Homo Narrans–Now in Paperback
03/25/2010
Homo Narrans: The Poetics and Anthropology of Oral Literature John D. Niles 296 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 illus. Paper 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2107-7 | $24.95 | £16.50… READ MORE
Category: Literature & Cultural Studies
Virgil’s Eclogues–Now Available
03/15/2010
Virgil’s Eclogues Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro). Translated by Len Krisak. Introduction by Gregson Davis 112 pages | 5 1/4 x 8 Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4225-6 | $29.95 | £19.50… READ MORE
London Review of Books on Robert Darnton’s Latest Book
03/12/2010
A meaty review of The Devil in the Holy Water, or, The Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon appears in the latest London Review of Books. "In political… READ MORE
Parrot Culture–Now in Paperback
03/11/2010
Parrot Culture: Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination with the World's Most Talkative Bird Bruce Thomas Boehrer 224 pages | 6 x 9 | 49 illus. Paper 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2104-6 | $22.50… READ MORE
Chivalry, at Least Talk of It, Is Alive: Richard Kaeuper speaks on ChivalryToday.com
02/03/2010
Richard Kaeuper, author of Holy Warriors: The Religious Ideology of Chivalry, speaks to Chivalry Today's Scott Farrell about the spiritual side of chivalry in the middle ages. Farrell calls Professor… READ MORE
Theatrical Nation: Jews and Other Outlandish Englishmen in Georgian Britain–Now Available
01/27/2010
Theatrical Nation: Jews and Other Outlandish Englishmen in Georgian Britain Michael Ragussis 288 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4220-1 | $55.00 | £36.00… READ MORE
Old Worlds, New Mirrors: On Jewish Mysticism and Twentieth-Century Thought–Now Available
12/22/2009
Old Worlds, New Mirrors: On Jewish Mysticism and Twentieth-Century Thought Moshe Idel 336 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4130-3 | $59.95 | £39.00 A volume in… READ MORE
Wolf Hall: Another Spin on the Other Boleyn?
12/21/2009
In this essay, Frances E. Dolan compares Hillary Mantel’s novel Wolf Hall, recent winner of the Man Booker Prize, to Philippa Gregory’s popular The Other Boleyn Girl. Dolan is the… READ MORE
Divided Houses Author Sumption Gives and Receives Praise in TLS Books of the Year
12/18/2009
Just in case you missed it, the Books of the Year list in the Times Literary Supplement contains plenty of praise for Jonathan Sumption's The Hundred Years War, volume III:… READ MORE
Speaking of the Moor–Now in Paperback
12/14/2009
Speaking of the Moor: From "Alcazar" to "Othello" Emily C. Bartels 264 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4076-4 | $55.00 | £36.00 Paper 2009 | ISBN… READ MORE
