has become synonymous with cosmopolitan African diaspora studies. Unlike Paul Gilroy, who coined the term and based it on W.E.B. DuBois’s double consciousness, Zapata, in Changó el gran putas (1983), creates an empowering mythology that reframes black resistance in Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Brazil, and the United States. In Um defeito de cor (2006), Gonçalves imagines the survival strategies of a legendary woman said to be the mother of black abolitionist poet Luís Gama and a conspirator in an African Muslim–⁠led revolt in Brazil’s “Black Rome.” These novels show differing visions of revolution, black community, femininity, sexuality, and captivity. They skillfully reveal how events preceding the UNESCO Decade of Afro-Descent (2015–2024) alter our understanding of Afro-⁠Latin America as it gains increased visibility. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.Trade Review"Maddox offers us a refreshingly provocative revision of Black Atlantic theory and African diasporic authorship across Luso-Hispanic communities. His insightful readings will further enrich our understanding of the complex and nonlinear facets of African diasporic Blackness, Black Atlantic religious traditions, and Black women in impactful, new ways." -- Nick Jones * author of Staging Habla de Negros *"John Maddox’s Challenging the Black Atlantic is as monumental as the historical sagas the book studies. . . . Originally conceived, meticulously researched, and well written and argued, the book is an intellectually sophisticated interdisciplinary study that will certainly leave its vital mark in the field of Afro-diaspora studies for years to come. A must read!” -- Emanuelle Oliveira-Monte * author of Writing Identity: The Politics of Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Literature *"An innovative and ground-breaking attempt to examine the nuances of the Black Atlantic Theory via diaspora...highly recommended for a variety of audiences." * Hispania *"Maddox succeeds in adding to the Black Atlantic paradigm, taking it in a decidedly Latin-American direction. At the center of his theoretical intervention, he compellingly offers Zapata’s version of the Nuevo Munto as a foundational construct—a search for a profoundly historical and spiritual recognition of African identity, and a vision of just world for the present and future." * Religion and the Arts *"Maddox offers us a refreshingly provocative revision of Black Atlantic theory and African diasporic authorship across Luso-Hispanic communities. His insightful readings will further enrich our understanding of the complex and nonlinear facets of African diasporic Blackness, Black Atlantic religious traditions, and Black women in impactful, new ways." -- Nick Jones * author of Staging Habla de Negros *"John Maddox’s Challenging the Black Atlantic is as monumental as the historical sagas the book studies. . . . Originally conceived, meticulously researched, and well written and argued, the book is an intellectually sophisticated interdisciplinary study that will certainly leave its vital mark in the field of Afro-diaspora studies for years to come. A must read!” -- Emanuelle Oliveira-Monte * author of Writing Identity: The Politics of Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Literature *"An innovative and ground-breaking attempt to examine the nuances of the Black Atlantic Theory via diaspora...highly recommended for a variety of audiences." * Hispania *"Maddox succeeds in adding to the Black Atlantic paradigm, taking it in a decidedly Latin-American direction. At the center of his theoretical intervention, he compellingly offers Zapata’s version of the Nuevo Munto as a foundational construct—a search for a profoundly historical and spiritual recognition of African identity, and a vision of just world for the present and future." * Religion and the Arts *Table of Contents Introduction: This Book, Manuel Zapata Olivella, and Ana Maria Gonçalves a Manuel Zapata Olivella (1920–2004) b Zapataolivellismo i The U.S. Context ii The Latin American Context c Ana Maria Gonçalves (b.1970) d The Bourgeoning Criticism on Ana Maria Gonçalves e Changó and Defeito: Summaries i Changó el gran putas (1983) ii Um defeito de cor (2006) 1 Myth, Literature, and History in Zapata a Muntu, Nuevo Muntu, and Changó’s Curse i Influences ii Placide Tempels and the Muntu iii The Curse b The Origin Myth of Benkos Bioho 2 Afro-Brazil in Defeito and Changó a Luís Gama: History, Myth, and Literature b Luísa Mahin: From Poetry to History c Quilombos in Changó i Aleijadinho and Zumbi d Quilombos and Terreiros of Defeito i Gender and Myth in Dahomey e Conclusion 3 Double Consciousness and Nation in Gilroy and Zapata a The Black Atlantic and the Nuevo Muntu i The Black Atlantic: Summary ii After The Black Atlantic iii Representative Critics of Gilroy in the Anglophone Tradition b Du Bois in Changó i Zapata’s Du Bois ii Double Consciousness iii Music, Orality, and the Sea iv The African Diaspora is part of a New World History beyond the Nation c. Zapata, Precursor of Today’s Latin Americanist Critics of Gilroy 4 Women, Gender, and the Nuevo Muntu a The Black Atlantic from an Afro-Brasileira’s Point of View i. Domingos Álvares and the Black Atlantic Kingdom of Dahomey ii. Gonçalves and Antônio Olinto’s Black Atlantic iii. Luís Gama’s Brazil in the Black Atlantic b Rape in the Novels of Zapata and Gonçalves i. Sons of God and the She-Devil ii. Mother Africa iii. Gonçalves’s Raw Realism of Rape c Changó / Santa Bárbara and Queer Characters d Agne Brown and the Apocalypse Conclusion: The Nuevo Muntu Today and Tomorrow a El Putas, U.S.A. b Nuevo Muntu History and Gonçalves’s Journalism c Afrofuturism i Brazil ii Latinx-futurism iii Ana Maria Gonçalves Acknowledgements Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWe are inundated with game play today. Digital devices offer opportunities to play almost anywhere and anytime. No matter our age, gender, social, cultural, or educational background—we play. Play in the Age of Goethe: Theories, Narratives, and Practices of Play around 1800 is the first book-length work to explore how the modern discourse of play was first shaped during this pivotal period (approximately 1770-1830). The eleven chapters illuminate critical developments in the philosophy, pedagogy, psychology, politics, and poetics of play as evident in the work of major authors of the period including Lessing, Goethe, Kant, Schiller, Pestalozzi, Jacobi, Tieck, Jean Paul, Schleiermacher, and Fröbel. While drawing on more recent theories of play by thinkers such as Jean Piaget, Donald Winnicott, Jost Trier, Gregory Bateson, Jacques Derrida, Thomas Henricks, and Patrick Jagoda, the volume shows the debates around play in German letters of this period to be far richer and more complex than previously thought, as well as more relevant for our current engagement with play. Indeed, modern debates about what constitutes good rather than bad practices of play can be traced to these foundational discourses. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press. Trade Review"Play in the Age of Goethe is a brilliantly conceived and edited volume that explores the topic of "play" with a view to both its historical development and its contemporary importance. While canonical authors receive their due, the essays likewise address domains of research not usually treated in literary historical studies. Theory and practice are skillfully blended and the various perspectives represented in the essays are mutually enhancing. The contributions fully realize the intention of the volume to make clear how rich and various, how intellectually compelling and fecund the thoughts about and fictional treatments of play in the German­-speaking lands at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries in fact were." -- David E. Wellbery * author of The Specular Moment: Goethe’s Early Lyric and the Beginnings of Romanticism *"This is a superb collection of essays on a topic of central interest to scholars of eighteenth-century literature and culture, as well as students of continental philosophy and theoreticians of play. The introduction is lively and intriguing, setting the stage for the essays to come and maintaining interest via a very concise, yet wide-ranging account of the importance of play and games in contemporary life and what is at stake in the practice." -- Gail K. Hart * author of Friedrich Schiller: Crime, Aesthetic, and the Poetics of Punishment *"This collection's strength is evident in the care each author takes with the theme, material, and development of what amount to multiple interlocking frameworks for understanding play circa 1800." * Monatshefte *“[Play in the Age of Goethe] is another impressive work in the series New Studies in the Age of Goethe and clearly demonstrates the productivity of scholars in the field and their many interdisciplinary connections.” * Goethe Yearbook, 2023 *"This is a superb collection of essays on a topic of central interest to scholars of eighteenth-century literature and culture, as well as students of continental philosophy and theoreticians of play. The introduction is lively and intriguing, setting the stage for the essays to come and maintaining interest via a very concise, yet wide-ranging account of the importance of play and games in contemporary life and what is at stake in the practice." -- Gail K. Hart * author of Friedrich Schiller: Crime, Aesthetic, and the Poetics of Punishment *"This collection's strength is evident in the care each author takes with the theme, material, and development of what amount to multiple interlocking frameworks for understanding play circa 1800." * Monatshefte *"Play in the Age of Goethe is a brilliantly conceived and edited volume that explores the topic of 'play' with a view to both its historical development and its contemporary importance. While canonical authors receive their due, the essays likewise address domains of research not usually treated in literary historical studies. Theory and practice are skillfully blended and the various perspectives represented in the essays are mutually enhancing. The contributions fully realize the intention of the volume to make clear how rich and various, how intellectually compelling and fecund the thoughts about and fictional treatments of play in the German­-speaking lands at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries in fact were." -- David E. Wellbery * author of The Specular Moment: Goethe’s Early Lyric and the Beginnings of Romanticism *Table of Contents List of Illustrations Introduction: Play in the Age of Goethe and Today Part 1: Free Play Chapter 1: Beauty and Erotic Play: Anacreontic Poetry’s Transformation of Aesthetic Philosophy Christian P. Weber Chapter 2: Free Play in German Idealism and Poststructuralism Samuel Heidepriem Part 2: Games of Chance Chapter 3: “Mit dem Spiele spielen”: Lessing’s Play for Tolerance Edgar Landgraf Chapter 4: Play with Memory and Its Topoi: Faust Nicholas Rennie Part 3: Children’s Play Chapter 5: Narcissus at Play: Goethe, Piaget, and the Passage from Egocentric to Social Play Elliott Schreiber Chapter 6: Playthings: Goethe’s Favorite Toys Patricia Anne Simpson Chapter 7: Kindergarten and the Pedagogy of Play in the German Educational Revolution Ian F. McNeely Interlude Chapter 8: Invective, Eulogy, Play: Jacobi’s Sock 1799 Christiane Frey Part 4: The Play of Language Chapter 9: Between Speaking and Listening: Jean Paul’s Word-Play Michael Powers Chapter 10: Authorship, Translation, Play: Schleiermacher’s Metalangual Poetics David Martyn Chapter 11: Playing with Words in Early German Romanticism Brian Tucker Acknowledgments Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTranspoetic Exchange illuminates the poetic interactions between Octavio Paz (1914-1998) and Haroldo de Campos (1929-2003) from three perspectives--comparative, theoretical, and performative. The poem Blanco by Octavio Paz, written when he was ambassador to India in 1966, and Haroldo de Campos’ translation (or what he calls a “transcreation”) of that poem, published as Transblanco in 1986, as well as Campos’ Galáxias, written from 1963 to 1976, are the main axes around which the book is organized. The volume is divided into three parts. “Essays” unites seven texts by renowned scholars who focus on the relationship between the two authors, their impact and influence, and their cultural resonance by exploring explore the historical background and the different stylistic and cultural influences on the authors, ranging from Latin America and Europe to India and the U.S. The second section, “Remembrances,” collects four experiences of interaction with Haroldo de Campos in the process of transcreating Paz’s poem and working on Transblanco and Galáxias. In the last section, “Poems,” five poets of international standing--Jerome Rothenberg, Antonio Cicero, Keijiro Suga, André Vallias, and Charles Bernstein. Paz and Campos, one from Mexico and the other from Brazil, were central figures in the literary history of the second half of the 20th century, in Latin America and beyond. Both poets signal the direction of poetry as that of translation, understood as the embodiment of otherness and of a poetic tradition that every new poem brings back as a Babel re-enacted. This volume is a print corollary to and expansion of an international colloquium and poetic performance held at Stanford University in January 2010 and it offers a discussion of the role of poetry and translation from a global perspective. The collection holds great value for those interested in all aspects of literary translation and it enriches the ongoing debates on language, modernity, translation and the nature of the poetic object. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press. Trade Review"Offers an homage to the creative relationship between Octavio Paz and Haroldo de Campos in a volume stemming from the eponymous Stanford University event in Winter 2010 that gathered scholars, artists and poets from all the corners of the globe....Recognizing presence and precedence, Transpoetic Exchange journeys across cultures and traditions, languages and geographies, words and the verbal rawness of blank in the page." * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *Table of Contents Introduction: A Multiversal Experiment Part I: Essays Chapter 1: On the Presence of Absence: Octavio Paz’s “Blanco” Enrico Mario Santí Chapter 2: “Blanco” and Transblanco: Modern and Post-Utopic João Adolfo Hansen Chapter 3: Refiguring the Poundian Ideogram: From Octavio Paz’s “Blanco/Branco” to Haroldo de Campos’s Galáxias Marjorie Perloff Chapter 4: Poetry Makes Nothing Happen Marília Librandi Chapter 5: Haroldo de Campos, Octavio Paz and the Experience of the Avant-Garde Antonio Cicero Chapter 6: “Blanco”: a version of Mallarmé’s heritage Luiz Costa Lima Chapter 7: Translation and Radical Poetics: The Case of Octavio Paz and the Noigrandres Odile Cisneros Part 2: Remembrances Chapter 8: Pages, Pageants, Portraits, Prospects: an Austin-atious Remembrance of Haroldo de Campos Charles A. Perrone Chapter 9: “Logopéia via Goethe via Christopher Middleton”: An unknown recording of Haroldo de Campos (Austin, 1981) Kenneth David Jackson Chapter 10: Meeting in Austin Benedito Nunes Part 3: Poems Chapter 11: Three Variations on Octavio Paz’s “Blanco” and Fifteen Antiphonals for Haroldo de Campos, with a Note on Translation, Transcreation, and Othering Jerome Rothenberg Chapter 12: Poems Antonio Cicero Chapter 13: Waves of Absence Keijiro Suga Chapter 14: Hexaemeron. The Six Faces of Haphazard André Vallias Chapter 15: Amberianum [Philosophical Fragments of Caudio Amberian] Charles Bernstein Acknowledgments Bibliography Index Notes on Contributors

