Literary Criticism / Cultural Studies
New Releases
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Parlor Ponds The Cultural Work of the American Home Aquarium, 1850 - 1970 Judith Hamera The first in-depth study of the history of the home aquarium 6 x 9. 280 pgs. 5 line art, 10 halftones. 2012
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Silent Hill The Terror Engine Bernard Perron The second entry in the Landmark Video Games series 6 x 9. 172 pgs. 12 B&W illustrations. 2012
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American Socialist Triptych The Literary-Political Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Upton Sinclair, and W. E. B. Du Bois Mark W. Van Wienen A closer look at three American writers sheds new light on the evolution of socialist thought in the U.S. 6 x 9. 400 pgs. 2011
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Poker The Parody of Capitalism Ole Bjerg The cultural meanings of poker and how it mirrors fundamental aspects of capitalism 6 x 9. 286 pgs. 7 tables, 11 figures, 7 illustrations. 2011
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Ornamentalism The Art of Renaissance Accessories Edited and with an Introduction by Bella Mirabella Original essays by leading scholars on the significance of accessories in the cultural, social, and political lives of men and women in the Renaissance 6 x 9. 388 pgs. 70 color illustrations. 2011
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James Baldwin America and Beyond Edited by Cora Kaplan and Bill Schwarz An interdisciplinary discussion of Baldwin by leading writers from several fields 6 x 9. 268 pgs. 2 images. 2011
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Imagining the Forest Narratives of Michigan and the Upper Midwest John Knott How the meaning of the forest developed in the Great Lakes 6 x 9. 324 pgs. 9 images, 1 map. 2011
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Great Lengths
Seven Works of Marathon Theater Jonathan Kalb Monumental plays and what they reveal about the enduring power of theater in an attention-challenged age 6 x 9. 240 pgs. 11 B&W photographs. 2011
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Noise That Stays Noise
Essays Cole Swensen Collected essays by a prominent contemporary poet 5.375 x 8. 168 pgs. 2011
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The Game Changed
Essays and Other Prose Lawrence Joseph Essays on poetry by the most important poet-lawyer of our era 5.375 x 8. 172 pgs. 2011
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Best Sellers
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Gathering Ground A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady, Editors A collection from the first ten years of Cave Canem, including work by many leading faculty and the winners of the annual Cave Canem first-book prize 6 x 9. 224 pgs. 2006
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It Joseph Roach A witty and engaging exploration of the elusive quality of charm, animal magnetism, or charisma possessed by extraordinarily interesting people through the ages 6 x 9. 280 pgs. 25 B&W illustrations. 2007
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My Body Politic A Memoir Simi Linton An irreverent memoir of one woman's personal and political journey from 1960s counterculture to disability activism 6 x 9. 256 pgs. 2005
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The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson
Harry J. Elam, Jr. An indispensable guide to the dramatic work of one of America's most important contemporary playwrights 6 x 9. 312 pgs. 16 B&W photographs in text. 2004
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The Stage Life of Props
Andrew Sofer Fresh and provocative readings of familiar stage objects provide new ways of understanding theater, dramatic literature, and culture 6 x 9. 280 pgs. 5 photographs. 2003
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The Unraveling Archive
Essays on Sylvia Plath Edited by Anita Helle Fresh perspectives that provide new readings of the life and work of one of our most celebrated poets 6 x 9. 298 pgs. 2 color illustrations, 12 B&W illustrations. 2007
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Award-Winning Books
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Architexts of Memory Literature, Science, and Autobiography Evelyne Ender Winner of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies 6.125 x 9.25. 320 pgs. 2005
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The Darker Side of the Renaissance Literacy, Territoriality, & Colonization, 2nd Edition Walter D. Mignolo Winner of the Modern Language Association's Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize 6.125 x 9.25. 488 pgs. 121 B&W photographs and line drawings, 13 tables, 5 maps. 2003
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Disability in Twentieth-Century German Culture
Carol Poore Winner: German Studies Association's prize for Best Book of 2007 Winner: Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures from the Modern Language Association 6 x 9.25. 432 pgs. 30 B&W photographs. 2007
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A Don't Deny My Name Words and Music and the Black Intellectual Tradition Lorenzo Thomas Winner: 2008 American Book Award given by the Before Columbus Foundation 6 x 9. 232 pgs. 2008
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Jackie Ormes The First African American Woman Cartoonist Nancy Goldstein Named a Booklist Top 10 Art Book of 2008 Named a Best Book of 2008 by the Village Voice Named an American Library Association Booklist Top 10 Biography of the Year 8.5 x 11. 240 pgs. 164 illustrations including 18 pages of color strip. 2008
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Queering Mestizaje Transculturation and Performance Alicia Arrizón Winner of the Outstanding Book Award for 2008 from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Co-winner of the 2007 Modern Language Association Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies 6 x 9. 256 pgs. 29 illustrations. 2006
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Russia's Legal Fictions
Harriet Murav Winner: Modern Language Association's 1999 Scaglione Prize for Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures 6 x 9. 280 pgs. 2008
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