Winter Meeting Wonderlands
12/23/2011
The Penn Campus is relatively quiet now that classes are over, but winter break doesn't mean that things cool down at Penn Press. Some of the biggest humanities and social… READ MORE
Category: Literature & Cultural Studies
Shakespeare’s Schoolroom–Now Available
12/21/2011
Shakespeare's Schoolroom: Rhetoric, Discipline, Emotion Lynn Enterline 208 pages | 6 x 9 | 3 Illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4378-9 | $45.00 | £29.50 "Lynn Enterline locates in the… READ MORE
Kafka’s Jewish Languages–Now Available
12/19/2011
Kafka's Jewish Languages: The Hidden Openness of Tradition David Suchoff 304 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4371-0 | $65.00 | £42.50 A volume in the Haney… READ MORE
Medieval Iberia — Second Edition in Paperback
11/10/2011
Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources Edited by Olivia Remie Constable Second Edition 624 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 30 illus. Paper 2011 |… READ MORE
Anonymous Is Terrible, But We’re to Blame, says Shakespearean Scholar James Marino
11/01/2011
When we condone myths about Shakespeare, or actually promote them, we create the fertile ground where conspiracy theories grow.
Who’s Afraid of Beowulf?
10/31/2011
My textbook’s translation from Old English seemed entirely cryptic, despite my painstaking efforts to parse out the intended meaning of the thousand-year-old work. As a result, I admit that I have since held a grudge against all things Beowulf.
The Fabrication of American Literature — Now Available
10/28/2011
The Fabrication of American Literature: Fraudulence and Antebellum Print Culture Lara Langer Cohen 256 pages | 6 x 9 | 9 illus. Cloth Nov 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4369-7 | $59.95… READ MORE
Reinventing Childhood After World War II–Now Available
10/24/2011
Reinventing Childhood After World War II Edited by Paula S. Fass and Michael Grossberg 192 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4367-3 | $42.50 | £28.00 This… READ MORE
Knowing Books–Now Available
10/20/2011
Knowing Books: The Consciousness of Mediation in Eighteenth-Century Britain Christina Lupton 216 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4372-7 | $55.00 | £36.00 A volume in the… READ MORE
A Feast of Creatures — Now in Paperback
09/27/2011
A Feast of Creatures: Anglo-Saxon Riddle-Songs Edited and translated by Craig Williamson 248 pages | 6 x 9 Paper 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1129-0 | $19.95 | £13.00 "Captivating."–Choice In A… READ MORE