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Book SynopsisTranspoetic Exchange illuminates the poetic interactions between Octavio Paz (1914-1998) and Haroldo de Campos (1929-2003) from three perspectives--comparative, theoretical, and performative. The poem Blanco by Octavio Paz, written when he was ambassador to India in 1966, and Haroldo de Campos’ translation (or what he calls a “transcreation”) of that poem, published as Transblanco in 1986, as well as Campos’ Galáxias, written from 1963 to 1976, are the main axes around which the book is organized. The volume is divided into three parts. “Essays” unites seven texts by renowned scholars who focus on the relationship between the two authors, their impact and influence, and their cultural resonance by exploring explore the historical background and the different stylistic and cultural influences on the authors, ranging from Latin America and Europe to India and the U.S. The second section, “Remembrances,” collects four experiences of interaction with Haroldo de Campos in the process of transcreating Paz’s poem and working on Transblanco and Galáxias. In the last section, “Poems,” five poets of international standing--Jerome Rothenberg, Antonio Cicero, Keijiro Suga, André Vallias, and Charles Bernstein. Paz and Campos, one from Mexico and the other from Brazil, were central figures in the literary history of the second half of the 20th century, in Latin America and beyond. Both poets signal the direction of poetry as that of translation, understood as the embodiment of otherness and of a poetic tradition that every new poem brings back as a Babel re-enacted. This volume is a print corollary to and expansion of an international colloquium and poetic performance held at Stanford University in January 2010 and it offers a discussion of the role of poetry and translation from a global perspective. The collection holds great value for those interested in all aspects of literary translation and it enriches the ongoing debates on language, modernity, translation and the nature of the poetic object. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press. Trade Review"Inspired by the eclectic form of Haroldo de Campos's Transblanco, this volume blends essays by authoritative critics of twentieth century poetics with personal reflections, creative work, and previously unpublished material by and about Haroldo de Campos and Octavio Paz. Transpoetic Exchange holds great value for readers interested in all aspects of poetry and translation and its transnational approach taps into an important current in contemporary literary studies.""Offers an homage to the creative relationship between Octavio Paz and Haroldo de Campos in a volume stemming from the eponymous Stanford University event in Winter 2010 that gathered scholars, artists and poets from all the corners of the globe....Recognizing presence and precedence, Transpoetic Exchange journeys across cultures and traditions, languages and geographies, words and the verbal rawness of blank in the page." * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *"Offers an homage to the creative relationship between Octavio Paz and Haroldo de Campos in a volume stemming from the eponymous Stanford University event in Winter 2010 that gathered scholars, artists and poets from all the corners of the globe....Recognizing presence and precedence, Transpoetic Exchange journeys across cultures and traditions, languages and geographies, words and the verbal rawness of blank in the page." * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *Table of Contents Introduction: A Multiversal Experiment Part I: Essays Chapter 1: On the Presence of Absence: Octavio Paz’s “Blanco” Enrico Mario Santí Chapter 2: “Blanco” and Transblanco: Modern and Post-Utopic João Adolfo Hansen Chapter 3: Refiguring the Poundian Ideogram: From Octavio Paz’s “Blanco/Branco” to Haroldo de Campos’s Galáxias Marjorie Perloff Chapter 4: Poetry Makes Nothing Happen Marília Librandi Chapter 5: Haroldo de Campos, Octavio Paz and the Experience of the Avant-Garde Antonio Cicero Chapter 6: “Blanco”: a version of Mallarmé’s heritage Luiz Costa Lima Chapter 7: Translation and Radical Poetics: The Case of Octavio Paz and the Noigrandres Odile Cisneros Part 2: Remembrances Chapter 8: Pages, Pageants, Portraits, Prospects: an Austin-atious Remembrance of Haroldo de Campos Charles A. Perrone Chapter 9: “Logopéia via Goethe via Christopher Middleton”: An unknown recording of Haroldo de Campos (Austin, 1981) Kenneth David Jackson Chapter 10: Meeting in Austin Benedito Nunes Part 3: Poems Chapter 11: Three Variations on Octavio Paz’s “Blanco” and Fifteen Antiphonals for Haroldo de Campos, with a Note on Translation, Transcreation, and Othering Jerome Rothenberg Chapter 12: Poems Antonio Cicero Chapter 13: Waves of Absence Keijiro Suga Chapter 14: Hexaemeron. The Six Faces of Haphazard André Vallias Chapter 15: Amberianum [Philosophical Fragments of Caudio Amberian] Charles Bernstein Acknowledgments Bibliography Index Notes on Contributors

