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LITERATURE & CRITICISM
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO PRESS
THE LITERARY LIFE OF CAIRO: ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY SAMIA MEHREZ ED July, tpb, £18.95, 9789774167850 Readings from literary works that reconstruct a century of Cairo’s changing social life.
ARDEN SHAKESPEARE
ARDEN SHAKESPEARE SERIES
pb, 9781904271
Each Arden Third Series edition offers comprehensive annotations and introductions by leading scholars. THE COMEDY OF ERRORS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; KENT CARTWRIGHT ED December, £9.99, 246 E KING HENRY IV PART 2 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; JAMES C BULMAN ED July, 3rd edn, £10.99, 376 E
ARDEN EARLY MODERN DRAMA SERIES THE WITCH OF EDMONTON THOMAS DEKKER; JOHN FORD; WILLIAM ROWLEY; LUCY MUNRO ED November, pb, £12.99 each, 9781904271529 Editions of non-
Shakespearean Renaissance and Restoration drama from the period 1500-1700. E
ARDEN EARLY MODERN DRAMA GUIDES SERIES pb, 1, 978147
Practical introductions to critical and performative contexts of key Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. THE SPANISH TRAGEDY: A CRITICAL READER THOMAS RIST ED October, £17.99, 2528957 E EDWARD II: A CRITICAL READER KIRK MELNIKOFF ED December, £17.99, 2584038 E THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY: A CRITICAL READER BRIAN WALSH ED October, £17.99, 2585400 E THE WHITE DEVIL: A CRITICAL READER
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LETTERS OF INTENT: SELECTED ESSAYS CYNTHIA OZICK December, hb, £19.99, 9781786491077 A selection of essays by acclaimed essayist and writer Cynthia Ozick; collected by David Miller. E
AND YET . . .: ESSAYS CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS September, mmpb, £10.99, 9781782394587 The bestselling final collection of essays from the late, great Christopher Hitchens. E
BARBICAN PRESS
DANTE’S INFERNO PETER THORNTON TR September, pbo, £14.99, 9781909954120
A new free verse translation of “Dante’s Inferno”, with extensive scholarly notes.
BHATKAL & SEN
THE DELTA SABITRI ROY October, pbo, £30, 9789381345146 Desperate refugees of 1947 partition in eastern India, rebuilding lives, political mobilisation after independence.
BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC
OBJECT LESSONS SERIES July, pb, £9.99 each, 9781 Concise, collectible books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. BREAD SCOTT CUTLER SHERSHOW 501307447 E
PAUL FRAZER; ADAM HANSEN EDS November, £17.99, 2587404 E
JULIUS CAESAR: A CRITICAL READER
ANDREW JAMES HARTLEY ED October, £18.99, 4220385 E
SHAKESPEARE’S CREATIVE LEGACIES: ARTISTS, WRITERS, PERFORMERS, READERS PETER HOLBROOK; PAUL EDMONDSON EDS October, pb, £18.99, 9781474234481 A unique celebration of Shakespeare’s extraordinary 400-year impact on the performing, written and visual arts. E
ATLANTIC BOOKS
QUESTIONNAIRE EVAN KINDLEY 501314773 E PASSWORD MARTIN PAUL EVE 501314872 E HAIR SCOTT LOWE 628922868 E
WORRYING: A LITERARY AND CULTURAL HISTORY FRANCIS O’GORMAN September, pb, £9.99, 9781501320323 A literary and cultural exploration of worry and the modern mind. E
STUDYING THE NOVEL JEREMY HAWTHORN November, 7th edn, pb, £17.99, 9781472575111 Studying the Novel is a comprehensive introduction to the study of the novel in all its forms. E
HOW BAD WRITING DESTROYED THE WORLD: AYN RAND AND THE LITERARY ORIGINS OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ADAM WEINER October, pb, £13.99, 9781501313110
An entertaining polemic on the destructive power of terrible literature. E
THE WRITER’S READER: VOCATION, PREPARATION, CREATION ROBERT COHEN; JAY PARINI EDS December, pb, £16.99, 9781628925371 Both classic and less well-known essays by major writers on the craft of writing. E
JONATHAN FRANZEN: THE COMEDY OF RAGE PHILIP WEINSTEIN October, pb, £11.99, 9781501325557 A critical biography of Jonathan Franzen, exploring the intersections of his life and work. E
WRITING DIALOGUE FOR SCRIPTS RIB DAVIS October, 4th edn, pb, £14.99, 9781474260077
This new edition includes new examples from shows such as “Breaking Bad” and “Girls”. E
CREATING COMPELLING CHARACTERS FOR FILM, TV, THEATRE AND RADIO RIB DAVIS October, 2nd edn, pb, £14.99, 9781474260206
An authoritative guide to creating strong characters in scripts for film, TV, theatre and radio. E
VIOLENCE WITHOUT GOD: THE RHETORICAL DESPAIR OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY WRITERS JOYCE WEXLER December, pb, £16.99, 9781501325281 A wide-ranging exploration of the influence of violence on literature during the 20th century. E
BLOOMSBURY USA
NEARER THE HEART’S DESIRE: POETS OF THE RUBAIYAT: A DUAL BIOGRAPHY OF OMAR KHAYYAM AND EDWARD FITZGERALD ROBERT D RICHARDSON August, hb, £16.99, 9781620406533 Robert Richardson brings to life one of the most famous works of poetry in existence. E
BROADVIEW PRESS
AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MR RICHARD SAVAGE SAMUEL JOHNSON; NICHOLAS SEAGER ED; LANCE WILCOX ED July, pb, £18.50, 9781554811557 The Life of Mr Richard Savage was the first important book by Samuel Johnson.
BROADVIEW EDITIONS SERIES THE SPANISH TRAGEDY THOMAS KYD; PATRICK MCHENRY ED July, pb, £15.95, 9781554812059
Includes edited text based on the 1592 edition, an extensive introduction, and extensive historical documents.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
CANONICAL TEXTS AND SCHOLARLY PRACTICES: A GLOBAL COMPARATIVE APPROACH ANTHONY GRAFTON August, hb, £74.99, 9781107105980
An intercultural study of techniques applied by scholars to deal with problematic texts and artifacts. E
ECOCRITICISM IN THE MODERNIST IMAGINATION: FORSTER, WOOLF, AND AUDEN
THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST FOLIO EMMA SMITH July, 91687 E THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO LITERATURE AND THE POSTHUMAN BRUCE CLARKE August, 50615 E
THE MEMORY ARTS IN RENAISSANCE ENGLAND: A CRITICAL ANTHOLOGY WILLIAM E ENGEL July, pb, £18.99, 9781107451674
The first critical anthology of contemporary writings and illustrations about memory in Renaissance England. E
NARRATIVE THEORY: A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION
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KELLY ELIZABETH SULTZBACH July, hb, £64.99, 9781107161412
An investigation into how the works of Forster, Woolf, and Auden shaped our environmental imagination. E
THE VALUE OF SERIES THE VALUE OF EMILY DICKINSON MARY LOEFFELHOLZ July, pb, £12.99, 9781107445864
Each title offers readers an intellectually rigorous but lucid guide to the subject as hand. E
CAMBRIDGE COMPANIONS TO LITERATURE SERIES pb, £17.99 each, 97811074 Cambridge Companions are lively, accessible introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics and periods. THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ ANDREW SMITH September, 50608 E
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