The Sex Lives of Saints–Now in Paperback
11/05/2007
The Sex Lives of Saints: An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography Virginia Burrus 224 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2003 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3745-0 | $45.00 | £29.50 Paper 2007 |… READ MORE
Category: Literature & Cultural Studies
Medicine Bundle–Now Available
11/02/2007
Medicine Bundle: Indian Sacred Performance and American Literature, 1824-1932 Joshua David Bellin 272 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4034-4 | $55.00 | £36.00 Joshua David Bellin… READ MORE
Grammar and Christianity in the Late Roman World–Now Available
10/30/2007
Grammar and Christianity in the Late Roman World Catherine M. Chin 280 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4035-1 | $59.95 | £39.00 A volume in the… READ MORE
The Arts of Democracy–Now Available
10/29/2007
The Arts of Democracy: Art, Public Culture, and the State Casey Nelson Blake, Editor 352 pages | 6 x 9 | 45 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4029-0 | $49.95… READ MORE
Shamelessly Disorderly Reading
10/18/2007
If your leisure reading habits have been a bit haphazard lately, you are in good company. In a recent essay for Common-place, Matthew P. Brown shamelessly admits to grazing magazines… READ MORE
Performing Patriotism–Now Available
09/18/2007
Performing Patriotism: National Identity in the Colonial and Revolutionary American Theater Jason Shaffer 264 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4024-5 | $45.00 | £29.50 A volume… READ MORE
Goodbye, Alex
09/12/2007
In Parrot Culture: Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination with the World’s Most Talkative Bird, Bruce Thomas Boehrer quotes a short but telling conversation about nuts. Alex: Wanna nut.Irene: Want another one? How… READ MORE
Ruggles Illuminates ‘Cities of Light’
08/29/2007
The film Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain examines a time during the Middle Ages when Christians, Jews and Muslims peacefully coexisted in southern Spain. D…. READ MORE
Learning from Mistakes: A Post from a Penn Press Intern
08/20/2007
In this post, Kristina Snader recalls her first assignment as a Penn Press intern. Sand in the Summer On my first day as an intern (and after getting horrendously lost… READ MORE
Popular Ideologies–Now Available
08/08/2007
Popular Ideologies: Mass Culture at Mid-Century Susan Smulyan 192 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4020-7 | $35.00 | £23.00 "A terrific overview of… READ MORE