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Book SynopsisIn its early transition to democracy following Franco’s death in 1975, Spain rapidly embraced neoliberal practices and policies, some of which directly impacted cultural production. In a few short years, the country commercialized its art and literary markets, investing in “cultural tourism” as a tool for economic growth and urban renewal. The artist novel began to proliferate for the first time in a century, but these novels—about artists and art historians—have received little critical attention beyond the descriptive. In Between Market and Myth, Vater studies select authors—Julio Llamazares, Ángeles Caso, Clara Usón, Almudena Grandes, Nieves Herrero, Paloma Díaz-Mas, Lourdes Ortiz, and Enrique Vila-Matas—whose largely realist novels portray a clash between the myth of artistic freedom and artists’ willing recruitment or cooptation by market forces or political influence. Today, in an era of rising globalization, the artist novel proves ideal for examining authors' ambivalent notions of creative practice when political patronage and private sector investment complicate belief in artistic autonomy. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press. Trade Review"Between Market and Myth covers a fascinating topic which allows for the exploration of questions central to the cultural production of the period and of the changing, at times contradictory, role of the artist. The topic is exciting and timely, and Vater presents a provocative frame for the discussion." -- Elizabeth Drumm * author of Painting on Stage: Visual Art in Twentieth-Century Spanish Theater *"The book makes a compelling case for the effects that neoliberalism has on cultural capital and supports its convincing argument with an all-encompassing literary analysis that masterfully interprets the primary texts in their historical and geographical context." * Hispania *"Is the value of an artist and her product intrinsic or extrinsic to society? Katie Vater’s intriguing study engages this question through an analysis of several Spanish literary works produced between 1992 and 2014." * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *"Between Market and Myth covers a fascinating topic which allows for the exploration of questions central to the cultural production of the period and of the changing, at times contradictory, role of the artist. The topic is exciting and timely, and Vater presents a provocative frame for the discussion." -- Elizabeth Drumm * author of Painting on Stage: Visual Art in Twentieth-Century Spanish Theater *"The book makes a compelling case for the effects that neoliberalism has on cultural capital and supports its convincing argument with an all-encompassing literary analysis that masterfully interprets the primary texts in their historical and geographical context." * Hispania *"Is the value of an artist and her product intrinsic or extrinsic to society? Katie Vater’s intriguing study engages this question through an analysis of several Spanish literary works produced between 1992 and 2014." * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1 The Weight of Fame: Memory in Two Contemporary Künstlerromane by Ángeles Caso and Julio Llamazares 2 The Postfeminist Turn in the Artist Novel by Women: The Case of Almudena Grandes, Clara Usón, and Nieves Herrero 3 The Art Historian as Neoliberal Subject in Lourdes Ortiz’s Las manos de Velázquez and Paloma Díaz-Mas’s El sueño de Venecia 4 Affiliation Anxiety: Avant-Garde Identity at dOCUMENTA(13) in Enrique Vila-Matas’s Kassel no invita la lógica Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCalila: The Later Novels of Carmen Martín Gaite explores the last six novels by Spain´s most honored contemporary woman writer. Its scholarship is enriched by the voice of Calila herself—as Brown called Martín Gaite, who was a dear friend—as they conversed and exchanged letters during the composition of the novels. The book opens with an introduction to Martín Gaite´s life and literature and ends with a consideration of her legacy. Each central chapter analyzes a later novel in its historical, biographical, and critical contexts. From the young adult fantasy Caperucita en Manhattan (Red Riding Hood in Manhattan) to the post-Transition epistolary masterpiece Nubosidad variable (Variable Cloud), the Transition-era saga La Reina de las Nieves (The Farewell Angel), the Proustian reminiscence Lo raro es vivir (Living’s the Strange Thing), the narrative tapestry Irse de casa (Leaving Home), and the memoir of family secrets Los parentescos (Family Relations), these fascinating novels evoke themes that resonate today. Trade Review"Calila: The Later Novels of Carmen Martin Gaite is a fascinating window into the life and later works of one of the most eminent Spanish novelists of all times. Joan L. Brown combines relevant history, original analysis and personal anecdotes from 'Calila’s' personal letters into a compelling and delightful rendition." -- María-Luisa Guardiola * editor of the Royal Spanish Academy's critical edition of Antonio García Gutiérrez's El trovador *"Martín Gaite’s works are now studied all around the world, especially in further education establishments. More and more students are researching her latest novels and Calila will be an indispensable read as Brown combines the critical study of the author’s texts, with their socio-historical background, and a personal view of the process of writing." -- Maria-José Blanco * author of Life-writing in Carmen Martín Gaite’s Cuadernos de todo and her Novels of the 1990s *"As I read Calila: The Later Novels of Carmen Martín Gaite, I had to battle the temptation to put the volume aside in order to re-read the novels that Brown analyzes in the book. There can hardly be a greater testament to a literary critic’s skill than her capacity to communicate to the reader her love and enthusiasm for the texts she analyzes. Brown’s central argument in Calila is that Martín Gaite’s novels of the 1990s deserve to be read, and the book will, without a doubt, bring new and returning readers and inspire renewed critical interest in the writer’s later work." * Hispania *"This insightful monograph on Martín Gaite’s final six novels is part-literary criticism and part-personal anecdote based on the extended friendship between the author and Brown who draws from a variety of scholarly sources, personal correspondence and photographs to provide readings of her works." * Anales de la literatura española contemporánea *"Calila: The Later Novels of Carmen Martin Gaite is a fascinating window into the life and later works of one of the most eminent Spanish novelists of all times. Joan L. Brown combines relevant history, original analysis and personal anecdotes from 'Calila’s' personal letters into a compelling and delightful rendition." -- María-Luisa Guardiola * editor of the Royal Spanish Academy's critical edition of Antonio García Gutiérrez's El trovador *"Martín Gaite’s works are now studied all around the world, especially in further education establishments. More and more students are researching her latest novels and Calila will be an indispensable read as Brown combines the critical study of the author’s texts, with their socio-historical background, and a personal view of the process of writing." -- Maria-José Blanco * author of Life-writing in Carmen Martín Gaite’s Cuadernos de todo and her Novels of the 1990s *"As I read Calila: The Later Novels of Carmen Martín Gaite, I had to battle the temptation to put the volume aside in order to re-read the novels that Brown analyzes in the book. There can hardly be a greater testament to a literary critic’s skill than her capacity to communicate to the reader her love and enthusiasm for the texts she analyzes. Brown’s central argument in Calila is that Martín Gaite’s novels of the 1990s deserve to be read, and the book will, without a doubt, bring new and returning readers and inspire renewed critical interest in the writer’s later work." * Hispania *"This insightful monograph on Martín Gaite’s final six novels is part-literary criticism and part-personal anecdote based on the extended friendship between the author and Brown who draws from a variety of scholarly sources, personal correspondence and photographs to provide readings of her works." * Anales de la literatura española contemporánea *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: Calila and Her Later Novels 1 Backstory: Carmen Martín Gaite’s Earlier Life and Literature 2 Caperucita en Manhattan: A Young Adult Novel of Recovery 3 Nubosidad variable: Contemporary Feminism in Post-Transition Spain 4 La Reina de las Nieves: Rewriting a Tragedy of Spain’s Transition 5 Lo raro es vivir: Existential Questions in Uncertain Times 6 Irse de casa: Back to the Future in Democratic Spain 7 Los parentheses: Fractured Families in the Twenty-First Century Conclusion: The Later Novels and Martín Gaite’s Legacy Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisSamuel Johnson famously referred to his future biographer, the unsociable magistrate Sir John Hawkins, as “a most unclubbable man." Conversely, this celebratory volume gathers distinguished eighteenth-century studies scholars to honor the achievements, professional generosity, and sociability of Greg Clingham, taking as its theme textual and social group formations. Here, Philip Smallwood examines the “mirrored minds” of Johnson and Shakespeare, while David Hopkins parses intersections of the general and particular in three key eighteenth-century figures. Aaron Hanlon draws parallels between instances of physical rambling and rhetorical strategies in Johnson’s Rambler, while Cedric D. Reverand dissects the intertextual strands uniting Dryden and Pope. Contributors take up other topics significant to the field, including post-feminism, travel, and seismology. Whether discussing cultural exchange or textual reciprocities, each piece extends the theme, building on the trope of relationship to organize and express its findings. Rounding out this collection are tributes from Clingham’s former students and colleagues, including original poetry. Trade Review"Editor, author, de facto publisher, and dedicated teacher, Greg Clingham is remarkable among eighteenth-century scholars for his versatility and productivity. A Clubbable Man brings together a star-studded cast of Clingham's colleagues, students, and friends to celebrate a career of consequence in a suitably diverse, elegantly written, and original collection of essays." -- Robert DeMaria * editor of The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson *"This rich collection of work by leading scholars of Samuel Johnson and adjacent eighteenth-century conversations broadens and deepens our own conversations significantly. The vital interplay of social communication and individual achievement emerges clearly throughout this well-conceived, capacious, and handsome volume." -- John Sitter * author of The Cambridge Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Poetry *Table of ContentsIntroductionAnthony W. LeeI. Essays on Samuel Johnson and Boswell1. Mirrored Minds—Johnson and ShakespearePhilip Smallwood2. The General and the Particular: Pope, Johnson, and ReynoldsDavid Hopkins3. “The Caliban of Literature”: Spenser, Shakespeare, and Johnson’s Intertextual ScholarshipAnthony W. Lee4. In Silence and Darkness: Johnson’s Verdicts on Artistic FailureAdam Rounce5. Smollett’s Ramblers and the Law of the LandAaron Hanlon6. The Social Life of Thomas Cumming, or “Clubbing” with Johnson’s friend, the Fighting QuakerRobert G. Walker7. Not "Just a Macheath": Young Boswell and Old Cibber in Boswell’s London Journal 1762–1763Gordon TurnbullII. Essays on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture8. English Historiography and the Development of Secular Autobiography: The MemoirMartine Brownley9. What Else Did Pope Borrow from Dryden?Cedric D. Reverand10. Poetic Performances: Pope’s “An Essay on Man” and “Swift’s Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift”John Richetti11. Swift Shrinks the Duke of Marlborough: Public Delegitimization Though ScaleClement Hawes12. Trans-Plant Perspectives: Western Gardens, Eastern ViewsBärbel Czennia13. Publishers Can Cause Earthquakes: The Seismic English Enlightenment and Enigmatic ExplanationsKevin L. CopeIII. Personal Reminiscences1. Greg Clingham as Teacher and MentorDominic JermeyElaine WoodCaroline FassettJoseph McNicholasMargaret WilliamsErin LabbiePatrick HenryAdam WalkerKang Tchou2. Greg Clingham and Bucknell University PressGary SojkaNina ForsbergDaniel LittleJames RiceJohn Rickard3. Commemoratory Poems“It is rowing without a port.”Notes by Lady Anne Barnard while in South AfricaAntjie KrogFrances TowneKieron WinnAn Ode: Alexander Pope Reciprocally Writes an Encomium for Samuel Johnson, Aided by Greg ClinghamEmily GrosholzMother JohnsonHarry ThomasCodaKate ParkerGreg Clingham’s PublicationsAcknowledgmentsBibliographyAbout the ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisFor Fans of the Tales of Tolkien, Middle-earth, and More Learn about the man who wrote The Lord of the Rings in this Middle-earth treasury. Full of answers to common questions asked by readers to learn about Middle-earth and the fandom, this book about Tolkien celebrates Why We Love Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings omnibus for all. Who wrote The Lord of the Rings? What details are in the movies, books, maps, and other stories—and how do they tie together? Intrigued by Amazon’s new show The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power? What’s considered canon and what isn’t? Dive into Middle-earth’s expansive lore with Why We Love Middle-earth, a fandom book about Tolkien’s work.The perfect companion for any Middle-earth traveler. Written by beloved Tolkien commenters of The Prancing Pony Podcast, Shawn E. Marchese and Alan Sisto, Why We Love Middle-earth is the ultimate guide to the fandom. Newcomers and existing fans of Tolkien will revel in the dragon’s hoard of information inside.Inside, find: An easy-to-digest guide map that deepens your knowledge from start to finish, or from any interest point A brief history of each of the major books and adaptations of Middle-earth, how to read, watch, or play them, and deepen your understanding of them A manual for fandom niches—what they are, where to find them, and how to get started If you enjoy fandom books or a good book about Tolkien’s works such as Atlas Of Middle-Earth, Recipes from the World of Tolkien, or Why We Love Star Wars, you’ll love Why We Love Middle Earth.Trade Review“Written for new or casual fans, but with material to enlighten those deeply entrenched in Tolkien’s legendarium, Marchese and Sisto (hosts of the podcast Prancing Pony) share insights both scholarly (with ample footnotes) and irreverent (with chapter names like ‘Sequel, Schmequel’ and ‘Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes: Tolkien in Adaptation’). The book makes suggestions for the best Tolkien reading journey, enumerates high points and shortcomings of adaptations, and discusses collecting, moots (or conferences), and online fandoms. VERDICT A delightful addition to most libraries. Expect an uptick in circulation of other Tolkien-related books and DVDs after purchase.” —Library Journal “One could not ask for a more congenial pair of guides to Middle-earth than Alan Sisto and Shawn E. Marchese. The combination of learning and fun that has made The Prancing Pony Podcast such a delight shines through in this tour of the Middle-earth experience. Why We Love Middle-earth is a great resource for readers and film-viewers who are new to Tolkien and curious about all things Middle-earth.” —Corey Olsen, The Tolkien Professor and president of Signum University “Alan and Shawn bring the same love for Tolkien and the fandom to this book that they’ve brought to The Prancing Pony Podcast for years. I would expect nothing less, but I can also think of no higher praise.” —Matt Graf, Nerd of the Rings “This delightful read is accessible, humorous, and informative, with the appropriate dash of nostalgia. Perfect for both new and veteran Tolkien fans alike, it is sure to entertain, enlighten, and just maybe help you step out your front door and meet other members of the Tolkien community.” —K.M. Rice, author of the Afterworld series “An absolutely phenomenal read. Sisto and Marchese perfectly encapsulate the spirit of Tolkien’s legacy and bring it to the page. A heartfelt look at the passion found in the Professor’s stories and why Middle-earth remains such a beloved fantasy world. Tolkien fans of all ages will certainly want to add this book to their collections.” —Don Marshall, Obscure Lord of the Rings Facts Guy “You will not find a friendlier, more informative-yet-easygoing introduction to Tolkien’s world than this book. Alan and Shawn are like wisecracking Hobbits, simultaneously goofing off and admiring every song and story shared in Elrond’s Hall of Fire. Come for the groanworthy dad jokes; stay for the deep love of the lore.” —Jeff LaSala, author of The Silmarillion Primer “The Prancing Pony Podcast has established itself as an institution among those of us who like to live, breathe, and dream J.R.R. Tolkien’s magnificent Middle-earth legendarium. Approachable yet knowledgeable, fan-friendly yet scholarly, the PPP is one of those rare podcasts that successfully bridges the gap between the absolute Tolkien beginner and the serious devotee. This has clearly also been their intention with this book, and they have definitely succeeded in that aim. Why We Love Middle-earth is an entertaining read, but it also offers in-depth commentary on Tolkien’s works, the various film adaptations, and the fan responses to those works, guiding the novice through approaching the books as well as offering new insights for the serious reader. Maintaining the balance between the disparate audiences is no mean feat, but the result is a delightful and fascinating read that I would heartily recommend to all fans of Middle-earth.” —Dr. Sara Brown, language & literature department chair, Signum University “From erudition to entertainment, from comedy to camaraderie, The Prancing Pony Podcast is the Car Talk of Tolkien podcasts. Whether you are a Tolkien beginner or were there 300 episodes ago, Alan and Shawn are always worth listening to. Why We Love Middle-earth is a great introduction to Tolkien and the podcast. By treating the books, adaptations, and fandom individually, Alan and Shawn have once again proven themselves excellent guides for those wanting to enter Middle-earth. (Pre-order now and get a free Gollum GPS.)” —Thomas Hillman, author of Pity, Power, and Tolkien’s Ring: To Rule the Fate of ManyTable of ContentsForeword Prologue: Who Was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien? Part One: Discovering Tolkien’s Books: What Should I Read Next? The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings The Silmarillion Unfinished Tales The “Great Tales”: The Children of Húrin, Beren & Lúthien, The Fall of Gondolin Part Two: Tolkien in Adaptation Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit Trilogy Ralph Bakshi’s The Lord of the Rings Rankin/Bass’s The Hobbit and The Return of the King BBC Radio Play Video Game Adaptations: The Lord of the Rings Online and many more Audiobooks Part Three: Expressions of Fandom Collecting Tolkien Tolkien’s Invented Languages Tolkien Studies Art and Artists Fan Organizations Online Content DIY (cosplay, crafting, cooking, brewing)

