Literary Criticism and Cultural Studies: New Titles http://www.press.umich.edu/rss/newLitcrit.xml New Literary Criticism and Cultural Studies Books en-us ump.webmaster@umich.edu Midnight's Diaspora: Critical Encounters with Salman Rushdie | edited by Daniel Herwitz and Ashutosh Varshney http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=340138 A distinguished collection of interdisciplinary thinkers provide fresh insights into the complex political and cultural meanings of Salman Rushdie's writing. Homer and the Dual Model of the Tragic | by Yoav Rinon http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=337002 A probing and much needed examination of "the tragic" as a concept distinct from tragedy as a genre. Framed: The New Woman Criminal in British Culture at the Fin de Siecle | by Elizabeth Carolyn Miller http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=322377 By introducing us to the New Woman Criminal, Framed offers a profoundly different view of the fin de siecle British crime narrative. Devils and Rebels: The Making of Hawthorne's Damned Politics | by Larry J. Reynolds http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=163182 Was Nathaniel Hawthorne a racist? A compelling second look at a canonical American author. Atlas: Selected Essays, 1989-2007 | by Alfred Corn http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=344409 A collection of essays from one of the most accomplished poets of his generation on a wide variety of subjects, from Elizabeth Bishop to Virginia Woolf and Wordsworth. Stone Tower: The Political Theater of Arthur Miller | by Jeffrey D. Mason http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=309730 A revealing look at Arthur Miller's political sensibilities as evidenced in his dramatic works and other writings. American Audacity: Literary Essays North and South | by Christopher Benfey http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=305181 From one of America's preeminent critics and essayists, a new book in the series Writers on Writing casts new light on some of America's literary masters. Suzan-Lori Parks | by Deborah R. Geis http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=187338 An accessible guide to the inventive language and experimental stagings of playwright Suzan-Lori Parks . Disability Theory | by Tobin Siebers http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=309723 Boldly rethinks theoretical questions of the last thirty years from the vantage point of disability studies. Avant-Garde Performance and the Limits of Criticism: Approaching the Living Theatre, Happenings/Fluxus, and the Black Arts Movement | by Mike Sell http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=337666 Explores the dynamic interactions of performance, politics, and literary criticism in three U.S countercultures in the 1950s and 60s. Mammy: A Century of Race, Gender, and Southern Memory | by Kimberly Wallace-Sanders http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=170676 A revealing exploration of the origins and meanings of the mammy figure. Melville Unfolding: Sexuality, Politics, and the Versions of Typee | by John Bryant http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=183647 Sheds new light on Melville's classic novel Typee through a close and revealing look at his revision process. Edward Albee | edited by Toby Zinman http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=142871 A theater-lover's guide to the dramatic works of one of America's most important living playwrights. Charles Simic: Essays on the Poetry | edited by Bruce Weigl http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=15385 New perspectives on the work of this original and hard-to-categorize American poet, recently named Poet Laureate of the United States. Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism: Teaching Writing in the Digital Age | edited by Caroline Eisner and Martha Vicinus http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=287891 This collection is a timely intervention in national debates about what constitutes original or plagiarized writing in the digital age. Poet's Work, Poet's Play: Essays on the Practice and the Art | edited by Daniel Tobin and Pimone Triplett http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=263506 An indispensable resource for anyone interested in the art and craft of contemporary poetry.