THE BOOKSELLER BUYER’S GUIDE | PUBLISHERS’ AUTUMN TITLES
LITERATURE & CRITICISM
KENT PUCKETT September, pb, £18.99, 9781107684744
Offering an introduction to the field’s critical and
philosophical approaches towards narrative throughout history. E
CAMDEN HOUSE
A COMPANION TO THE WORKS OF WALTER BENJAMIN ROLF J GOEBEL ED August, pb, £19.99, 9781571139696 An advanced introduction to Benjamin’s work and its actualisation for our own times. E
CANONGATE
ON WRITING CHARLES BUKOWSKI; ABEL DEBRITTO ED August, mmpb, £8.99, 9781782117247 The never-before-published letters of Charles Bukowski on the art of writing. E
ON CATS CHARLES BUKOWSKI; ABEL DEBRITTO ED August, mmpb, £8.99, 9781782117278 The perfect gift for the literary cat lover: musings on the magical mystique of feline friends. E
ON LOVE CHARLES BUKOWSKI; ABEL DEBRITTO ED August, mmpb, £8.99, 9781782117308 One of our funniest, fiercest, and most daring writers on a subject that touches all. E
CHRONICLE BOOKS (ADULT)
BOUNDLESS BOOKS: 50 LITERARY CLASSICS TRANSFORMED INTO WORKS OF ART October, hb, £25, 9781452148649 Fifty literary classics, deconstructed and then put back together to create beautiful pieces of art.
CORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
E. OE. SOMERVILLE AND MARTIN ROSS: WOMEN’S LITERARY COLLABORATIONS AND VICTORIAN AUTHORSHIP ANNE JAMISON July, hb, £35, 9781782051923
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Explores the remarkable collaboration of one of the most prominent and successful female literary partnerships. E
COLUM MCCANN’S INTERTEXTS: BOOKS TALK TO ONE ANOTHER BERTRAND CARDIN October, hb, £35, 9781782052241 Colum McCann’s work studied as a mosaic of references to and quotations from other texts. E
CONTENTIOUS TERRAINS: BOGLANDS IN THE IRISH POSTCOLONIAL GOTHIC DEREK GLADWIN October, hb, £35, 9781782052043 How boglands are represented in modern and contemporary Irish literature and culture. E
THE POPULAR MIND IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY IRELAND VINCENT MORLEY October, hb, £35, 9781782052081
Study of the Irish popular mind between the late-17th and the early-19th century. E
CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
THE POETRY OF EVERYDAY LIFE: STORYTELLING AND THE ART OF AWARENESS STEVE ZEITLIN November, hb, £17.95, 9781501702358 How poems serve us in daily life and how they’re used during personal/national crises. E
UNTOLD FUTURES: TIME AND LITERARY CULTURE IN RENAISSANCE ENGLAND J K BARRET October, hb, £38.50, 9781501702365
Offers new perspective on early modern historiography. E
STAGING HARMONY: MUSIC AND RELIGIOUS CHANGE IN LATE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA KATHERINE STEELE BROKAW October, hb, £45.50, 9781501703140
Interactions of music, religion, and drama across the Reformation divide. E
THE ACCOMMODATED JEW: ENGLISH
ANTISEMITISM FROM BEDE TO MILTON KATHY LAVEZZO December, hb, £45.50, 9781501703157 Rethinks complex and contradictory relations between the rejection of “the Jew” in English literature. E
MIXED FEELINGS: TROPES OF LOVE IN GERMAN JEWISH CULTURE KATJA GARLOFF December, hb, £62.50, 9781501704963 Asks what it means for literature to use love between individuals as a metaphor. E
MIXED FEELINGS: TROPES OF LOVE IN GERMAN JEWISH CULTURE KATJA GARLOFF December, pb, £20.95, 9781501704970 Asks what it means for literature to use love between individuals as a metaphor. E
DOUBLEDAY
INCOMPLETE SHAKESPEARE: HAMLET JOHN CRACE; JOHN SUTHERLAND October, hb, £6.99, 9780857524287 “Hamlet”—very much shorter and more playful than you’ve known it before. E
INCOMPLETE SHAKESPEARE: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING JOHN CRACE; JOHN SUTHERLAND October, hb, £6.99, 9780857524270 “Much Ado About Nothing”— very much shorter and more playful than you’ve known it before. E
DS BREWER
THE DATING OF BEOWULF: A REASSESSMENT LEONARD NEIDORF ED August, pb, £19.99, 9781843844495
Examinations of the date of Beowulf have tremendous significance for Anglo-Saxon culture in general.
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
SEAMUS HEANEY: AN INTRODUCTION RICHARD RANKIN RUSSELL September, pb, £19.99, 9781474401661
The first detailed introduction to the entirety of Seamus Heaney’s work. E
FABER & FABER
RELEASE THE BATS: WRITING YOUR WAY OUT OF IT DBC PIERRE July, tpb, £12.99, 9780571283187 The Man Booker Prize- winning author of Vernon God Little returns with a book about fiction. E
WALKING WITH JAMES HOGG: THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD’S JOURNEYS THROUGH SCOTLAND BRUCE GILKISON July, pb, £14.99, 9781474415385
Celebrates the extraordinary life of James Hogg, and provides a brief and accessible study. E
AFRICAN AMERICAN ANTI-COLONIAL THOUGHT 1917-1937 CATHY BERGIN July, pb, £24.99, 9781474409575
An investigation of interwar African American critiques of racism and colonialism. E
VIRGINIA WOOLF: TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY APPROACHES JEANNE DUBINO August, pb, £19.99, 9781474414135 Reconsiders Virginia Woolf’s work for the 21st century focusing on coevolution, duality and contradiction. E
LETTER WRITING AMONG POETS: FROM WILLIAM WORDSWORTH TO ELIZABETH BISHOP JONATHAN ELLIS August, pb, £19.99, 9781474414128 Letter Writing Among Poets is the first book to look at poets’ letters seriously as an art form. E
ELINOR KAPP
RUFFIANS AND LOOSE WOMEN: MORE WORDS AND PHRASES DERIVED FROM TEXTILES ELINOR KAPP September, pb, £9.99, 9780957475922 Ruffians and Loose Women is an explanation of the origins of common words and phrases derived from textiles. E
UCD ITALIAN STUDIES SERIES DANTE AND THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS JOHN C BARNES; DARAGH O’CONNELL EDS October, hb, £50 each, 9781846824197 Engaging and dynamic series offers valuable insights into the writings of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321).
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KNOWN AND STRANGE THINGS TEJU COLE August, hb, £17.99, 9780571328055 Brilliant essays from the acclaimed New Yorker magazine writer and novelist. E
FOUR COURTS PRESS
THE EASTER PROCLAMATION 1916: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LIAM DE PAOR September, pb, £12.95, 9781846826191 Analysis of 1916 Easter Proclamation, contextualising it beside similar documents including American Declaration of Independence.
PATRICK PEARSE AND THE THEATRE EUGENE MCNULTY; ROISIN NI GHAIRBHI EDS October, hb, £39.95, 9781846826184 Studies of dramas and writings by Irish revolutionary Patrick Pearse, leader of 1916 Easter Rising.
ULSTER-SCOTS AND AMERICA: DIASPORA LITERATURE, HISTORY AND MIGRATION, 1750- 2000 FRANK FERGUSON; RICHARD MACMASTER EDS December, hb, £50, 9781846822421 Essays examine the considerable contribution made by Ulster-Scots diaspora upon the writing of North America.
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