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Book SynopsisCanadian Graphic: Picturing Life Narratives presents critical essays on contemporary Canadian cartoonists working in graphic life narrative, from confession to memoir to biography. The contributors draw on literary theory, visual studies, and cultural history to show how Canadian cartoonists have become so prominent in the international market for comic books based on real-life experiences. The essays explore the visual styles and storytelling techniques of Canadian cartoonists, as well as their shared concern with the spectacular vulnerability of the self. Canadian Graphic also considers the role of graphic life narratives in reimagining the national past, including Indigenous-settler relations, both world wars, and Quebec's Quiet Revolution.Contributors use a range of approaches to analyze the political, aesthetic, and narrative tensions in these works between self and other, memory and history, individual and collective. An original contribution to the study of auto/biography, alternative comics, and Canadian print culture, Canadian Graphic proposes new ways of reading the intersection of comics and auto/ biography both within and across national boundaries.Trade Review"An essential resource for anyone interested in Canadian comics, life writing, and political issues. Beautifully produced with a useful introduction and fascinating essays about major and emerging cartoonists in Canada and Quebec, Canadian Graphic puts the study of Canadian autobiographical and biographical comics on the academic map and shows us ways to think about one of the most exciting developments in Canadian cultural expression today." -- Julie Rak, University of Alberta, author of Boom! Manufacturing Memoir for the Popular Market (WLU Press, 2013)"As Canada is increasingly looked up to as a social and political model to follow, this collection provides up-close, original and challenging insights into the inner life, musings,and internal struggles of a modern, multicultural and substantially inclusive society. ... Canadian cartoonists have actively contributed since the 1940s to shape the transnational comics industry in North America, although their most distinctive legacy arguably lies in the alternative and underground scenes, strongly revitalised since the late 1970s. Candida Rifkind's and Linda Warley's staple anthology of graphic life narratives conspicuously shows that Canada - in more ways than one - is still blazing the trail." -- Nick Martinez -- Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 20170128"The assemblage of essays in Canadian Graphic demonstrates that comics in Canada is a dynamic and vibrant medium through which to explore contemporary ways of representing shifting identities, race, gender, and agency. ...the deployment of a variety of theoretical perspectives and the demonstration of how these illuminate graphic texts serve as models for ongoing comprehension and scholarly work on the form. No other volume at this point has yet engaged so thoroughly the current state of Canadian graphic production, and further studies will need to refer to this germinal study, which already signals the way forward." -- Rocio G. Davis -- Biography"The wealth of information from the texts analysed and the critics' innovative approaches to them leave readers with an invaluable source, essential for anyone interested in the fields of comics and life writing, as well as the intersections between the two. The insightful, nuanced readings that draw from different theoretical frameworks and disciplines offer examples as to how to analyse graphic life narratives but also as to the vast potential the medium of comics offers to the genre of auto/biography. -- Olga Michael, University of Central Lancashire, English Studies in Canada -- Olga Michael -- English Studies in Canada, 20181201Table of ContentsTable of Contents for Canadian Graphic: Picturing Life Narratives, edited by Candida Rifkind and Linda Warley Editors' Introduction | Candida Rifkind and Linda Warley Part One: Confession and the Relational Self 1. Public Dialogues: Intimacy and Judgment in Canadian Confessional Comics | Kevin Ziegler 2. Untangling the Graphic Power of Tangles: A Story about Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me | Kathleen Venema 3. "Oh Well": My New York Diary, Autographics, and the Depiction of Female Sexuality in Comics | J. Andrew Deman 4. "Say 'Shit' Chester": Language, Alienation, and the Aesthetic in Chester Brown's I Never Liked You: A Comic-Strip Narrative | James C. Hall Part Two: Collective Memory and Visual Biography 5. Personal, Vernacular, Canadian: Seth's Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists as Life Writing | Kathleen Dunley 6. Visual Silence and Graphic Memory: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Two Generals | Linda Warley and Alan Filewood 7. Metabiography and Black Visuality in Ho Che Anderson's King | Candida Rifkind Part Three: The Child and the Nation 8. Unsettling and Restorying Canadian Indigenous-Settler Histories in David Alexander Robertson's The Life of Helen Betty Osborne and Sugar Falls | Doris Wolf 9. Life in Boxes: History, Pedagogy, and Nation-Building in Canadian Biographics for Young Adults | Eva C. Karpinski 10. "Everybody calls me Roch": Harvey, The Hockey Sweater, and the Invisible Québécois Child | Cheryl Cowdy

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Book SynopsisArchetypes from Underground: Notes on the Dostoevskian Self uncovers archetypal imagery in Dostoevsky's stories and novels and argues that archetypes bring a new dimension to our understanding and appreciation of his works. In this interdisciplinary study, Harrison analyzes selected texts in light of fresh research in Dostoevsky studies, cultural history, comparative mythology, and depth psychology. He argues that one of Dostoevsky's chief concerns is the crisis of modernity, and that he dramatizes the conflicts of the modern self by depicting the dynamic, transformative nature of the psyche. Harrison finds the language and imagery of archetypes in Dostoevsky's characters, symbols, and themes, and shows how these resonate in remarkable ways with the archetypes of self, persona, and the shadow. He demonstrates that major themes in Dostoevsky coincide with Western esotericism, such as the complementarity of opposites, transformation, and the symbolism of death and resurrection. These arguments inform a close reading of several of Dostoevsky's texts, including The Double, Notes from Underground, and The Brothers Karamazov. Archetypes inform these works and others, bringing vitality to Dostoevsky's major characters and themes. This research represents a departure from the religious and philosophical questions that have dominated Dostoevsky studies. This work is the first sustained analysis of Dostoevsky's work in light of archetypes, framing a topic that calls for further investigation. Archetypes illumine the author's ideas about Russian national identity and its faith traditions and help us redefine our understanding of Russian realism and the prominent place Dostoevsky occupies within it.Trade Review"Readers are often asked to choose between two filters, the secular and the religious, in their quest for Dostoevsky's paradoxical sense of personality: socially conditioned but not schematic, rebellious but not free. Lonny Harrison suggests that we work instead with an expanded Jungian concept of archetype, with its unconscious, its shadow, its ego-transcendence and rebirth. The result is a fascinating hypothesis about the Dostoevskian psyche, poised between the ruins of European positivism and the potentials of cosmic myth." -- Caryl Emerson, Princeton University -- 201603

