Category: 19th-Century History and Culture

Author Q&A: Colin Jager, Unquiet Things

Colin Jager is the author of Unquiet Things: Secularism in the Romantic Age. In Great Britain during the Romantic period, governmental and social structures were becoming more secular as religion was… READ MORE

Author Q&A: Francesca Sawaya, The Difficult Art of Giving

Francesca Sawaya is author of The Difficult Art of Giving: Patronage, Philanthropy, and the American Literary Market, which rethinks standard economic histories of the literary marketplace. Traditionally, American literary histories maintain that… READ MORE

Author Q&A: Matt Cohen and Edlie Wong

Next up in our ongoing series of Fall 2014 author Q&As (previously: Cathy Lisa Schneider, Police Power and Race Riots; Jennifer Curtis, Human Rights as War by Other Means) we… READ MORE

Announcing our Fall 2014 catalog

Penn Press is pleased to announce the release of our Fall 2014 catalog. This season’s offerings include a beautifully illustrated volume exploring the rich history of the Brandywine Valley, home… READ MORE