Category: Theater

Announcing Penn Press’s Fall 2020 catalog!

Exciting new titles this season include: • In Defense of Populism by Donald T. Critchlow, which argues, contrary to contemporary warnings about the dangers of populism, that grassroots activism is essential… READ MORE

The Real Housewives of Medieval France

Today, we have a guest post from Noah D. Guynn, Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Davis and author of Pure Filth: Ethics, Politics, and… READ MORE

Hot Off Penn Press: New books for fall

With fall weather slowly creeping in and the school year starting up, it's the perfect time to check out Penn Press's new releases in fields like literature, American history, legal… READ MORE

To Laugh or Not to Laugh?

Today's guest post marks an exciting return for Jody Enders, Distinguished Professor of French at the University of California, Santa Barbara and editor and translator of two of Penn Press's… READ MORE

In Memoriam: Jonathan Hess

It is with great sadness that Penn Press shares the news of the recent and sudden passing of Jonathan Hess, author of the recent book Deborah and Her Sisters. Chair of the… READ MORE

Eighteenth-Century Rap Battles

Today, we have a guest post from Colin Wells, Professor of English at St. Olaf College and author of Poetry Wars: Verse and Politics in the American Revolution and Early… READ MORE