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Book SynopsisWhat is the relationship between literature and the society in which it incubates? Are there common political, social, and economic factors that predominate during periods of heightened literary activity? New Brunswick at the Crossroads: Literary Ferment and Social Change in the East considers these questions and explores the relationships between periods of creative ferment in New Brunswick and the socio-cultural conditions of those times. The province's literature is ideally suited to such a study because of its bicultural character--in both English and French, periods of intense literary creativity occurred at different times and for different reasons. What emerges is a cultural geography in New Brunswick that has existed not in isolation from the rest of Canada but often at the creative forefront of imagined alternatives in identity and citizenship. At a time when cultural industries are threatened by forces that seek to negate difference and impose uniformity, New Brunswick at the Crossroads provides an understanding of the intersection of cultures and social economies, contributing to critical discussions about what constitutes "the creative" in Canadian society, especially in rural, non-central spaces like New Brunswick.Trade ReviewThe result [of this book] is a magnificent, if necessarily episodic and partial, analysis of two of New Brunswick's literatures, and I encourage the rest of the nation to peek at how the book's blend of multidisciplinarity can be used for wider application. Even if a reader isn't interested in reading another study of historical writers [...], there is much to recommend this book in terms of methodology. -- Shane Neilsen, Canadian Literature 239 (2019)Table of ContentsForeword | Christl Verduyn Introduction | Tony Tremblay 1. Loyalist Literature in New Brunswick, 1783-1843 | Gwendolyn Davies 2. Literature of the First Acadian Renaissance, 1864-1955 | Chantal Richard 3. The Fredericton Confederation Awakening, 1843-1900 | Thomas Hodd 4. Mid-Century Emergent Modernism, 1935-1955 | Tony Tremblay 5. Modernity and the Challenge of Urbanity in Acadian Literature, 1958-1999 | Marie-Linda Lord Afterword | David Creelman

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Book SynopsisThe image of the dusty, undisturbed archive has been swept away in response to growing interest across disciplines in the materials they house and the desire to find and make meaning through an engagement with those materials. Archival studies scholars and archivists are developing related theoretical frameworks and practices that recognize that the archives are anything but static. Archival deposits are proliferating, and the architects, practitioners, and scholars engaged with them are scarcely able to keep abreast of them. Archives, archival theory, and archival practice are on the move. But what of the archives that were once safely housed and have since been lost, or are under threat? What of the urgency that underscores the appeals made on behalf of these archives? As scholars in this volume argue, archives, their materialization, their preservation, and the research produced about them are moving in a different way: they are involved in an emotionally engaged and charged process, one that acts equally upon archival subjects and those engaged with them. So too do archives at once represent members of various communities and the fields of study drawn to them.Moving Archives grounds itself in the critical trajectory related to what Sara Ahmed calls affective economies to offer fresh insights about the process of archiving and approaching literary materials. These economies are not necessarily determined by ethical impulses, although many scholars have called out for such impulses to underwrite current archival practices; rather, they form the crucial affective contexts for the legitimization of archival caches in the present moment and for future use.Table of Contents Introduction Moving Archives: The Affective Economies and Potentialities of Literary Archival Materials / Linda M. Morra, Bishop's University Chapter One Archive Transfer / Archival Transformation: The Intervening Space Between / Patricia Godbout and Marc André Fortin, Université de Sherbrooke Chapter Two Don't you know that digitization is not enough? Digitization is not enough! Building Accountable Archives and the Digital Dilemma of the Cabaret Commons / T.L. Cowan, University of Toronto Chapter Three Myles na gCopaleen's 'An Scian': A Knife in the Back of Irish Archivists / Joseph LaBine, University of Ottawa Chapter Four Inside the Cover, Outside the Archive: The Dispersal, Loss, and Value of Jane Rule's Personal Library / Linda M. Morra, Bishop's University Chapter Five ""The fearful state of things"": Technologies of Transparency in the Annual Report of the Canada Sunday School Union, 1836-1876 / Erin Kean, University of Ottawa Chapter Six Listening to the Archives of Phyllis Webb / Katherine McLeod, Concordia University Chapter Seven Fresh-Water Archives: Reading Water in Troy Burle Bailey's The Pierre Bonga Loops / Karina Vernon, University of Toronto Chapter Eight Letting Grief Move Me: Thinking Through the Affective Dimensions of Personal Recordkeeping / Jennifer Douglas, University of British Columbia Chapter Nine Reading for Queer Openings: Moving. Archives of the Self. Fred Wah. / Susan Rudy, Queen Mary University of London

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Book Synopsis'Membering Austin Clarke reflects on the life and writing of Austin Clarke, whose depictions of Black life in Canada enlarged our understanding of what Canadian literature looks like.Despite being one of Canada's most widely published, and most richly awarded writers, Austin Clarke (1934-2016) is not a household name. This collection addresses Clarke's marginalization in Canadian literature by demonstrating that his writing on Black diasporic life and the immigrant experience is a foundational, if untold, part of the story of CanLit. Novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist, Clarke was born in Barbados, moved to Canada in 1995 and went on to establish Black Studies programs at a number of universities in America. He returned to Canada and became one of Canadian literature's most prolific authors and a public voice for Black people in Canada. Among his best-known works are the Giller Award-winning The Polished Hoe (2002) and his memoir 'Membering (2015).This collection of essays from colleagues, scholars, friends, and fellow writers addresses Clarke's work in all its richness and complexity in order to understand how Clarke's legacy continues to transform Canadian writing. It includes previously unpublished poems and short stories from Clarke's archives as well as personal reflections from friends, histories of the publication of his works, essays, interviews, and short stories and poems inspired by Clarke.

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Book SynopsisDisPlace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono engages actively with a diasporic world: Otiono is equally at home critiqueing petroculture in Nigeria and in Canada. His work straddles multiple poetic traditions and places African intellectual history at the forefront of an engagement with western poetics. The poems in this selection are drawn from Otiono's two pulished collections, Voices in the Rainbow, and Love in a Time of Nightmares, and includes previously unpublished new poems. Peter Midgley’s introduction contextualizes Otiono's work within the frame of diaspora and newer critical frames like Afropolitanism, attending to form as well as his political engagement. The volume concludes with an afterword written by the poet with Chris Dunton.Trade ReviewDisPlace is the contradictory being of Nduka Otiono: He’s “here” in Canada, but he’s also a dissident resident of Nigeria. He exists in the self-appointed Shangri-La that is the once-boastfully slaveholding Americas; but he insists on remaining the anointed exorcist of an Africa still decadent with bullets, with “militicians,” who play baboons rather than messiahs.—George Elliott Clarke, Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada, 2016-17 The most personal of Otiono’s poems are mostly elegiac, with death pawing at the door, and the language swaying with a new, lithe spring to it and the strength one associates with fine, high-tensile wire. The poet’s imagistic reflections on life are at once sonorous, contemplative, bold, and defiant." - Chris Dunton, Professor of Literature in English and former Dean of The Faculty of Humanities at The National University of Lesotho, Roma

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays explores the gamut of Toni Morrison’s novels from her earliest to her most recent. Each of the essays examines the various ways in which Morrison’s work delineates and interrogates Western culture’s ideological norms of mothers, motherhood, and mothering. The essays consider Morrison’s female, and in some cases male, characters as challenging the concept that mothering and motherhood is a stable notion. The essays reveal both that mothering is a central concept in Morrison’s work and that an examination of this pervasive notion illuminates her corpus as a whole. Toni Morrison on Mothers and Motherhood offers a wide range of scholarship that provides a compelling look at Morrison’s work through an array of interdisciplinary approaches that are grounded in feminist/gender studies. This interdisciplinary collection of essays will be of interest to scholars and critics concerned with the notions of how we define mother/motherhood/mothering and the problem of its interpretation within Western society, as well as those engaged in the interpretation of African-American literature, and Morrison’s work in particular.

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Book SynopsisPerceptive, controversial, topical, and achingly funny, Miriam Toews’s books have earned her a place at the forefront of Canadian literature. In this first monograph on Toews’s work, Sabrina Reed examines the interplay of trauma and resilience in the author’s fiction. Reed skillfully demonstrates how Toews situates resilience across key themes, including: the home as both a source of trauma and an inspiration for resilient action; the road trip as a search for resolution and redemption; and the reframing of the Mennonite diaspora as an escape from patriarchal oppression. The dual suicides of Toews’s father and sister stand out as the most shocking and tragic of the author’s biographical details, and Reed explores Toews’s use of autofiction as a reparative gesture in the face of this trauma.Written in an accessible style that will appeal to both scholars and devotees of Toews’s work, Lives Lived, Lives Imagined is a timely examination of Toews’s oeuvre and a celebration of fiction’s ability to simultaneously embody compassion and anger, joy and sadness, and to brave the personal and communal oppressions of politics, religion, family, society, and mental illness.Table of Contents Ch 1: Home is Where the Hope Is? A Complicated Kindness and A Boy of Good Breeding Ch 2: “On the Road” (With Children): The Flying Troutmans and Summer of My Amazing Luck Ch 3: “All trauma presents a choice”: Irma Voth and Women Talking Ch 4: “Coming for to carry me home”: Autofiction and Reparation: Swing Low: A Life and All My Puny Sorrows Epilogue: The Fight Against the Night: Fight Night

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Book Synopsis'A holiday in the complex, joyful, indelicate medieval world'John Higgs, author of Watling StreetChaucer's People is an absorbing and revealing guide to the Middle Ages, populated with Chaucer's pilgrims from The Canterbury Tales. These are lives spent at the pedal of a loom, maintaining the ledgers of an estate or navigating the high seas. Drawing on contemporary experiences of a vast range of subjects including trade, religion, toe-curling remedies and hair-raising recipes, bestselling historian Liza Picard recreates the medieval world in glorious detail.Trade ReviewLiza Picard, a chronicler of London society across the centuries, now weaves an infinity of small details into an arresting tapestry of life in 14th-century England. Her technique - pursued with the verve and spirit for which she is already justly admired - is to celebrate Chaucer's pilgrim portraits by resituating them within an enlarged field of medieval practices and assumptions ... Picard concludes with a speculative Chaucer continuation ... Most notably, she - a woman who has herself lived long and thought much - creates an inner monologue for the Wife of Bath, who, after visiting the shrine, drifts into a Molly Bloomian soliloquy, reflecting on the pros, cons, and possible personal advantages of taking the veil. As in the rest of the book, we here encounter not presumption but homage, an enthusiast enacting her respect for Chaucer's enduring and indelible accomplishment -- Paul Strohm * The Spectator *Chaucer's pilgrims are the first historical characters who feel like real people, and now Liza Picard makes their world as vivid and three-dimensional as the merry band themselves. Chaucer's People is a holiday in the complex, joyful, indelicate medieval world - an approachable, engaging and highly recommended account of an England which is long gone, but whose spirit lingers -- John Higgs, author of Watling StreetAs you read this book, Chaucer's writing gains a depth and pungency it usually lacks ... Sometimes these snippets, in their oddness, distance the toiling pilgrims from us. At others, they bring them much closer ... There is a Chaucerian pleasure in plain sentences, plainly written. This is more almanac than argument, but no less enjoyable for that. If you were to reread The Canterbury Tales, you'd get so much more from it with this at your side ... And there are some excellent titbits -- Catherine Nixey * The Times *An absorbing and revealing companion volume to The Canterbury Tales * The Oldie *Wonderfully readable and full of delights ... It buoyed me up with its brilliant insights, many of them entirely new to me -- John Simpson, BBC World Affairs EditorEngaging and fun ... The premise of this entertaining book is to provide historical context for the multitude of figures in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It is well researched and packed with intriguing nuggets - from the etymology of the word "haberdasher" (from an old Icelandic word meaning a pedlar's sack), to the story of Richard Steris, "one of the cunningest players at the tenys in England", and a wonderful selection of medieval recipes ... Picard provides a wealth of detail both about the occupations of the various characters, and the wider contexts in which they operated. The section on the overwhelmingly complex nature of medieval law is particularly clear and effective -- Hannah Skoda * BBC History Magazine *Chaucer's fourteenth-century story collection The Canterbury Tales is a classic hook on which to hang an exploration of the Middle Ages, and this take pleasingly spirals outwards to cover the characters (the nun, the knight, the miller) and the lives they would have led * History Revealed *Instructive fun ... The writing is always lively, and there are excellent colour illustrations -- Dr G. R. Evans * Church Times *Brings to life the social history of a period we still know little about. A jolly good read for historians * This England *

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Book SynopsisWhen we spend so much of our time immersed in books, who's to say where reading ends and living begins? The two are impossibly and gloriously wedded, as Hill shows in Jacob's Room Is Full of Books. Considering everything from Edith Wharton's novels through to Alan Bennett's diaries, Virginia Woolf and the writings of twelfth century monk Aelred of Rievaulx, Susan Hill charts a year of her life through the books she has read, reread or returned to the shelf. From beneath a shady tree in a hot French summer, or the warmth of a kitchen during an English winter, Hill reflects on what her reading throws up, from writing and writers to politics and religion, as well as the joy of dandies or the pleasure of watching a line of geese cross a meadow. Full of wry observations and warm humour, as well as strong opinions freely aired, this is a rare and wonderful insight into the rich world of reading from one of the nation's most accomplished authors.Trade ReviewHill is wise, affectionate, insightful. Here is a distillation of a lifetime of reading, writing, editing, publishing, buying, hoarding, lending, borrowing and dog-earing books * The Times *The bookworm in your life will be champing at the bit to read [Hill's] recommendations * Saga *This thought-provoking book gives both inspiration on new titles to explore and a soothing sense that reading is indeed a vital and central part of living * Press Association *

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Book SynopsisA love letter to the joys of childhood reading from Wonderland to Narnia.When Lucy Mangan was little, stories were everything. They opened up new worlds and cast light on all the complexities she encountered in this one.She was whisked away to Narnia - and Kirrin Island - and Wonderland. She ventured down rabbit holes and womble burrows into midnight gardens and chocolate factories. She wandered the countryside with Milly-Molly-Mandy, and played by the tracks with the Railway Children. With Charlotte's Web she discovered Death and with Judy Blume it was Boys. No wonder she only left the house for her weekly trip to the library or to spend her pocket money on amassing her own at home.In Bookworm, Lucy revisits her childhood reading with wit, love and gratitude. She relives our best-beloved books, their extraordinary creators, and looks at the thousand subtle ways they shape our lives. She also disinters a few forgotten treasures to inspire the next generation of bookworms and set them on their way.Lucy brings the favourite characters of our collective childhoods back to life - prompting endless re-readings, rediscoveries, and, inevitably, fierce debate - and brilliantly uses them to tell her own story, that of a born, and unrepentant, bookworm.'Passionate, witty, informed, and gloriously opinionated' Jacqueline Wilson author of The Story of Tracy Beaker Trade ReviewI felt like this was written just for me, and I think everyone will feel this wayTHE most wonderful, funny, clever, charming, evocative book. * India Knight *A book for people who love books, by a person who loves books. Bookworms unite (or just sit in our separate corners and read!) * Stylist *A delicously nostalgic treat that will make you want to pull out all those old favourites again * Good Housekeeping *Artfully evokes that particular magic of reading as a child… Deliciously unrepentant, Mangan’s Bookworm makes a timely case not just for how vital reading is, but also for rereading books as a child, and how reading remains consoling, fortifying and, sometimes, magical. * The Sunday Times *A wonderful romp through the pages of childhood, illuminated by wisdom, humour and enthusiasm. * Bernard Cornwell *What Mangan does brilliantly is express the experience of reading and articulate the emotional connections we make with stories. She understands how books become entwined in our lives and help us make sense of the world. You don’t need to have enjoyed the same books as she has to recognise the pure, life-affirming joy of reading that Bookworm celebrates so eloquently. * The Observer *Lucy Mangan has enough comic energy to power the National Grid... We need this new memoir about her childhood of being a bookworm. It's enchanting. * The Spectator *To read Lucy Mangan’s memoir of growing up bookish is to be taken back to a time in life when reading wasn’t merely a gentle pleasure or mild obligation but an activity as essential as breathing. * Guardian *Anyone who has ever preferred books to life will recognise Lucy Mangan as a kindred spirit. Her moving, funny, honest and superbly-written memoir about how childhood reading shapes our personalities, memories and chances could not be more timely or more needed in an age of library closures, embattled Humanities teaching and Philistinism. * Amanda Craig *Lucy Mangan's passionate, amusing and nostalgic reflection upon her favourite children’s books deserves to become as much of a classic as the novels she revisits. * Sunday Express *A witty and thorough history of reading for children from the 17th century to the present day. Fiercely unsentimental and often funny, it's a memoir that will strike a ringing chord with anyone who spent most of their childhood glued to a book. * Irish Times *Deft, warm and beautifully balanced. Made me smile. Made me glow. Made me think again and again. * Jason Hazeley, co-author of the adult Ladybird series *Funny, nostalgic and super-interesting… Warm, witty and a must-read for every bookworm. * The Sun *The Guardian columnist has composed an enthusiastic love letter to childhood reading, and the classic books that have shaped many young lives, as well as providing a resource and guide on how to build a children’s library * Guardian *Funny and engaging. -- Sue Barraclough * Irish News *Bookworm is for anyone who longed to be on Kirrin Island with the Famous Five, slip through a back of a wardrobe into Narnia or will always think fondly of the penis named Ralph in Judy Blume’s Forever * Red Magazine *A warm, witty story about stories and the way they shape us. -- Lucy Brookes * CultureWhisper *Lucy Mangan’s passionate, amusing and nostalgic reflection upon her favourite children’s books deserves to become as much of a classic as the novels she revisits. -- Charlotte Heathcote * Sunday Express *Enchanting. -- Ysenda Maxton Graham * Spectator *Joyful and heart-warming. * Muddy Stilettos *Entertaining and hugely engaging… An entirely inspiring read. -- Eithne Farry * Sunday Express *… like a heated but enjoyable discussion with a best friend bookworm. -- Jacqueline Wilson * The Week *A love letter to the books we all read as children. -- Mike Gayle * Metro *[W]ise and witty… all the time Mangan has the ability to be ceaselessly and apparently effortlessly funny * Books For Keeps *If you're a book lover of any form then you will almost certainly get something from this book… you will look fondly back on the books of your childhood too -- Paul Cheney * Nudge *In Lucy Mangan’s Bookworm…childhood books are brought vividly to life, as are the remembered pleasures of first encountering them -- Harriet Baker * Times Literary Supplement *Lucy Mangan's funny, warm Bookworm is personal and universal in the way that the very best books are -- Aliya White * Den of Geek, **Books of the Year** *Beautifully narrated, Bookworm brings the favourite characters of our collective childhoods back to life and brilliantly uses them to tell her own story * Psychologies *An enchanting, nostalgic, comfort read * Mail on Sunday *

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Book SynopsisWriters' relationships with their surroundings are seldom straightforward. While some, like Jane Austen and Thomas Mann, wrote novels set where they were staying (Lyme Regis and Venice respectively), Victor Hugo penned Les Misérables in an attic in Guernsey and Noël Coward wrote that most English of plays, Blithe Spirit, in the Welsh holiday village of Portmeirion.Award-winning BBC drama producer Adrian Mourby follows his literary heroes around the world, exploring 50 places where great works of literature first saw the light of day. At each destination - from the Brontës' Yorkshire Moors to the New York of Truman Capote, Christopher Isherwood's Berlin to the now-legendary Edinburgh café where J.K. Rowling plotted Harry Potter's first adventures - Mourby explains what the writer was doing there and describes what the visitor can find today of that great moment in literature.Rooms of One's Own takes you on a literary journey from the British Isles to Paris, Berlin, New Orleans, New York and Bangkok and unearths the real-life places behind our best-loved works of literature.Trade ReviewWhat kind of place makes us creative? Adrian Mourby has examined the rooms where thoughts and characters were born that still resonate across the ages. A fascinating study.' * Julian Fellowes *[Adrian Mourby's books are] indispensible holiday companions.' * Monocle magazine *

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Book SynopsisThe Short Story of the Novel is a new and innovative introduction to the best works of fiction from the last 500 years. Simply constructed, the book explores 60 key novels from The Tale of Genji to My Brilliant Friend.In addition to enjoyable descriptions of the novels and concise explanations of why they are important, the book illuminates the most significant writing genres, themes and techniques.Accessible and fun to read, with a foreword by Professor Peter Boxall, this pocket guide will give readers a new way to enjoy their favourite books - and to discover new ones.

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Book SynopsisThis essential reference book details everything the novice needs to know about the genre and everything the well-read fan is calling out for. Lavishly illustrated and expertly informed, it is edited by Tim Dedopulos and David Pringle, editor and co-founder of the internationally acclaimed Interzone magazine, and features forewords by legendary authors Terry Pratchett and Ben Aaronovitch. They have assembled a team of expert contributors to compile a visually stunning, informative and fascinating guide to the world of fantasy, from its origins and early trailblazers to the cultural phenomena of today's mega fantasy properties.Table of ContentsForeword • Introduction • Types of Fantasy • Fantasy Cinema • Fantasy Television • Who's Who of Fantasy • Fantasy Games • Fantasy Worlds • Glossary.

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Book Synopsis'A very special book' DIANA HENRY. 'Perfect' NINA STIBBE. The Little Library Year takes you through a full twelve months in award-winning food writer Kate Young's kitchen. Here are frugal January meals enjoyed alone with a classic comfort read, as well as summer feasts to be eaten outdoors with the perfect beach read to hand. Beautifully photographed throughout, The Little Library Year is full of delicious seasonal recipes, menus and reading recommendations. 'A wonderful, brilliant book' RUBY TANDOH. 'The best present a food-obsessed bookworm could ask for' OLIA HERCULES. 'Tender, gorgeous, clever and generous' ELLA RISBRIDGER. 'Bibliophile foodies have a treat in store for them. Many treats, in fact' JASPER FFORDE.Trade ReviewRecipes you long to cook, suggestions for books you want to read, a sense of place and season, and tales of a life lived thoughtfully and well. This is a very special book, written with great generosity. I loved it -- Diana HenryA cookbook and culinary almanac that celebrates the books and characters conjured by each season and its food. Leafing through a cookery book has never been so satisfying. Perfect -- Nina StibbeA wonderful, brilliant book. Instantly comforting, effortlessly beautiful and suffused with the generosity that's at the heart of any good meal -- Ruby TandohBibliophile foodies have a treat in store for them. Many treats, in fact -- Jasper FfordeCombines two of my most favourite things – interesting and flavour-packed recipes, and reading lists. The best present a food-obsessed bookworm could ask for -- Olia HerculesTender, gorgeous, clever and generous... A book to be both treasured and treated as the hands-on, practical food bible it really is. As perfectly balanced as her recipes – with photographs like Vermeer paintings, stories the never overwhelm the food itself, and lovely, lyrical writing – I want to eat everything Kate cooks, and I want to cook everything she writes, and I want to buy this book for everyone I love. I loved it' -- Ella RisbridgerI love this so much. It's so cheering in an I Capture the Castle way of not being able to be depressed when there is a good egg tea inside you. I love Kate Young's writing and the way she weaves herself, the books, and the food together. What a treat -- Cathy RetzenbrinkKate's writing is as delicious and vibrant as her recipes. Her passion for food, for books, and for seasonal home cooking is completely infectious. This book sings with love, with flavour, with invention: I want to cook everything in it -- Olivia PottsMakes me want to read, cook and eat in equal measure -- Sue Quinn.A deeply personal book written in a sincere voice; reading it is like talking to your best and greediest book-loving friend * Daily Telegraph. *[An] engaging cookbook... Young's culinary almanac is sure to inspire an appetite for reading as well as cooking' * Town & Country UK *This is the book to curl up with on Christmas Day. It's a big cosy hug of a read, written with such love and care... Kate's recipes and suggestions for timely books to read as you cook and then eat are seamlessly blended' * Haverhill Echo *Bookworm Kate Young has penned the perfect gift for foodie friends who revel in the meal descriptions in their favourite novels' * Sainsbury's Magazine *What to eat when, and with what perfect read in your hand, need never be a cause for concern again thanks to Kate Young's latest cookbook. She considers the art of eating, imagination and literature in the most hunger-inducing ways * Dorset Echo *A beautifully presented, written and illustrated book, which gives real insight into the author and her love of the English seasons, and should inspire anybody to both cook and read more * Crumbs *

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Book SynopsisDiscover artifacts from a thousand generations of Jedi history in this must-have guide to the galaxy's greatest heroes! A collection of treasures inspired by the galaxy's most legendary warriors, Star Wars: Jedi Ephemera Kit will take readers on a thrilling journey through the history of the Jedi Order. From the heroic days of the High Republic, to the eras of Ahsoka Tano, Luke Skywalker, and Rey, Star Wars: Jedi Ephemera Kit compiles exquisite artifacts inspired by the Jedi and their valiant adventures.

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Book SynopsisThe world of books in one little book. It doesn't matter how well read you are, A Little Book About Books is packed full of quotes, one-liners and famous lines from names that everyone will recognise. For bibliophiles, they'll enjoy recognising their favourite passages and authors, all captured in one place. For the less-well-read, they can enjoy discovering new, illuminating quotes and passages that will provide guidance, humour and food for thought.Enjoy exploring the world of books, and the power of writing, in one small, perfectly giftable book.SAMPLE QUOTES: 'Let us read and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.' -Voltaire. 'Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.' - A. A. Milne. 'There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book' - Marcel Proust. 'When I think about how I understand my role as citizen, setting aside being president... the most important stuff I've learned I think I've learned from novels.' - Barack Obama.Table of ContentsOne Liners • The Magic of Books • The Power of Words & Writing • A Precious Gift • Mirrors of the Soul • Famous Lines from Famous Books.

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Book SynopsisBarry Forshaw is acknowledged as a leading expert on crime fiction from European countries, but his principal area of expertise is in the British crime arena. After the success of earlier entries in the series, Nordic Noir and Euro Noir, he returns to the UK to produce the perfect reader's guide to modern British crime fiction. Every major living British writer is considered, often through a concentration on one or two key books, and exciting new talents are highlighted for the reader. Forshaw's personal acquaintance with writers, editors and publishers is unparalleled, so Brit Noir features interviews with (and quotations from) the writers, editors and publishers themselves.Trade ReviewUnsurprisingly Barry Forshaw's Brit Noir is a wonderful reference book that any self-respecting and serious connoisseur of crime fiction needs to have on their book-shelf -- Ayo Onatade * Shots Magazine *UK critic-author Barry Forshaw long ago established himself as an authority on English-translated Nordic mysteries, producing the guide Nordic Noir in 2013, which he followed up a year later with Euro Noir. Now comes Brit Noir: The Pocket Essential Guide to the Crime Fiction, Film & TV of the British Isles (Oldcastle/Pocket Essentials) -- J. Kingston Pierce * The Rap Sheet *Brit Noir is a book to dip into but also, as I did, to read from cover to cover. I've always considered Forshaw to be an honest reviewer and the book very much reflects his personality. It made the book a stimulating and, at times, amusing read -- Sarah Ward * Crime Pieces *very glad indeed to have a copy of this short and snappy book on my shelves -- Martin Edwards * Do You Write Under Your Own Name? *A must-have for crime fans: for reminding yourself about old favourites, for finding new authors, and for that 'What shall we watch?' moment -- Marsali Taylor * The Mystery People *

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Book SynopsisArt honours the world, and criticism honours art, even – perhaps especially – when the critic sets out to destroy. The bad review is hardly ever written out of mere spite. In most cases, the motivation is disappointed idealism. Critics are people who love art and who hate to see it traduced. Hence the critic’s sempiternal cry: You’re doing it wrong. What the critic wants is for you to do it better. Since 2008, acclaimed novelist Kevin Power has reviewed almost three hundred and fifty books. Power declares, ‘Even now, cracking open a brand-new hardback with my pencil in my hand, I feel the same pleasure, and the same hope. That’s the great secret: every critic is an optimist at heart.’ Art that thinks and feels at the same time – ‘good art’ – requires explication. The writing of criticism in response to such art is an activity that has taken place since Aristotle first sat down to figure out what made tragedy work. It is in the pursuit of this question – what makes good art ‘good’ – that Kevin Power found his vocation. During a ten-year stint as a regular freelance reviewer for the Sunday Business Post, Power fell in love with the writing of criticism, and with the reading of it, too, particularly by talented novelists who review books on the side. His conclusion is that criticism is absolutely an art. But it is never more so than when practiced by an actual artist. These pieces, ranging from reviews of Susan Sontag to the meaning of Greta Thunberg, apocalyptic politics, and literary theory, represent a decade’s worth of thinking about books; a record of the author’s attempts to honour art, and through art, the world. In The Written World, Power explains how he became a critic and what he thinks criticism is. It begins and ends with a long personal essays, ‘The Lost Decade’, written especially for this collection, about his mental and writing block after publishing Bad Day in Blackrock and his decade-long journey to White City. The pieces gathered by Power are connected by a theme – this is a book about writing, seen from various positions, and about growth as an artist and a critic.Trade ReviewPower is a writer's writer, and this collection of essays and reviews captures his sharp wit and incisive, fair critical eye like no other Dubray Staff Choice (Luke – Dubray Grafton Street, Dublin)Hot Press Book of the Year a remarkably perceptive literary critic and essayist ... The Written World is a testament to Power’s well-deserved status as one of Ireland’s most reliably engaging writers. Oh, and did I mention he’s often hilarious, too? Luke Warde Totally DublinEvery essay here is a pleasure to read ... The light touch with which Power deploys his wide and deep reading is illustrated by his extensive quotation, from the Roman dramatist Terence to Hannibal Lecter. It is a masterclass in and of itself ... his book is metropolitan and cosmopolitan in word and spirit, enlightening and amusing, and across its pages art is happening too. Tom Hennigan, Dublin Review of BooksIn this smart and funny collection of essays and reviews, Kevin Power doles out praise but isn’t afraid to put the boot in ... It should come as no surprise to anyone who has read either of his novels to hear that Power the critic embodies all these qualities — intelligence, good taste, humour and common sense — and that The Written World is criticism worth reading, for enjoyment above any other consideration. Pat Carty, Irish Independent [The Written World] contain[s] essays on criticism itself, authors and their work, society and crises. All are delivered in beautifully wrought sentences, along with a healthy dose of Power's own personal thoughts and experiences ... a joy to read ... His warmth, humour, humanity and intellectual rigour should ensure that this collection finds its place not just on the dusty bookshelves of Trinity College's English Department – but also in the hands of ordinary readers on the 46A bus. Sunday Business PostPrefaced by an unsettlingly frank account of artistic and personal breakdown after the success of his first novel, this glorious collection follows the triumphant publication last year of his second. It marks Power as one of the best, a writer to depend upon. I will read every word he writes. Sunday IndependentHis book reviews are zingy and readable, with a knack for a killer opening ... tremendous fun. Irish Timessearingly honest ... the depth and breadth of Power's scholarship is immense, but it's the fluency and grace of his pen that keeps you reading, even when you disagree with him ... he is one of the country's brightest literary stars. Anne Cunnigham, Meath ChronicleIn prose that glistens with style and intelligence, Power draws on the breadth of his reading and elegantly marshals his arguments … At his best, he proves as adept and illuminating guide through the world of literary criticism. Brendan Daly, Irish ExaminerPower’s logic, his thought-processes, are in general as sumptuously balanced as his sentences, which manage to accommodate some unsettled and unsettling issues without knocking a single word out of place. His piece on Literary Theory (vs. Liberal Humanism) is a masterclass of intellectual poise … [He is] a critic of high integrity. Harry Cochrane, The London MagazineHe delivers punchy, witty and considered opinions on an array of subjects from Greta Thunberg to Norman Mailer. The opening essay on failure, a meditation (sharing personal experience) on how it is hardwired into a writer’s life, should be mandatory reading for anyone hoping to be published. Martina Devlin, Irish IndependentIrish Independent Best Book of 2022Reviewing books at the same time as [Kevin Power] is a very frustrating business because he’s so bloody good at it. Pat Carty, Hot Press

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Book SynopsisWith the republication of Garth St Omer's novels, around fifty years after their original publication, a new generation of readers has been discovering how modern a writer he is, whilst others have been remembering just how good the novels are. These qualities are documented in this casebook that brings together reviews from the time of first publication, later critical assessments, personal memories and contemporary re-assessments of St Omer's small but important body of work.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a selection of private letters written to family and friends from a variety of people while they were on the Grand Tour in the eighteenth century. Although many have been published previously, this is the first time that letters of this kind have been brought together in a single volume. Readers can compare the various responses of travellers to the sights, pleasures and discomforts encountered on the journey. People of diverse backgrounds, with different expectations and interests, give personal accounts of their particular experiences of the Grand Tour. Unlike most collections of letters from the Tour, which recount the views of a single person, this selection emphasises diversity. Readers can juxtapose for example the letters of a conscientious young nobleman like Lyttelton with those of the excitable philanderer Boswell, or the well-travelled aristocratic lady, Caroline Lennox. While the travellers represented here follow much the same route via Paris, through France and across the Alps via the terrifying Mount Cenis, to Rome, in the pursuit of learning and pleasure, the Tour turns out to mean something quite different to each of them.Trade Review... informatively introduced and edited, a continuously absorbing ensemble formed of five notably diverse voices from the Grand Tour. * History Today *Table of Contents Preface Illustrations Acknowledgements ‘Old Style’ and ‘New Style’ dating Map Introduction: ‘The Grand Tour’ The Tourists and their letters: 1728–1730 George Lyttelton 1730–1733 Joseph Spence 1764–1766 James Boswell 1765–1771 James Barry 1766–1767 Caroline Lennox Appendix: Advice for Travellers on the Grand Tour Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDrawn from the manuscript collections at the Bodleian Library, this delightful softback notebook set features the distinctive handwriting of three remarkable women writers and thinkers: Jane Austen, Mary Shelley and Ada Lovelace. The Library holds part of the manuscript of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel, 'The Watsons', together with the original notebooks in which Mary Shelley wrote 'Frankenstein' and the personal correspondence of mathematical pioneer Ada Lovelace. Inspirational and unusual, these useful literary notebooks make the ideal gift for writers and book-lovers alike.

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Book SynopsisA detailed and lively discussion and analysis of the novels, short stories, newspaper columns, and other works of one of the most important and popular writers in Spain today. This book provides the most comprehensive study to date of the full range of Marías' writing, including discussion and analysis of his literary and intellectual formation, his development as a novelist and short story writer, andhis unique perspective offered in nearly twenty-five years of newspaper columns on topics ranging from religion to football. Above all, Marías is examined as a writer of fictions. As a translator of several canonical works from English to Spanish, Marías came to appreciate the preciseness of words as well as their ambiguity, their capacity to represent as well as their propensity to distort. The author examines Marías's constant awareness of how languagecan be used to construct stories as the foundation for engaging the world as well as for imagining it. The nature of Marías's storytelling, and the way in which he imagines, form the principal focus of this Companion. David K. Herzberger is Professor and Chair of the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of California, Riverside.Trade ReviewVery good insights ... a very sound in-depth study of Marías' work ... Should be sought after by all with a scholarly interest in Marías' work. * BULLETIN OF SPANISH STUDIES *A splendid overview [...] the most comprehensive analysis to date on the narrative of Javier Marias. The book is informative, illuminating and admirably clear. * HISPANIA *Table of ContentsIntroduction Writing in the Newspapers: Everything Under the Sun Two Early Novels: Dominios del lobo and Travesías del horizonte Two Transitional Novels: El siglo and El hombre sentimental On Oxford, Redonda, and the Practice of reading: Todas las almas and Negra espalda del tiempo Two Shakespearean Novels Tu rostro mañana Other Writings Suggested Further Reading Bibliography

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Book SynopsisWritten by an international group of scholars, this edited collection provides an overview of the Spanish picaresque from its origins in tales of lowborn adventurers to its importance for the modern novel, along with consideration of the debates that the picaresque has inspired. The term picaresque describes a specific set of early modern Spanish narratives relating the life story of a lowborn adventurer in a realist, ironic, and often humorous manner. The protagonist, the picaro or pícara (rascal), seeks upward mobility in a resolutely hierarchical society determined to prevent his - or her - ascent, and both are rich targets of satire. Spanish pícaros inspired Anglo-French rogues including Gil Blas and Tom Jones and paved the way for the modern novel. Written by an international group of scholars, this edited collection provides an overview of the Spanish picaresque novel from its origins to the present day, along with a treatment of the debates that the picaresque has inspired. After introductory chapters on the picaresque genre and the origin of the phenomenon, the book analyses canonical texts and their role in the picaresque spectrum. Further chapters then turn to critical approaches to the genre and manifestations of the picaresque in Hispanic America, France, England, and modern Spain. Overall, the book affords readers a broad sense of the range of this rich tradition and an in-depth view of the field and its major texts.Table of ContentsList of Contributors Forward 1. The Picaresque as a Genre Edward H. Friedman 2. On the Picaresque and Its Origins Anne J. Cruz 3. Francisco Delicado, La lozana andaluza Marta Albalá Pelegrín 4. Lazarillo de Tormes J. A. Garrido Ardila 5. Mateo Alemán, Guzmán de Alfarache Howard Mancing 6. Francisco de Quevedo, La vida del buscón Edward H. Friedman 7. La pícara Justina Brian M. Phillips 8. Alonso Jerónimo de Salas Barbadillo, La hija de Celestina Enrique García Santo-Tomás 9. Miguel de Cervantes and the Picaresque Vicente Pérez de León 10. Vicente Espinel, Marcós de Obregón John C. Parrack 11. Carlos García, La desordenada codicia de los bienes agenos Antón García-Fernández 12. Estebanillo González Faith S. Harden 13. Critical Approaches to the Picaresque Hilaire Kallendorf 14. The Picaresque in Spanish America José Luis Gastañaga Ponce de León 15. Continuations: France and England Richard Squibbs 16. Continuity of the Picaresque: Spain Andrés Zamora Bibliography

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Book SynopsisMaurice Gee’s fiction for younger readers blends exciting stories with serious issues. Told through a range of genres, from fantasy to realism, adventure to science fiction, mysteries, psychological thrillers and gangster stories, they offer a distinctive body of work that shows New Zealand to children and young adults. This book is the first of two that pays tribute to Maurice Gee’s distinctive contribution to New Zealand literature. It argues that the depth and excitement of Gee’s fiction for young readers makes for an impressive introduction to New Zealand culture, history and storytelling. Overview chapters explore the motivations, themes, contexts and reception of Gee’s work, from the fantasy novels Under the Mountain, The World Around the Corner and the O and Salt trilogies, to the five realist and historical novels, including The Fat Man, The Champion and The Fire-Raiser. This volume will appeal to students, teachers, readers and writers of New Zealand literature, children’s literature and fantasy literature. A second book, by Lawrence Jones, will discuss Gee’s fiction for adult readers.

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Book SynopsisAll roads lead to Rome, the eternal city, the centre of Christendom, the lodestone of the pilgrim and the artist, the seat of the only Empire that has ever succeeded in uniting the European landmass. No literate traveller can escape its fascination, and many get drawn back year after year. Despite the triumphant remains of the forum, Imperial arch, public baths, gilded basilica and palace, it is only the bright flame of passion-filled poetry that can bring it to life. Glyn Pursglove has woven a delicate tapestry of ancient, medieval and modern poetry, from Virgil to Pasolini. It is a truly Olympian cast enough to fill the Pantheon, whose voices magically echo the city and its lessons to us. Who can equal the sensuality, power and crude honesty of Martial and Catullus. An extraordinary treat to read these masters of hungry sexuality, not banished amongst the ancient histories and the classics, but brought hungrily to life beside their poet peers.

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Book SynopsisStuff Dublin into your coat pocket. The perfect companion for a visit to the Fair City, or indeed to any inn, bar or cafe in Ireland. Some of the greatest writers in the English language were born in Dublin and every corner of the city has links with the written word, made explicit in this far-ranging collection. From Oscar Wilde to Rudyard Kipling, from Jonathan Swift to WB Yeats and Samuel Beckett: the city of Dublin has enchanted and inspired some great poetry.

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Book Synopsis'Tell me where you eat, what you eat, and at what time you eat, and I will tell you who you are'. This is the motto of Anka Muhlstein's erudite and witty book about the ways food and the art of the table feature in Honore de Balzac's writings. It is not a coincidence that Balzac was the first in French literature to tackle this appetizing topic. Before the French Revolution, a traveller in France was apt to find local food scarce, tasteless, and of doubtful appearance. Restaurants did not even exist! Just as the art of the table became a centrepiece of French mores, Balzac used it as a connecting thread in his novels, showing how food can evoke character, atmosphere, class, and social climbing. Full of surprise and insights, "Balzac's Omelette" invites you to taste a new French literature and cuisine.Trade Review'Anka Muhlstein's compact, elegantly written, illustrated and printed book makes me want to... revisit some of my favourite French cookbooks... not to be read with a depleted larder, or empty stomach.' -- Cyrus Todiwala

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Book SynopsisBetween 1400 and 1650 Scotland underwent a series of drastic changes, in court, culture, and religion. Renaissance and Reformation, the Union of the Crowns, and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms all shaped the nation, shifting and recasting Scotland's established relationships with Europe, the Mediterranean world, and with England. This International Companion traces the impact of these sweeping historical transformations on Scotland's literatures, in English, Gaelic, Latin and Scots, and provides a comprehensive overview to the major cultural developments of this turbulent age.

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